Samantha Day considered herself a down to earth person; someone reliable and strong, someone who didn't worry about the what ifs of life. Lately, though, it seemed as if everything was pointless, as if everything was crumbling beneath her and Samantha was helpless to do anything about it...Her father was dead, her last surviving family member had been ripped from the world and now his home - her home - was being taken from her. Just when things couldn't have gotten worse, Samantha had been given the letter of eviction. She had two days...Out of this desperation, she decides to become a mail order bride...But serendipity awaits with a lonely widower named Carter. Guilt ridden about getting remarried, he changes his mind about the whole thing...only to have Samantha wind up on his doorstep...never having received his letter that told her not to come...Can Samantha change his mind?