Not only does she run her own matchmaking business, Becoming Brides, but she s not afraid to get her nose a bit dirty. When she receives a letter from Jason Kruger requesting a bride, she decides to travel to Beaumont, California, to check him out herself. Jason is busy running his own lumber business with his brother, Ethan, when Miss Amanda Pierce shows up on his doorstop. He s none too happy, since he didn t write the letter she received, and he s never been real crazy about having women in his camp.
Woman are distractions, and men can t be distracted when they re working a dangerous job.
But Jason knows that the real reason he doesn t want Amanda around is because she stirs up too many painful memories about his own turbulent childhood. Jason s all set to send Amanda back to San Francisco when a big railroad contract comes through. But when his workers hear that Jason plans to send Amanda packing, along with the promise of brides for them, they threaten to quit. Jason can t have a shortage of labor now that the contract has come through, so he reluctantly agrees to Amanda s proposition to bring brides to the camp in order to keep his workers happy. But Jason s fear that women will be a distraction is all too soon realized when he finds himself attracted to the delectable Miss Pierce.