The story of one young woman's journey as she reconciles what she feels with what she was taught about healing and pagan rituals passed down through millenia.  When Deborah Leeds emigrates to colonial America, she courageously seeks to obey Brigid's charge to heal.  But this was a paradoxical time, when female healers were relied upon in rural areas without doctors.  Yes that same skill could bring about a different kind of charge - witchcraft.  Love, loyalty, and the threat of destruction compete with Deborah's spiritual values and the life she has established in the New World.