Ida Mae McAuley wounder if her occupation and marital status will forever be defined by the same word - spinster. Cyrus Morgan has proposed more than once, but is her gratitude for his kindness since her kindness since her parents'' tragin deaths reason enough to accept? Seven years ago Olin Orr''s temper cost another man his life. Now an accomplished tinsmith, Olin returns to Charlotte to rent McAuley''s vacant smithy, knowning he must also face the past. When the lovely Ida Mae begins receiving threats, demanding she get rid of her tenant, Olin fears coming home was a mistake. But in the prepetrator trying to get rid of Olin? Or is Ida Mae the real target?