Though reluctant to leave her Mississippi home, Hannah Dandridge follows her
father west to care for her siblings. When her father is awarded a ranch on the
Texas plains for his support and work for the Confederacy, she begins to blossom
in this new way of life. But when she receives word that her father has
been taken prisoner by the Yankees, her future becomes uncertain. An offer of
marriage could solve her problems, but Hannah's heart falters at the thought.
Instead she determines to remain on the ranch with her siblings and the hired
help. Then wounded Union soldier William Barnett arrives, claiming the
ranch as his own...
