Jack Snow has learned the hard way that the only person he can rely on is himself. With his family wealth gone, he'll make his own fortune and then bag himself an heiress bride!

The last person with whom he expects to travel across the Yukon is an outspoken, impoverished daughter of an Irish immigrant. Their social standing is miles apart. But Lily Shanahan proves resourceful and dauntless in the face of raging rivers and icy mountain passes, and Jack is forced to admit her passion for life is enough to tempt him from his course...