To escape her abusive father, Drina Hamilton feels she has no choice but to make the long trek to Arizona to become the wife of a rancher she only knows from the one letter his uncle has written her. To redeem the mortgage on his Rocking Chair Ranch, Aaron Wilcox is being forced to marry the woman his uncle has chosen from the mail-order-bride ad he put in a Georgia newspaper. As Drina and Aaron struggle with the situation they've been forced into, they are unaware there is a sinister plan in the works to murder Aaron, and force the sale of the huge ranch.