Nathaniel "Nate" Pare and Kelly Hill didn't know each other. They were on opposite sides of the country, he in Baltimore and she in San Francisco, and opposite sides of life itself, he a successful young businessman and she a prostitute. After the turn of the century, the tragic and drastic events of those early days built the path that led to the meeting of the two. Nate became an executive at an amazing world-class operation in the Bay area, but evil was there and drove him to a small town in the Central Valley of California. That same evil had driven Kelly to that small town, too. A murderous hatred is penetrating society and threatens Nate and Kelly. As they fight for their own survival, fleeing together, just the two of them, their biggest discovery and triumph is their love for each other. --- A love story from a century ago, for today. 1915. A businessman and a prostitute find love. And hate. The United States of America faced incomprehensible horror one day shortly after the turn of the century. There was shock, destruction, and death. War loomed. Americans veered toward either hopelessness, fear, and hate or toward vision, faith, and rebuilding. They asked, "Could life in America ever be great again?" Some said, "No, let's retreat to the past." Others said, "Yes, let's move forward." Demagogues exploited fear, painting easy-to-identify groups as enemies to blame. There was amazing technological progress in communication, commerce, industry, and travel that disturbed some people and thrilled others. There were drastic shifts in the way people earned their living. In the midst of these distressing times, Nate started his career. He left his home in Baltimore, Maryland to become a manager of the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California. It was there that criminals framed him for their theft of gold coins from the Expo. Nate fled the criminals and the corrupt police. Kelly fled the people who murdered her mother. When Nate and Kelly run into each other in a small town in the Central Valley of California at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, their lives become entangled with each other and with the horrible realities of hatred and evil. They discover, as everyone does eventually, that the meaning of life is all about starting over."