Marie Warren worked to make the best of a journey west with her husband and his sister. Going from living on a plantation to walking along their wagon, she enjoyed making friends and planning her life in the Oregon Territory. Her life begins to change when the wrong man steps into her room at the right time.Samuel Granville is guiding a group to Oregon Territory in an effort to forget a broken heart. When he's asked by Marie's husband to retrieve her, Sam sees Marie in a saloon dress and can't shake his desire for her. Leading them west, Sam learns Charles Warren's shameful secret and why the man finds his wife so undesirable.