Happily planning her upcoming wedding, Meredith Ivey makes a devastating discovery. Her husband-to-be is not who he seems, and the police have arrived to arrest him. Knowing her reputation in town will always be ruined, and wanting to escape her past, Meredith forges west as a mail order bride, ready to start her new life.

But her hopes are dashed again when her intended, Andrew Sinclair, is arrested on suspicion of murder—his watch found at the scene of the crime! Has Meredith once again found herself with an outlaw husband? However, when she learns of Andrew’s past, and his crimes, Meredith is determined to prove him innocent—and finally discover the truth.