Isla Chisholm finds strength in solitude. A rare type of woman, raised by her father on the trails of Texas, Isla keeps an unburdened life in the plains until one fateful day when her conniving brother decides to use her life as a bargaining chip for his wealth in the big city.

Enter William Caldwell, once the most eligible bachelor in Kansas City and still the richest. He is immediately enamored by her unbridled spirit and callous disregard for the city's rapidly evolving feminine limitations. Will a marital business arrangement between the two be the thing to truly set her free?