An unexpected surprise / Rosey Dow -- Ribbon of gold / Cathy Marie Hake -- Light beckons the dawn / Susannah Hayden -- The reluctant schoolmark / Yvonne Lehman -- School bells and wedding bells / Colleen L. Reece -- Rose Kelly / Janet Spaeth.

Take an adventurous ride along on the bumpy trail to love as six independent women of yesteryear are cautiously courted into matrimony by men they have both intrigued and hurt. Angie thinks she can pick a bride for her brother-in-law. Isabel tells her new boss how to do his job. Percy keeps secrets from the lumber camp doctor. Christa tries to help a man in a predicament. Meredith disputes the school superintendent. Rose pries into a homesteader's mysterious history. Will troubles douse the sparks of love before anyone can become a bride?