A banished marchioness. A desperate rancher. A marriage neither planned...

Lady Joanne Bennett never imagined being cast out of England with only her mother's jewels and fading hope. Sent to live with relatives in Castle Rock, Colorado, she arrives to find them gone—leaving her stranded in a wild, unfamiliar land.

Daniel Foster isn't looking for love, but with his ranch at risk and pressure to marry within a week, he's out of options. When a refined, displaced Englishwoman shows up in town, a local reverend proposes a solution neither expected: a marriage of convenience.

As necessity turns to unexpected affection, mysterious mishaps begin to plague the ranch—Joanne becomes the accused. Unwilling to be blamed for something she didn't do, she disappears to escape the growing suspicion, but that's when the truth finally emerges...

TW: miscarriage, emotional and physical abuse