Twenty-two year old Corrine Peyton is one of Boston’s richest debutantes. Beautiful, educated, and motherless. Left a substantial inheritance from her late-mother’s estate, she could easily support herself for the rest of her life and never have to worry about marrying for any reason other than love. Unfortunately, for Corrine, her stepfather has designs on her fortune. In order to get control, he plans to have her declared incompetent and sequestered to a mental hospital. When she’s unable to find a solicitor willing to help her fight her stepfather’s charges, Corrine makes the decision to run away. A chance discovery of local mail-order bride service leads her to apply. They quickly find her a match. An Oregon rancher is looking for wife to help him run his home and business. He makes a formal offer through the service, which Corrine accepts. However, she has conditions. Will Aiden Thomas accept his potential bride’s demands? And, when Corrine’s stepfather sends Pinkerton men looking for his runaway meal ticket, will Aiden be willing to put his life on the line to protect her?