Milly fled the only home she'd ever known after her father burnt her hand as a punishment. A handsome neighbor picks her up and takes her to Cascade, Territory of Montana. She found solace working in a boarding house. An unexpected job offer takes her to an unimaginable life. A family she didn't know she had, finds her on a ranch below the Big Belt mountains. Milly's strength and resolve guide her through life and death situations. Milly acquires an unintended family. Love, friendship, loss, responsibility and death shape her goals for her collective families future.