Indiana, 1899. When fourteen-year-old Naomi Campbell discovers she is pregnant, she is ecstatic. Now, she and the handsome Sam Sanders can spend the rest of their lives together and build a wonderful future. Unfortunately, Sam is less than thrilled with the idea. His engagement to Susan Metter, whose father owns almost every business in town, has assured him a comfortable future, and he's not about to give it up for some foolish girl. The barrel of a shotgun owned by Naomi's father makes Sam think otherwise, and he and Naomi marry. But now that he's had the silver spoon ripped from his mouth, Sam is determined to make his new wife's life more miserable than his own. For the next four years, Naomi endures Sam's cruelty while she raises their two children. But during Naomi's third pregnancy, her husband dies from a mysterious blood disease. Her happiness and relief is short-lived, however, when her newborn daughter suffers the same fate. Widowed at eighteen and having already endured a lifetime of sorrow, all Naomi wants is to be loved. But will moving to a new town and starting over help her find true love, or add to her heartache?