When the village prepares to welcome their new vicar, they are in for a shock. oung, attractive, a widow with a ten-year-old daughter - Venus Stanton was certainly not the vicar which the traditional parish of Thurston had been expecting. She had to endure curiosity, misunderstandings and even downright hostility. But she also found warmth and friendship - sometimes from the most unexpected quarters. There were times when Venus began to think that perhaps the doubters were right. But the local doctor thought otherwise, and so did many others who came to regard her not only as their priest but also their friend.