Finding a husband after the American Civil war isn't easy. When Twenty-two-year-old Bostonian Clara Stapleton discovers the address of a likely bachelor in the wilds of the Alaskan bush, she throws caution to the wind and sends him a letter. Soon she's on the adventure of her life, leaving the comfort of family for a man she's never met and a life of uncertainty. Callie Glass isn't happy with her brother Jasper's proposal to a mail-order bride. And when a tragic accident takes Jasper's life, Callie demands Clara to return home. But Clara refuses to go. Both headstrong women struggle in the ashes of their dashed hopes and dreams, slowly coming together to forge an alliance for which neither is prepared.