<b>New York Times bestselling author</b><p> Only sixteen years old, Josie Summers murders her abusive stepfather and, wearing his clothes to disguise herself as a man, flees the family farm. Almost immediately lost in the snowy woods, she accepts a young Methodist minister's invitation to assist in his ministry. When the true identity of "Joseph" is revealed, the Reverend John Trethman is racked with guilt at having shared his home with a young woman and then falling in love with her.</p>
