Ellen Barker feared her life was destined for the lonely outcome of a spinster school teacher. A letter in the paper asking for women to go to Colorado as mail order brides caught her attention. A few letters later, she was betrothed to Tyler Fletcher. A handsome upstanding citizen of Jubilee Springs. Tyler Fletcher needed to be married before he was twenty eight. That's what his pappy had told him. That the mine owners sent off for some mail order brides for the miners was perfect timing. He got hold of one. The perfect lady for him. Pretty, blond and blue-eyed. A woman of high society. At least that is what Nels, his buddy, told him. Once Tyler had some time, he was going to learn to read and write.