Her new life may be much more than she had ever hoped for After Rose Leonard loses her parents to the Spanish influenza epidemic that is sweeping across the country she journeys from her home in Denver to Johnsville Crossing a small town in Colorado to start a new life with her aunt When Rose is unexpectedly waylaid by the influenza epidemic on her way to her aunts home she ends up working as an untrained volunteer nurse at an emergency influenza hospital in the small mountain town of Silverton Dr Joshua Brady runs a successful medical practice that he inherited from his father in Durango Colorado When the influenza epidemic strikes a small town nearby a call for more doctors is put out In the hope of lessening the guilt he is experiencing following his brothers death Joshua volunteers to provide care at Silvertons emergency hospital Rose and Joshua form a bond as they work sidebyside fighting to save the citizens of Silverton Will they survive the deadly epidemic to have a chance at love