Annabelle Moriston has always dreamed of marrying her childhood friend, Nathan Richmond. But when Nathan informs her that he only wants a wife in name-and for her money-her heart is broken. Refusing to subject herself to a marriage of convenience, Annabelle runs away instead, traveling west to become a mail order bride. She has no hope of love anymore, but only wants to escape her old life, and all the crushed dreams it holds. George Whitley...