At nineteen, Stacey Denton’s life seemed picture perfect. Three weeks before her 20th birthday she and her husband, Kyle, found out they were expecting their first child. When tragedy strikes, however, Stacey finds herself facing an uncertain future. Now she’s wondering if her life will ever have the happy ending she dreams of.
Mark Hamilton moved to California in 1849, a year after James Marshall discovered gold flakes in the river near Sutter’s Mill. As part of the notorious forty-niners, Mark has settled down with a modest earning. His only wish is to have a lovely woman to spend his life with.

Can sending out an ad for a mail-order bride really bring him the right woman?