When Stephen McCoy leaves the home he shares with his brother Daniel, Daniel's wife, Rosemarie and their four children to go into town to load up on supplies, he never expected to return with a bride. Calliope Bender steps off the stagecoach in a wedding gown and carrying a wilted bouquet. She is running from an unwanted marriage, but needs a husband who will meet her requirements. Stephen agrees to one of her conditions, but the 'marriage in name only' doesn't sit quite well with him. Neither one of them are looking for love, but will it creep up on them when they aren't looking?