Larkin has scars that leave her wary of romance, but she longs to overcome the past, fall in love, and have a family. Two very different men come into her life. One visits her dreams every night and has just been named Vancouver's Bachelor of the Year. The other is a University professor with an interest in time travel. Both men want to marry her, but only the professor can take her back in time to 1835 and the man she really wants to meet. Journey back iin time with Larkin and meet her ancestor, William Sims (1760-1843), a veteran of the Revolutionary War and a station master for the Underground Railway.