Silence in the Sage — Colleen L. Reece

For Gideon Carroll Scott, there was always Cyrus...the favored older brother adored by his father, the bon vivant of New Orleans cherished by a secret wife, and finally, the coward consumed by quilt and shame.

An now there is Judith...her dark braids circling her head, her eyes questioning his innocence, her hand in his as together they repeat the meaningless vows.

For Cyrus, Judith, and Judith's nephew Joel, whose piercing gaze reminds Gideon that he somehow is a part of him, Reverend Gideon Scott leaves his church, his home, and his beloved Texas. Before he returns he must become, before God and his family, a man worthy of their love and trust, a man able to endure the silence of the sage.