Sharon Mignerey
Orphaned during the Civil War, Abbey Wallace has been working her way west to California in pursuit of her dream to homestead an orchard. When she is mistaken for another woman, she is abducted from her most recent employer and taken to a remote ranch the Colorado mountains. Sloan Rafferty, against all odds, does not see Abbey, but rather the wife who stole from him and betrayed him. Unable to prove she is who she is, Abbey is believed only by a small child and surrounded by people who have every reason to hate her. When Sloan discovers the truth, it's too late because his distrust has driven her away and put her in the path of an enemy bent on revenge. Sloan sets out to find her during the first blizzard of the winter, hoping against hope he can find this stranger he has come to love.