Margaret Clemens is finally getting what she wants: marriage to a rough a ready cowboy named Matt. Her friends don't think he is such a bargain and neither did her father but Margaret is aware of Matt's reputation and she wants his child.

Only the boldest of women would set off for the Dakota Territory without a man by her side. But schoolteacher Jana Hartmann is determined to build a new life for herself and her frail sister, Greta. True to her courageous spirit, Jana takes the only job she can find in the town of Bismarck--modeling dresses in a shop window--which has every man staring and every woman gossiping. Adding fuel to the fire, she's agreed to help raise money in the annual...