Forced into an arranged marriage, Mina Hobart has no choice except leave her childhood home and follow her new husband on a dangerous journey westward. Each hot, dusty day on the Oregon Trail is pure misery, and it isn't long before tragedy renders her a young widow. Alone, with no one to protect her. she can’t return to her father’s home, not when his new bride instigated her unwanted marriage, to begin with. She presses on, hoping to carve out a life for herself in the new frontier. Weston Carr, the resourceful, ruggedly handsome trail master, knows the West is no place for an unaccompanied woman. When her careless ways and sassy tongue bring strife to the wagon train, he has no choice except to take her in hand. Despite his best efforts, Mina is a magnet for trouble. The other wives resent her youth and beauty, and it isn't long before jealousy and gossip force Weston to take her as his bride. As she surrenders to the pleasure of her new husband’s arms, a new threat emerges. A string of mishaps befalls the wagon train, and Mina is the prime suspect. Can she convince the others, including her firm-handed husband, that she can be trusted? And will Weston be able to protect her from whoever seems determined to keep her from reaching the end of the trail