Ruth Turner flees a forced marriage by taking another woman's identity and traveling west as a mail-order bride, convinced that God has led her there.
Henry Foster, a cowboy who lost his family in the war, has little faith left and no wish to open his heart again.
He will keep her for one month only, yet that is long enough for Ruth to win the trust of his grieving niece and stir feelings he meant to leave buried.
When Henry learns she is not who she claimed to be, Ruth never gets the chance to explain. The man she escaped rides into town.
