Jilted at the altar by a philandering good-for-nothing, Coral Ellis wished she has heeded her friends' warnings. The poor girl is left ashamed to face people's looks and comments. When the chance to move west and marry Thomas Winters as a mail order bride presents itself, it looks like the perfect escape route, but will Thomas turn out to be what he claims? Will he be as weak a man as Richard was, or will he be the strong, dependable husband that Coral longs for? When a fragment of map almost leads Thomas to his death both a forced to consider what's really worth fighting for.