Dr. Lucas Steadman seeks to make amends for all the wrongs his rich and arrogant family inflicted on his hometown. He will be the servant instead of the taskmaster. He will lift up the mill workers and the downtrodden instead of adding to their sorrows. But are all his noble plans designed to make himself feel worthy? Has he the same generous heart of the nearsighted orphan who helps run the town orphanage? Maybe not. Perhaps she can pave the way to the release of guilt he feels just because he is a Steadman.

Donita Kathleen Paul retired from teaching and started writing. It soon became apparent that she was not retired. She continued to teach and write. She now lives in Indiana in a seniors' apartment where she finds friends and characters to enrich her life and her books.