Discontented heiress Priscilla “Per” Vanderhaven sneaks away from her wealthy widowed mother in Pennsylvania in the middle of the night to travel to Oregon as a simple mail-order bride. Her husband, Gus Burgen, was betrayed by an heiress back east and loathes wealthy society women now, so she doesn’t tell him of her background. As the newlyweds struggle to build their ranch and overcome a severe injury Per receives her second day at the campsite, her mother offers a $5,000 reward for her return, and the kidnapping attempts commence. Just when things seem to be settling down, Per’s mother and Gus’s former love, the heiress who betrayed him, arrive, determined to get their own way.
