Jenny Upton has always been unlucky. She's looked for her heart's desire in all the wrong places, and always makes a mess of everything. When her betrothed sends her home with no prospects, and after surviving crippling injuries, Jenny must make her way back to civilization without a soul in the world left to her. What will she do with all the enormous emotions she always attempts to keep inside?

Traveling tinsmith Redmond O'Reilly promised to deliver Jenny home safely, but he didn't expect her to be tossed into terrible danger along the way. Now it's up to him to make sure they survive the pitiless prairie, though it's a battle against time, illness and worse.

Neither Redmond nor Jenny expect to find more than hardship in the tall grasses of the vast, lonely hills. Just as their hearts explode with hope, they're separated by the wildness of the land and misunderstandings so terrible they may never find their way back to the love that would satisfy them both.