Sixteen-year-old Marianne Hargrove has lived her entire life under the silken shadow of privilege, heir to her family's thriving textile empire and the expectations that come with it. But when she gives her heart to William Ashby?a handsome, worldly servant with charm enough to disguise his ambition?Marianne's carefully stitched world begins to unravel.
When a secret far too scandalous to conceal forces her parents to arrange a hasty marriage, Marianne finds herself bound to a man whose love was always meant for her fortune, not her heart. As William's gambling debts mount, he leads his young bride to the majestic Old Faithful Inn, promising new beginnings under Yellowstone's steaming skies.
But beneath the grandeur and geysers, danger lurks. When William's luck runs out and the last of Marianne's inheritance slips through his fingers, she must choose between the ruin her husband brings and the strength she never knew she possessed.
At the edge of a national wonder, one young woman will learn that love, like faith, must be tested by fire before it can truly endure.