Three young women find themselves in new phases of life after each are touched by devastation. Eva knows her soiled present and tragic future will turn Jonesy's love sour. Will he opt for romance or head back to Texas to tend the ranchland he loves? A young widow named Hope wants desperately to travel west to Oregon to begin a new life. But wagon trains won't take single women along. Star's secret past, old hurts, and prejudices may just keep her from the true happiness she longs for. With the recent death of her mother, how will Star ever get over her loss?