Defiant Hearts

Pioneering photographer Katie O'Rourke is infuriated by the intrusive protectiveness of Spence McCord, who accompanies her on the trail from New York to Colorado as a favor to her brother, until the two unlikely lovers unexpectedly fall for each other.

To Katie O'Rourke, a pioneer of the daguerreotype, capturing the lives of everyday people on film while wagoning west was going to be an adventure. But having to share that dream with an arroagnt man infuriated her. Beneath the prairie skies, Katie and Spence's passion mounted--and it would take more than Spence's warm embrace to convince Katie that his picture of blissful love was worth more than a thousand words.