Forced to leave their home in West Virginia, she and her younger sister Crystal head across the country to a rancher named Ernest Flinn in Pepper Gulch, Utah. Not only is Ernest Flinn the father to a seven-year-old girl named Lina, but the child is mute from the sickness that nearly took her life and did take the life of her mother. Mandy isn’t sure she’s ready to take on the task of being Lina’s mother – but Crystal bonds with the girl immediately. Life as a Mail Order Bride isn’t simple, Between attachment to Lina and a growing love for the child’s father, Crystal finds herself in an untenable position. Must she leave and let her sister try to find happiness with Ernest Flinn? Or can she stay and hope things will change course and bring her the love of her life? Yet how can that happen while remaining loyal to her sister?