When Tessa Taylor shows up to teach the children of miners in Eagle Harbor, Michigan, she finds that the town had requested a male teacher, so she decides to make herself indispensible before she can be replaced, and in the meantime attracts the attention of two promising local men When Tessa Taylor arrives in Eagle Harbor, Michigan, she is dismayed to learn there has been a mistake--the town requested a male teacher. Mercifully, they agree to let her stay temporarily. As she settles in to her new life, two brothers begin vying for her hand, but an unknown danger seems to haunt her steps. Clearly, someone doesn't want her to stay.