When a doctor seeks escape from the cholera epidemics, which were rampant in NYC in the 1800s, he answers an ad for a ranch hand, which was placed in the mail order bride section of the newspaper. He vows to himself that his doctoring days are over, but when he meets up with the woman who placed the ad, he doesn't know if he can keep his secret from the beautiful, Christian woman in Tennessee who shows up at the train station, for very long.