Javan firmly believes that you only get one opportunity at love in life. While Lydia's never even glimpsed what that might feel like.Widower Javan Wilson has a ranch to run, two girls to raise and no interest in remarrying. His family has other plans and sends for a mail-order bride anyway, leaving Javan in an awkward position.Lydia Brown has never been anyone's first choice. She's now guardian of her four siblings and with impending homelessness looming, a marriage broker provides her with an opportunity to flee New York for Stanton, Montana.With the young woman on his ranch, Javan proposes a way to provide Lydia with a home and have a mother substitute for his girls. Lydia has never had her heart broken, and her optimism wants to throw caution to the wind and make their marriage real. Besides a chance at real love, what else could they possibly be risking?Javan's heart will not cope with the loss of another wife, yet Lydia's sweetness might penetrate the walls he's erected around himself.