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Abby is desperate to get away from her stepfather when she loses her mother, terrified of what he will do to her. A marriage of convenience to rancher Samuel in Oregon is her only way out of a dire situation. Samuel is raising his friends' daughters and needs a wife to help him care for them.

Widow Lucy, her young son, and unborn child are forced from their home due to unpaid debts. Needing a fresh start quickly, she begins corresponding with a doctor in Colorado. Jed is seeking someone to tend to his home and proposes to Lucy, excited to have an instant family. But as Lucy travels to Colorado, fear and doubt overtake her. While Jed seemed like a nice and kind man through his letters, she fears that he may not be that way in person.

Nora fears she will never have the family she longs for due to the scar she carries from a childhood accident. Known as the plain Kelly sister, she longs to run away to where no one knows her and have a fresh start. Utah rancher Clay needs someone to tend house and cook for him and the ranch hands. Love has no place in his life, and he proposes to a young woman he has been corresponding with, making it clear the marriage is in name only.

Emma desperately needs to escape her employer’s son who has illicit intentions for her. But with no family, she fears what will happen to her on the streets of Philadelphia. But the employer’s kind daughter has a plan to get Emma away from her brother, even though it involves a big deception.

Mary leaves Chicago to escape an arranged marriage to a cruel man whose previous two wives had died under mysterious circumstances. Fearing for her own life, she travels to Colorado to become the bride of Mason, the mercantile store owner.

When tragedy befalls Abby and her sister Belle, they are forced to leave Boston in order to survive. Belle travels to Colorado while Abby travels to Arizona to marry widower Clark, the town’s sheriff.

Adelle longs to escape a hard life in Philadelphia, dreaming of an easier life with a family of her own. Floyd seems like a kind-hearted man, and she eagerly accepts his proposal a few weeks before Christmas. But once she steps on the train to head west, Adelle's life begins to unravel, and she realizes too late that she has made a terrible mistake. With no money to return to Philadelphia, she's at the mercy of strangers in a new town; strangers who are only too willing to take advantage of her.

Living in the orphanage since age 8, Molly fears turning 18 as she will have to leave there. With nowhere to go and facing life on the cold Chicago streets, she corresponds with Jake, a prospector in Colorado. Jake is raising his friends' children since their passing and needs someone to help him with his home and the children. Molly is the answer to Jake's prayers. But things don't go as planned. Jake doesn't believe in love, and the children don't want a new mother. As Molly struggles to fit in, she prays she won't be sent back to Chicago.

After losing her husband suddenly, pregnant Ava is struggling to survive in Boston. While she vows never to fall in love again, she knows a marriage of convenience is her only hope for a secure life for her and her unborn child. Rancher Ross is seeking a woman to help him on his ranch in Wyoming. Ava seems a perfect match for him. In his excitement to impress her, Ross embellishes a very important aspect of his life.

Luke is looking forward to Sophie's arrival only a few weeks before Christmas but is shocked when he first meets her. Starting a marriage with lies does not bode well for Luke, but he honors his proposal to Sophie. And with a Christmas baby on the way, Sophie and Luke both pray for a peaceful and blessed Christmas.

Amber is alone in New York and struggling to get by when she's forced to vacate her home. With nowhere to go and desperation setting in, she decides to accept a marriage proposal from Jack, a rancher in Montana.

Amy yearns for a life away from Chicago where she tends to her younger siblings all day. Carl, a rancher in Colorado, seems the answer to her prayers, and she does not hesitate when he proposes marriage.