Gabriel Carrington, a rancher, having experienced an unhappy love, wants to find a wife with the help of an agency and build a marriage solely on a business basis. After all, he needs a wife in order to give birth to an heir. At one of the receptions at a local club, Gabe meets Rosalind Banks, a fashion designer. They spend the night and part. Five weeks later, Rosalind reveals that she is pregnant. Gabriel immediately asks her to marry him...