Emily-Rose Weir had buried her stillborn baby and then her beloved husband. Now she was working herself into an early grave just to keep body and soul together in the icy winter of New York City. How much worse could it be for her to follow the adventurous trails of those women who had relocated to the west to accept marriage proposals from the lonely men who lived there? She would know soon enough as she befriended Doctor Doran and his wife, Tabatha, as they shared a train compartment bearing them on to Texas and their new lives. When Thomas Steward fails to meet the nervous mail-order bride at White Water Creek railway station Emily Rose knew there was a problem. What would become of an unaccompanied woman in a rough Texan frontier town, without the means to return home, and without the means to remain? A meeting with the town lawyer forever alters the trajectory of Emily-Rose's future. The handsome Sheriff Fry attracts her attention despite all attempts against it. But fate has not done with the talented young Emily-Rose just yet. She must battle evil and greed and overcome impending death if she possibly can, to find out what the future holds for her.