A Russian countess on a desperate mission to save her father's life is swept overboard off the rugged northern California coast. Using her wits and her cool, aristocratic bearing, she convinces a stubborn mountain mani to buy her from her captors and escort her through snow-covered passes.
On a secret scouting expedition for the US Army, Lieutenant Josiah Jones has no time for violet-eyed beauties with more sass than sense. As he and Tatiana trek through the untamed wilderness, though, she stirs both his fierce protectiveness and an aching need he thought he'd buried with his lost love.
