Twelve applicants applied for the position of sole physician in the booming gold rush town of Granville, Montana. E. Brooks was recommended, to the delight of the mayor of Granville as Brooks' reputation preceded him. However, when Elizabeth Brooks showed up and not her father, Mayor Farrington realizes his mistake in not clarifying to which Brooks the offer was made. He and Sherriff Seth Mason insist that she return to her cushioned life in New York. But, after traveling thousands of miles, spending hundreds of her family's money to help her relocate, not to mentioned being robbed just miles from Granville, Elizabeth has no intention of returning home. Especially not at the suggestion of two chauvinists who think Granville is no place for a woman. She now has no job, income, or place to live. But that is not going to stop her from proving both the mayor and the smug sheriff wrong.