The unspeakable happened, and her family shunned her...When her world is turned upside down, Lilly Watkins escapes to Montana to become a mail order bride. She longs to find a peaceful, safe haven in the arms of the blacksmith Jake Morgan, and never again speak of the outrage committed against her. Jake has lived a bitter and lonely life for years, afraid to trust his broken heart to another woman. He's ready to give love one last try, and the only thing he wants is an honest woman he can trust--lovely, sweet Lilly seems to be the perfect fit. But someone is watching Lilly, and her secret isn't the only thing that could destroy them...

She fled Boston to save face, never realizing the danger that waited for her in Montana...Traveling from Boston, mail order bride Madeline Barstow hopes that Samuel Croft will provide a comfortable, respectable life, far from the prying eyes of her gossiping socialite peers. But when she steps off the train in Helena Montana, she is appalled to find a stranger waiting for her instead of her husband-to-be.Widower Clay Porter is tired of everyone trying to match him up. He wants only to be left alone, spending his days off making deliveries, and earning money to someday buy the butcher shop he works in. When he is hired to transport a woman to Croft Ranch, he realizes she is completely in the dark about her fiancé's character. Is Clay willing to risk his own dreams--and even his life--to persuade uppity Madeline that she's making a mistake?

Engaged to the Wrong Man... Hoping to escape her mother's control and a fiancé she doesn't love, Elinor Travers switches places with her best friend, Addie, who is having second thoughts about marrying her own fiancé--a Montana hay farmer named Gideon, who offers the life that Elinor has always dreamed of. Abandoned as a Boy... Gideon Cartwright spent years denying his own dreams so he could raise his younger siblings after his father abandoned them. At last, he can concentrate on his farm, and settle down with a wife of his own. But will his mail order bride's charade remind him too much of the father he resents, and cost Elinor her one chance at true happiness?