To Love and to Honor — B.J. Hoff

Against the colorful backdrop of West Point in 1842, the saga of a giant of a man and his innocent ward begins to unfold. Caught up in his own private battle against bigotry and injustice, West Point Chaplain Jess Dalton is suddenly confronted by a different kind of conflict...

His guardianship of the young Irish immigrant, Kerry O'Neill, thrusts him into a struggle of forbidden love that threatens to tear him apart from within. Bewildered by the longings of his heart, the betrayal of friends and his desire to follow God's plan, Jess Dalton must find the balance between love...and honor.