Even as dreams die, love takes root. When Celina Bills arrives in Montana as a mail-order bride, she learns her intended groom is already dead. With her dreams shattered and only a trunk to her name, she plans to leave- until the ranch hands plead with her to stay. Without her, the homestead will fail, and a grieving young girl will lose her home. Luke McAllister has no desire to return to the ranch-or to welcome the woman meant for his fallen brother. Scarred by war and loss, he wants only solitude. But Celina's quiet strength and unwavering faith begin to challenge the walls he's built. On the harsh Montana prairie, survival forces them together. And as grief gives way to hope, they must decide whether love is a risk worth taking-or the very thing that could heal them both