In 1870, the wild Montana Territory is no place for a man to raise a child alone.. Young Matthew Crawford spends his days tending horses and his nights wondering how to give his little boy a proper home. At his mother's urging, he takes a chance no man of sense would take- he places an ad for a mail-order bride. Hoping a stranger might bring warmth back into their lonely farmhouse. Across the country in bustling New York City, Catherine Mansfield dreams of true love, not the arranged marriage her stepfather demands. When she learns he plans to wed her to a man twice her age, she faces a choice: submit, or risk everything for freedom.. One letter: written with honesty and hope, bridges the vast distance between them. What begins as a practical arrangement soon blossoms into something neither expected-a love tested by distance, secrets, and the untamed beauty of the frontier.