Young， lonely， and insecure， Alice Fletcher is on the verge of emotional collapse when she stumbles into St. Benet s Church to dodge the London drizzle. There， she witnesses a group of gifted healers led by the charismatic Nicholas Darrow. Gaining refuge at last， Alice is drawn--inexorably， seductively--into the complex network of relationships at St. Benet s healing center--as she falls immediately， dangerously， in love with Darrow himself. Yet Darrow and his cutting-edge clergy are not all what they seem. And while Nicholas s dazzling powers now threaten to ruin all he attempts to save--including his own disturbed marriage--Alice s devotion to him deepens. Then a??devastating tragedy transports her to the shocking center of truth. Yet fueled by her love for Nicholas and a boldly emerging intuition， she will hold together the lives spinning wildly out of control--as she herself is transformed forever.