Set against a 1800's backdrop, this is the story of Sean Donovan, a restless, discontented man, who falls in with thieves, is caught in his first robbery attempt and sentenced to hang. By law a man can be saved from the noose if an upstanding woman in the community marries him. And Charlotte Cooper, owner of the livery--and in need of a good blacksmith--is determined to make the most of the opportunity.