Dally Sanders grew up in a riverfront shack, trying to keep her mother alive. Deprived a childhood, her heart aching from sadness and death, Dally decides to take the chance of all chances. She joins a wagon train of other single women, heading west to Oregon Country.
Will they find the love and the lives they've been dreaming of?
The men who have arranged the trip and paid their passage write tender letters to these unknown prospective brides. The women will get their first insight into the waiting grooms by the letters they write. What does a man write to a stranger to try to win her? And how will the women choose a mate by the letter he writes?