Josephine Lewis has been at the Millshore cotton mill for almost two years and has made many friends along the way. Life isn't exactly what she once pictured for herself, but it was enough. Or at least, she thought it was until the new matron arrives and opens her eyes to the possibilities that still exist out there for her.

Can Josephine gather the courage to leave what's comfortable in order to find happiness?

Edward Shaw grew up in a home where he knew fear and pain from a young age and he's been on the run from his past ever since. But when the opportunity arises to order a bride from the papers, everything he thought he wanted for his life, suddenly changes.

Will Edward be able to prove to himself that he's not the man his father was? And can he be honest to those closest to him about the wounds on his heart?