Two broken hearts collide on the path to redemption... After being given to a wealthy man in a faro game, Gillian Netty Stone flees Virginia for the safety of Independence Missouri. On the edge of civilization, the town borders a vast prairie, and the promise of freedom for so many-including Gillian. But trouble always has a way of intruding, and she is on the run again, sneaking aboard a stranger's wagon, as he prepares to join a group of settlers...