The first Mormon pioneers settled southern Utah in 1862, fifteen years later the mines 20 miles north had a booming production of silver. There 17-year-old Rebecca Larson meets Henry Williams, from Silver Reef, at her family’s vegetable wagon. Mama Larson’s back was turned, but she saw Henry kiss her daughter’s hand and Rebecca didn’t seem to mind. She told Papa they must find a good Latter-day Saint boy for Rebecca. The young man they found worked in the Larson’s garden which was good because Papa worked full time on the Virgin River Dam, but neither of the young people seemed interested. Papa’s brother, Abner, from far-away Cedar City brought his large family to visit. There weren’t enough sleeping rooms, so the boys were sent to barn. Next morning, Papa was awakened by an inferno in his barn. His nephew’s thigh was deeply burned. He is taken to the Silver Reef hospital where Henry, is an assistant to the doctor. Readers watch a romance blossom between a young woman and a man from two different worlds.