The ice carnival: After meeting young physician Isaac Bering, who has traveled north from Florida to join his uncle's medical practice, Christal Everett experiences growing dissatisfaction with her simple life, while Isaac struggles with intensifying doubts about his ability to be a doctor. Kind-hearted woman: Colin Hammett is drifting, searching for meaning in life. Maybe 1935 wasn't the best year to do this--deep in the Great Depression. But this is his life now, and he's not sure where to turn next. Lolly Prescott is feeling every moment of a hot, penniless summer. When her brothers carry a half-dead man in the front door and onto the couch, she doesn't know whether to run or just give in and give up. As Colin struggles to regain memory, the Prescotts' finances reach the breaking point. Can the attraction between Colin and Lolly grow amid such uncertainty? Remembrance: Eliza Davis's life is turned upside down when she finds her fiancé with another woman. She flees St. Paul and, with the help of a newfound friend, reestablishes her life in Remembrance, Minnesota. But she and Hyacinth have hurdles ahead of them before they can call Remembrance home. Silas Collier is dead-set against his uncle Edward marrying a woman he has only met through letters. When the woman arrives on the train with an unexpected companion, he finds both ladies suspicious. His qualms increase when Eliza reacts strongly to a newspaper report of a scandal in St. Paul. Can Eliza overcome the darkness of her past and move into the light of God's forgiveness? Will Silas ever let go of his resentment and distrust of women to see the treasure God has brought to Remembrance, just for him?