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A devastating accident leaves Kate with a disfiguring scar. She longs for someone to love her, someone who sees her true beauty from the inside. Cooper's lived a hard life and doesn't believe in love but needs someone to help him on the ranch. Looks don't matter to him, or so he thought. He treats Kate with kindness but she longs for his love...something he tells her she will never have.

When Becky Wade's husband dies unexpectedly, her world is turned upside down. With no means to support herself, and having discovered she is pregnant, she answers an ad in the Matrimonial Times, hoping for a fresh start for herself and her unborn child. Dr. Karl Madden wants a marriage of convenience where emotions do not come into play. He's looking for a woman to take care of his house and help him in his clinic. Having his heart broken once, Karl does not intend to open his heart to anyone again.

Left all alone when her parents die, Sadie dreams of a new start away from Philadelphia. When she answers an ad from Alex, a widower in New Mexico, she believes she has met the man she is destined to marry. When she arrives in New Mexico to meet Alex and his infant daughter, he is cold and distant towards her. A shocked Sadie soon learns the reason for Alex's demeanor. She knows she must leave but when tragedy strikes, Sadie realizes there is no going back to the life she once led.

Emma is all alone and struggles to support herself in Chicago. Out of desperation, she posts an advertisement and begins a correspondence with a widowed farmer, Thomas. Desperate to escape her grim situation, she accepts his marriage-of-convenience proposal, looking forward to a fresh start in Nebraska.

Sarah has lived a hard life and longs for someone to love her. Curtis seems like the perfect man. But when he uses and then abandons her, a heartbroken Sarah knows she must accept her lot in life. When her friend answers an ad in the Matrimonial Times, pretending to be Sarah, Sarah is furious. But she also believes this is the fresh start she has been praying for. Wyatt is looking for a wife and is intrigued by Sarah's letters. When they finally meet, things don't go as planned, for Sarah cannot trust any man ever again. Wyatt is forced to make a choice.

Hollie longs to escape her arranged marriage in Boston. When she answers an ad from widowed Montana rancher, Anton, Hollie accepts his proposal, knowing that the marriage will be one of convenience only. When she arrives in Montana, Hollie is struck by the handsome rancher yet tries to hide her feelings for him. When tragedy strikes, Anton fears he may have lost Hollie forever; a fear that brings realization of his feelings for her.

Ruby hopes to escape her abusive father by moving to Utah to meet the rancher she has been corresponding with. Owen is a widower whose heart is still broken from his wife's death. While guilty at bringing a new woman into his home, he knows his children need a mother. He makes it clear to Ruby that the children need her, but he will never love her. While Ruby accepts their arrangement, her heart longs for something more, and she realizes too late that she has escaped one bad situation for another.

Adelle longs to escape a hard life in Philadelphia, dreaming of an easier life with a family of her own. Floyd seems like a kind-hearted man, and she eagerly accepts his proposal a few weeks before Christmas. But once she steps on the train to head west, Adelle's life begins to unravel, and she realizes too late that she has made a terrible mistake. With no money to return to Philadelphia, she's at the mercy of strangers in a new town; strangers who are only too willing to take advantage of her.

As Christmas nears, Louisa travels to South Dakota to meet the man she will marry: widowed rancher Matthew. With no family of her own, she looks forward to becoming a wife and mother to Matthew's two young daughters. But Louisa's journey does not go as planned. While the girls are happy to see her and are happy their Christmas wish to have a mother comes true, Matthew doesn't want anything to do with her. Forced with facing lies and deceit, Louisa's happy Christmas suddenly turns dire.

Widow Lucy, her young son, and unborn child are forced from their home due to unpaid debts. Needing a fresh start quickly, she begins corresponding with a doctor in Colorado. Jed is seeking someone to tend to his home and proposes to Lucy, excited to have an instant family. But as Lucy travels to Colorado, fear and doubt overtake her. While Jed seemed like a nice and kind man through his letters, she fears that he may not be that way in person.

