A riveting and evocative historical tale about women healers in times of persecution and the new Carolina colony—a place raw and untamed, where survival depends on grit, courage, and sometimes a touch of magic.

Late 17^th century. Men are hellbent on keeping women down and barred from medicine, yet saving lives and protecting women is what the remarkable Galene mothers and daughters have done since the dawn of time. They heal those no man can.

Naida is destined to follow the path of her virtuous foremothers. In return for forbidden knowledge and secret powers, she pledges to surrender her life to duty, justice, and self-sacrifice. Fate, however, has another plan.

Forced to flee when her grandmother is executed for reviving a stillborn, Naida finds refuge in Charles Town, where healers don’t burn unless they commit the unthinkable. She wouldn’t have if an unexpected encounter hadn’t awakened bygone memories and her all-too-human heart…

 Will the last daughter uphold her healer’s oath, or will she be the first to defy the past from dictating her future and risk losing everything…?

Is loyalty to blood more important than love?