
In March 1871 Chicago, midwife Catherine Remington witnesses political boss Rocky Rogers Kenna murder a man in a brothel hallway. To protect her father’s career, she’s pressured into silence—only to be framed for the murder and blamed for a dying mother’s death. With the newborn in her arms and nowhere safe to turn, Catherine flees west to deliver the baby to his father: Dylan McQuaid.
In Fairplay, Colorado, Dylan has rebuilt his life from a shameful past and now serves as sheriff, determined to stop a cattle-rustling ring. When Catherine arrives with an infant who looks just like him, Dylan assumes she’s the mother and impulsively proposes marriage to give his son a home. But Catherine is hiding more than fear—she’s hiding her name, her past, and a deadly man’s reach. As love grows, so do the stakes: identity revelations, political rivals, a bear attack, and an escalating showdown with rustlers who kidnap Catherine to control Dylan. The ending delivers a romantic, faith-tinged resolution with justice served and a committed future.