The second novel in The Journey Home series, A Second Chance continues the saga of Gideon Taylor, a Federal surgeon who ends up doctoring in a Southern town after the war when his trip home is derailed. Endearing himself to the small town of Braxton Springs through his personal sacrifice, Gideon finds his only obstacle to contentment and the woman he loves is the war raging within him. Struggling to leave the war behind him, he finds it difficult to give himself "a second chance."