Stella Roberti and her baby sister Bella have one last chance at life. Stella must leave her home to become a mail order bride to an unknown man out west. But as frightening as that new life may be, nothing could be worse than the life she is escaping—a hateful uncle that only wants her gone. And the man she is off to marry seems so kind in his letters. Surely now she can find the love she longs for. But when Stella arrives at the home of her husband-to-be, she finds that he never sent for her at all. Fortunately, Ephraim Willem is a generous man, and he cannot turn the young woman out alone in a strange town. And as their love grows with each passing day, Stella’s heart fills with gratitude for this wonderful man. So when Stella finds out that her very presence could bring ruin to Ephraim’s home, she decides she has only one choice left.