Clover Chapman knows what the men of Rolling Meadows call her–talker. But when her parents move to San Francisco she enters the lottery so she can stay behind. Brigham Caldwell, the middle Caldwell brother, draws her name and immediately tells her she talks too much. But something much worse than insults from her husband is coming.
Brigham Caldwell has been in love with Clover Chapman for two years. Now that she’s eighteen, he’s determined to marry her. Luck is on his side at the lottery but he immediately says something he regrets. He never dreamed leaving her alone would almost cost him everything.
A strong woman. A terrible tragedy. Two newlyweds are about to get a huge dose of reality and try to survive it.