Feeling less than safe in her small home town, after a saloon was built, Lily Brown places an ad for a Lawman. Dustin Ross, a widower with a five-year-old son, sees the ad and believes this job opportunity is the answer to his prayers. Lily has signed a five-year contract in accordance with the 1872 rules for a teacher, marriage wasn't an option, even with her parents trying to change her mind. Dustin can't consider a wife after what happened with his last one. His job did not provide a stable environment for a good marriage. As men threaten to harm Miss Brown, Sheriff Ross is determined not to see any harm come to her. The question was could they overcome the rules, could she give up the desire of her heart to teach and allow herself to marry? Could she survive the threats real or contrived against her? Would her growing attraction to Sheriff Ross and his son, swayed her from throw away her choice of career?