Rebellious college student Anesa Stryker has always felt like an outsider, even in her own family. When Anesa’s scandalous behavior ruins her reputation, she decided the best way to escape the consequences is to marry and leave the only home she has ever known. Jack Steele, a charming ne’er-do-well veteran of the Spanish-American War, has little experience with farming but wants to stake a homesteading claim in South Dakota. He is impressed with Anesa’s hard work in her family’s gardens, and admires her knowledge of growing food and ability to manage her family’s lucrative produce business. As she helps him figure out the needs and costs to successfully operate a farm, they each feel destined to become husband and wife. Anesa and Jack marry and head to South Dakota. Homesteading and marriage prove harder than the couple expects. When tragedy strikes, Anesa is left on her own with a new baby. Now, she must find a way to forge a future for herself and her daughter or lose the land she’s worked so hard to earn.
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