He’s expecting a sweet mail-order bride. She’s running for her life.Seven years ago, Merry McConaughey hid a family of slaves, helping them escape during the war. When the owner came searching for them, he swore he’d come back to get anyone who helped steal his property. Now he and his cronies have come looking for her. Desperate to escape, Merry stumbles onto a doubting mail-order bride and steals her identity and train ticket. Marshall Tucker grew tired of being alone long ago. He protects his town full of families but then goes home to an empty house. Longing for someone to love for Christmas, he reached out for a mail-order bride. But when she arrives, she's nothing like he envisioned based on their correspondence. He begins to suspect she’s not who she claims to be. When the Marshal finds out Merry is not his mail-order bride and the men hot on her trail show up, can Merry and Marshall survive?