It's 1846, St Louis Missouri, and when a stranger offers Ella the chance to escape a wedding to a man she loathes, she has to decide what it is she wants. Marry a wealthy man and provide a home for those she loves? Or have the courage to go west by wagon train to California and chase a dream of her own?

Its 1846 and after escaping by wagon train from St Louis and heading west, Ruby leaves Fort Hall for California, hoping to start a new life and leave her past behind. But when she learns that what she'd hoped and planned for doesn't exist, can she find the courage to start all over? And does she put her faith in one man, who offers her something beyond her wildest dreams, or does she head back east to what she knows. A story of courage and hope, of endings and beginnings, of believing in the impossible.