Josie Sullivan, at the age of twelve, was kidnapped, raped, and beaten almost to death. Her father rescued her, and, with the help of her family, she experienced a full recovery except for the fact that she could never have children. Eight years later, she's a nurse at a hospital working with youngsters who have experienced a trauma in their lives. Three young children were brought to Josie after their parents are killed. Their only living relative lived in the Wyoming Territory as a virtual hermit on a mountain. It was determined that Josie might be the best person to accompany the children on the trip out west and help them get settled. The uncle, Quinn Kincaid, was a mountain of a man who had fought in the Civil War. He had been captured and held in a six-by-six-foot room for almost a year with another prisoner. He promised himself that if he ever made it out of the war alive, he'd go far away from all the destruction he'd seen, and he'd never look back. He traveled to the Wyoming Territory and bought half a mountain and built himself a one-room cabin on the top of it. One wall was almost all windows so he wouldn't feel closed in ever again. He was at peace and content. Then the telegram came telling him of his brother's death and that in two weeks he was getting his two nephews and his infant niece, and a nurse to help him care for them for a while. How were they all going to fit in his one room cabin? Quinn loved his brother and he wanted to do right by his children, but it sure put him in a bit of a dilemma. Josie was hoping that Mr. Kincaid was going to be a reasonable man and helpful in caring for the three children. They had already been through so much, and now, traveling across the country to an uncle they had never met was very unsettling. What does the future hold for all of them