In the wilds of Colorado, one Christmas changes everything.
In 1912, spirited Priscilla Cochran is determined to prove she's a capable, independent woman. Leaving her comfortable life in Oklahoma, she travels to rugged Dogtown, Colorado, to become the town's new schoolteacher-after assuring the hiring committee she's a "woman of mature years."
Mitch Beaumont, Dogtown's hardworking councilman and widowed father, is weary of flighty young teachers who flee at the first sign of hardship. When twenty-year-old Priscilla steps off the stagecoach-and straight into the mud at his feet-he knows trouble has arrived wrapped in petticoats and big ideas.
But as Christmas approaches and Priscilla wins over Dogtown's children-and Mitch's skeptical heart-sparks fly between the independent young teacher and the gruff gunsmith who vowed never to love again.
