When three young children show up on outlaw Tait Trinity's doorstep, he knows he can't help them. A wanted man has no business raising kids. But they ahve nowhere else to go. At a loss, he decides to send for the mail order bride he'd been writing to.

Melanie Dunbar is not the woman Tait was expecting — she certainly isn't the demure dressmaker she pretended to be. But Tait is out of options, and as he gets to know Melanie for who she is and not who he thought she was, a real, strong love takes shape...if Melanie's secrets don't rip them apart forever.