THE WAR HAS ENDED, BUT THEIR BATTLE HAS JUST BEGUN... Nothing is impossible--as far as idealistic schoolteacher Verity Hardy is concerned. The lovely widow is certain teaching freed slaves in a Virginia town torn apart by the Civil War will help heal bitterness and old wounds. But she's finding that the school's cynical builder, Matthew Ritter, has little reason to have faith in her--or anything else. An ex-Union captain, Matt has seen more than his...