Katie

The Irish Famine tore apart her family. Her abusive uncle threatens her life. Her only escape is to the west. To get there she must marry a stranger … Options are limited for Irish beauty, Katie O'Callaghan. After losing her family to the Irish Famine, she arrives in America with her younger sister Ellen. Her uncle, rather than provide shelter, provides misery and abuse. Forced to head west, she refuses to leave Ellen behind, risking a kidnapping charge on top of everything. Daniel Sullivan needs a wife; the bank insists they will only finance his business if he gets married. What's he to do when the woman he's interested in is promised to another?