Melina May was looking for a way to survive. She had been abused since she was a small child. Her father left in Spring for a cattle drive and had not yet returned. Her mother walked out and left her with her two younger siblings.
She didn't care that her parents were gone. It would have been fine if she had been alone, but she was all that the boys had, so when she heard about becoming a mail order bride, she took a chance and wrote her letter...