When Cole Martin won a filly from old Harmon Gibson, he never in his wildest dreams expected to win Harmon's daughter. Hell, he didn't even know Harmon had a daughter. No one did! But Harmon was dying and it was his last wish that Cole take Gabby as his wife. Gabby was no more willing than Cole, but to appease her father she agreed to a sham of a wedding. When Cole first met Gabby she was wearing men's clothes, was as dirty as a wet mop and he wanted no part of her, but when her flop hat flew off and the long red tresses of hair fell down her back, he had to take a second look. How could he have not seen her beauty? Still, it was no marriage made in heaven, that was certain, and the two of them had to reconcile their difference or get an annulment. Cole hadn't counted on feeling anything about the girl, and Gabby was just as reluctant as he to settle down to marriage. Still, Cole had promised her father to take care of her, and he aimed to keep that promise, come hell or high water!

Cully was hired to take a wagon train load of mail order brides to the California gold fields. Cully knew it would be no easy feat, and that they had no idea what they were getting into. Still, it was a job, and he'd do it to the best of his ability, even if it meant teaching them to shoot, ride and handle a team of ornery horses and mule

Quirt Noble is assigned to take charge of Ft. Davis when the Colonel is called to the north at the outbreak of civil war. Not only will he face daunting battles from the Comanche and the Kiowa Apaches, he must take care of a band of women sent by Washington to retrieve their loved ones lost in battle. Quirt had his hands full with women,unfriendly Indians and the threat of Yankees coming south.

Trudy O'Toole had barely stepped off the train when a handsome man in a dark suit and big stetson whirled her around and kissed her squrely on the lips. Totally unexpected, she was about to slap his face when he practically ran out of the train station dragging her by the elbow. "I"m sorry honey, but we are late for our wedding. We've got to get moving. That dress is beautiful. And your picture didn't do you justice. I thought you'd never get here." He kept babbling and she was so stunned she couldn't stop him. Before she knew what hit her, she was standing before a preacher and this man, this total stranger was saying "I do". But there had been a big msitake! How was she going to explain to him that she was his cook, not his bride?

Kate Marley's husband was killed by a Cougar. And now, she had two big crops she needed taking care of and no one to help her. When Wes Dolan came along, she thought her prayers were answered. But Wes was a drifter, and although he promised to get her crops to market, he wouldn't be staying long. Problem was he might be taking her heart with him.