Clay Winslow is a Pony Express rider on a mission beyond his usual Sacramento to Carson City mail run. When he decides to deliver a stack of lost letters to their original sender, Clay never expects to lose his heart along the way. Abigail Sterling began a pen pal relationship with a gold miner looking for a mail order bride. An unexpected letter arrives telling her of her long-distance romance’s death. Before Abigail can respond to the kindhearted sender, she’s even more surprised to find the deliverer of bad news on her doorstep a few days later. Can the written word begin a relationship? Or are Clay and Abigail merely reading what their heart desires?