Nora fears she will never have the family she longs for due to the scar she carries from a childhood accident. Known as the plain Kelly sister, she longs to run away to where no one knows her and have a fresh start. Utah rancher Clay needs someone to tend house and cook for him and the ranch hands. Love has no place in his life, and he proposes to a young woman he has been corresponding with, making it clear the marriage is in name only.

Cora's life shatters, and she desperately needs to get away from Chicago, where ridicule and shame follow her. When her sister encourages her to go west to Colorado and meet a man she had been corresponding with, Cora agrees. Widower Hugh awaits Amy's arrival, after proposing a marriage of convenience to her, as he knows his infant daughter needs a mother. But when Amy is nowhere to be seen, he is faced with a shocking revelation, and a switched bride.

When Cara is left widowed and in debt, she must make a hasty decision before she is left destitute and homeless. When she begins corresponding with Moss, a mercantile owner in Texas, he soon proposes, and Cara believes her prayers have been answered. On the stagecoach to Texas, she befriends a young man who's traveling to the same town as her. Jordan is an outcast due to the unsightly scar on his face, but as Cara gets to know Jordan, she realizes others have judged him unjustly.

Sadie travels to Montana to meet the man she is to marry, wanting to escape a lonely and destitute life in New York. Mack assures Sadie he will provide a good life for her—a life that is all lies. Sadie is shocked to hear horrible news when she arrives in Montana, and her world comes crashing down. Rancher Brett has put down roots and hopes to find a wife that will give him heirs to his ranch. Love has no place in his heart; to Brett, marriage is only a business arrangement. A desperate Sadie seems the perfect choice for Brett, who harbors a secret he doesn't wish to share.

Hanna is jilted at the altar by a man she thought loved her. She leaves Philadelphia to escape the disgrace and humiliation that fill her soul. Ashamed and alone, she heads west to meet Frank, hiding a secret she plans not to reveal. Texas Ranger, Frank, longs to settle down but his job keeps him away from home. Although he yearns for a family, he wants someone to take care of his house. Hanna seems the perfect choice. He refuses to give his heart away and plans to keep his distance from his new wife.

Widow Emma accepts a Wyoming rancher's proposal to escape a precarious situation in Boston. While she must get away quickly, she hopes that she has made the right decision. But Wyoming will turn her life upside down, and her heart will never be the same. Widower rancher Ross still mourns for his late wife. When his children tell him all they want for Christmas is a mother, his heart breaks, for he knows he can never provide that. Ross does not believe he will ever be ready to marry again. As Christmas approaches, Ross' life is turned on end.

After finding out her marriage was a sham, Millicent must leave Philadelphia and the shame and gossip that surround her. She corresponds with a banker and after accepting his marriage proposal, travels to Montana. But what awaits her turns her world upside-down. Widower Clark lost his wife and son years ago and has not gotten over the heartbreak. As Millicent meets the widower next door, Clark makes a startling discovery, and will do what he has to to make Millicent his Christmas wife - although it may be too late.

As Christmas approaches, Ella's pregnant, alone and scared. Tragedy strikes her life, tearing apart all that she knows and loves in Chicago. She travels to Texas to marry a man she has been corresponding with. As she prepares for her new life, the tragedy haunts her....

As she travels to Arizona, Bella hopes for a better life. The rancher she is to marry needs someone to care for his three children. Bella knows this will only be a marriage of convenience and is grateful for a new start. Shane's ranch is what has kept him going since his wife passed four years ago. He tends to his children as best he can, vowing never to marry again. When Bella arrives, Shane's life unravels and is turned upside down. Not wanting her there, Shane plans to send her back home. But Bella has no home to go back to.

Clara is used to the stares and cruel remarks from those who pity her and don't believe she can be a hard worker. Believing she is a hindrance to her family, Clara heads west to meet the farmer who has proposed to her. But he's shocked to see her limp. As Clara fears he will send her back home, she begs the mercantile store owner, Jed, for a job, who turns her down upon noticing her limp.