Norah Barclay finally found love in old age, only to lose it to the inevitability of death. Even as she railed at God, she knew her own choices had led her down the path which led to her sitting by the deathbed of Egan Corey as he drew his last breath. But she is not alone, even in the stillness of the night. Her grief is shared by One who can see the whole of the fabric of our lives, who decides, "...this time, for these two..." Norah has a chance to set all to rights. Can she avoid the tangled web that trapped her in a spinster's loneliness and Egan in a forced marriage?