Linda Martin, a young woman in 1870 is forced to turn her life upside down when her father arranges a marriage for her with a man almost three times her age. When Linda discovers a stipulation in the contract, she does the unthinkable to get out of the arrangement. Her actions throw her into a world she never could have imagined for herself. Linda Martin, who wanted to be a teacher, becomes Tansy Granger, a whore.