Stryker needs a wife to get the town's husbands off his back. Seems he's the handsomest guy in town, not to mention the marshall, and all the ladies are besotted. Jacey Forester is in a peck of trouble. Not only has she been falsely accused of stealing an expensive necklace, her twin sister has answered an ad for a mail order bride in Jacey's name. Jacey realizes that appearing to agree to the marriage will get her out of town and away from the accusation of theft. But she doesn't realize what she's getting into. Stryker has been burned at love before, and he's not planning on falling again. He never expected to be so drawn to Jacey. As events unravel, both Jacey and Stryker find that they've been duped, and both find they're in love. A series of unlikely events set Jacey on her road to her destiny in Stryker's Bride. A deft talent for description livens up this familiar mail order bride story.