Claire Zidacoy is born to a wealthy beef farmer. She is the oldest of four daughters. In a world were women are promised off before their 18th birthday, Claire has been able to postpone getting married for most of her young adult life. At twenty three, she still remains unwed and not promised to any man. Until a strange man comes into town and charms her father. He quickly gives her hand in marriage. At the same time she is being promised to this man, Claire has found the man of her dreams. Oddly enough its the same man. The more she spends time with him, the more mysterious he becomes. Part of him she deeply falls for and the other part she deeply loaths. Will she go through with the marriage? Will she stick by him for better or worse? Or will she go against tradition, disrespect her father's wishes and refuse him?