Rebecca Thorne was the daughter of Judge Thorne, known for being the Judge without a heart. When her father and Governor Pritchard encouraged her to answer a mail order bride advertisement by Gage Preston of Preston's Pass, she did, but on her terms.

Gage Preston was a wealthy man and wanted a woman who would marry him for himself, not his money. When Rebecca Thorne answered his ad, he never dreamed she was doing undercover work for her father and Governor Pritchard to find out how involved he was with his friend Dwayne Carter, known to them to be a nortorious outlaw.

Would Rebecca and Gage trust one another and fall in love despite Dwayne's deceitful manipulation for his own gain?