Erica travels out west to become a mail order bride but her fiancee takes one look at her disability and rejects her immediately. Born without one arm, her humiliation continues until she meets Thomas, a rugged former soldier who is injured on the side of the road. Ever since the end of the Civil War he has had a rough go of it, believing that he will never found a wife or children. Erica nurses Thomas back to health until the authorities come looking for Thomas' criminal brother who is now hiding in his house. Will Thomas' own war crimes of the past prevent them from coming together as a couple?