Elsie left a broken home and a string of empty relationships behind, turning to a mail-order bride service in hope of finding something real.
On the mountain she met Silas, a forty-year-old man who had built a solitary life among the trees yet still wanted a partner he could protect.
Her need for structure matched the caretaking and discipline he longed to give, and his strength became the steady guidance that settled her.
Being his little girl, she learns, is not weakness but a love she never believed she could have.
Silas will be the Daddy she deserves, even if no one else understands them.
