A man’s ambition, a woman’s mission, and a mutual calling that leads to forever love. Confirmed spinster, Polly Howard, has no illusions about love, but after ten years of pouring herself into her photography and ministering to the poor, she boards the train for Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, to become Noah Scott’s mail-order bride. Though Noah wants to wed immediately, matchmaker Ella Milton recommends they wait to allow a proper courtship. Noah expects nothing more than a marriage of convenience. All he needs is a wife to help him further his career. But as soon as Polly steps off the train he’s smitten. She’s beautiful, kind, gentle, and possess a servant’s heart—all the characteristics of the heroines he writes about—though he senses she is hiding her true feelings. But Noah has secrets of his own, and when Polly discovers his past, he fears he’ll never win her heart.