Summer of 1851... Sixteen-year-old Ivy Simpson arrives in the Salt Lake Valley. England, and all that meant home to her, has been left behind forever. Her mother lies buried in a shallow grave along the trail. What sort of future awaits her in the valleys of the Saints? Will she find the happiness she has dreamed of across the long, weary miles?

For Love of Ivy is a poignant love story, depicting the struggles and triumphs of a young woman and her husband as they carve a place for themselves out of the great American frontier. Susan Evans McCloud, a best-selling author of romance fiction, combines and exciting, alluring story with her superb skills and brilliant writing style in this novel of love and conquest.