Johanna Shelby could never have anticipated where that 'fateful encounter' would lead her. She could not have known then how love for the young, rough-hewn, mountain doctor would cause her to turn her back on her privileged lifestyle, threaten to estrange her from her family, and bring her to the wild mountains of Appalachia. Johanna did not know what the future held, but she trusted God...and she knew he would cause her own family quilt to be rich and beautiful--a pattern like no other.