Amanda's happy life was torn apart by her sister's death. Now she has been sent from her Boston home to marry the man who caused her sister's death. Alone and penniless, Amanda vows to do whatever it takes to gain her freedom and start a new life in the West. Davis Riley is the man fate leads her to. The dark stranger is imposing and intimidating, even a little dangerous, but he could be her last chance for freedom. Little does she know, his job is to deliver into the hands of the man she hates.