Miriam Stoltzfus is a young Pennsylvania Amish woman once filled with dreams for a future with a man - but he jilted her. Now she is known as the old maid schoolteacher with a heart of stone.

Could a forbidden romantic friendship with an English newspaper reporter stir the embers of her heart? Or, will she follow the traditional path and settle for a marriage of convenience born out of the sake of a child? Now Miriam is forced to make a monumental decision.

But no matter which path she chooses, she must find the key to letting go of the bitterness that has obstructed her ability to love.