Description
What would you do to escape the prospect of a life that would tear your very soul apart? A life chosen for you against your wishes and that there appears to be no escape from?
At first sight it would appear that Millie has it all with a loving family, and a good life in the East with servants on hand to help with her every wish.
However, the family have hit upon hard times and Millie's mother has plans afoot to ensure that their family fortunes are secured by marrying Millie off to a local wealthy businessman, following the tragic death of Millie's childhood sweetheart.
Millie is horrified by her mother's scheming ways. How could she auction her off to such an insufferably dull and tedious man?
Millie decides to set her own plans in action and show her family that she can make her own choices and find her own path in life.
But is she doing the right thing, traveling far across the wilds of the American continent to the state of Oregon to meet a future husband that she has never met and knows very little about?