Jocasta Sterling returns to Sterling Hall in disgrace after being fired from her job with her reputation in tatters. The village of Rustmere remembers her only for the damage she caused before she left.

Burdened by guilt, Jo has learned to survive behind a carefully constructed emotional shield. Taking a job in the local pub, she has to face the hostility of the people she once hurt. Soon, old accusations and her own fear of rejection threaten to drive her away for good.

But after developing feelings for the kind-hearted Jeff force her to confront the very vulnerability she's spent years avoiding, new friendships begin to form. When two of the villagers run into trouble, Jo has a chance to prove she's no longer the woman she once was, if she can only find the courage to trust again.

A warm, gentle romance, JOCASTA'S JOURNEY is the second book in the Rustmere Tales series by Jennie Rose Adams.