Marlene Learns to Fly is about a strong-willed woman who decides to become a mail order bride and make her way in the often harsh life on a ranch, but when she meets her husband to be, she knows he is doubtful that life on a ranch will be possible for, and with her.Letting The Bird Fly is about an abused woman in England who, after becoming widowed and left penniless, decides to become a mail order bride to a rancher in America, but lacking any kind of practical skills, she is doubtful that she can become his true helpmate.