1890, Baltimore.
19-year-old Patience Sutton has never been praised for her cooking - in fact, she burned the pumpkin pie at her family's last Thanksgiving dinner. As the youngest of 10 children, she's tired of always being the baby and longs to grow up. When she spies an ad in the paper from Oregon banker Jefferson Cooke seeking a mail-order bride willing to travel out west and who "must love children," Patience jumps at the chance for a new life. With children of her own to take care of, maybe she'll finally get some respect! Right?

Find out as you read this heartwarming holiday romance set in Sunset Hills, Oregon!