Jilted at the altar, with no groom in sight, Callie Stratton is left with few options. Friends and family view her with contempt as if somehow the abandoned bride is to blame. Unable to bear the shame, Callie takes the only path open to her. Run!
Callie leaves Georgia for Last Chance Nebraska, as a mail-order bride to a marry a reputable successful businessman, James Frankford. After the speedy wedding in town, the bride is brought to a run-down farm only to discover her new husband is not the man he claims to be.
When the blizzard hits, and James does not return from the hunt, Callie is more relieved than heartbroken. Will she agree to wed yet another stranger—as Pastor Collins demands for decency sake—and join with the widows of Last Chance in their search for a mail-order groom?
Her only other choice is Gilbert Manning, the man who abandoned her at the altar in Georgia, who arrives in town hoping to win her back but is unwilling to share the secret that separates them.
