Mandy didn't expect to be left alone in the wilds of Indiana after taking the wagon train west. Bess, the "mistake" of a prostitute in the largely unsettled West, knows no other life than growing up in a brothel. Deidre, a runaway slave, dreams of reuniting with her beloved husband, Jeremiah, who was sold away from her. The last thing Frederika wanted was to leave her beautiful home in Germany for the rugged Texas frontier. But as secrets are revealed and new chances abound, will all four women discover the kind of forever love and family that transcends any boundary?