Turning 18, Peggy wonders if her life is over or just beginning, growing up as an orphan, all she knows is hardship and the orphanage. But when all things seemed hopeless, one day something good happened. Or so she hoped.... She boards the coach with a little more than a prayer and the clothes on her back to meet the mysterious man who bought her to be his bride. Anthony Lambert, a wealthy businessman owns a thriving enterprise in Arizona, quiet and gentle, he longs to find the missing piece of his otherwise contented life – someone to share the journey with.....a wife. But eligible single women are hard to find in his area. The plight of an orphan in a mail order bride ad caught his attention. When the two strangers meet, sparks fly and all seems promising for Peggy....Or is it?