Amber thinks she has found sanctuary in Freshwater Creek, Texas, but her journey to a new life of happiness turned into anything but. Amber lost her beloved mother, taken terrifyingly by the feared flu epidemic that ripped through New York. Now she was left exposed to her horrific stepfather. But hope was waiting in Texas in the form of a handsome lawyer looking for a mail-order bride with whom to start a family. But she made a poor choice in her rush to escape New York. Kidnapped and held for ransom, she is also inadvertently thrown into the position of mother to baby, Sam, believed to be her own by all the bandits. She discovers secrets that she thought to be impossible. Secrets that she finds hard to accept. Will the handsome lawyer save her from a life of fear by paying the ransom? Will her captors, the Mitchell brothers, prove to be her salvation? Can she be a mother to the poor orphan baby? Can Amber find happiness and love in Freshwater Creek?