Determined to marry for love and not duty, Mary Beth Simmons has escaped to the west as a mail order bride. Though she comes from a wealthy family, she is prepared for adventure and hard work. But she is not prepared to be robbed at gunpoint and almost killed on the road Nor is she prepared for the handsome, and somewhat brash, Darius Smithton. From train to stagecoach, Mary Beth finds herself coming more under the spell of Darius...