Jane Peck is an impeccable young lady from 1846 Philadelphia. She has been trained at one of the most respected ladies academies in the city. But her widowed father has taught her to use her mind, and to speak it. When the man she has idolized since childhood travels to the wild west of Shoalwater Bay on Washington's coast, Jane follows.
William Brandt is nowhere to be found when she arrives, but Jane believes his proposal and stays. After several run-ins with the native population, she is given the nickname 'Boston Jane' as a reminder of her citified ways.
Jane clings to the mannerisms she expects her betrothed to cherish in her, but as she spends more time in Shoalwater Bay, Jane discovers her Bostonian behaviors will not do her much good in the backwoods. When William returns he is stunned by Jane and how much she has changed.
The rebellious young woman learns to when curb her instincts and when to revert to her wild-child days. Despite the grueling work she put in to transform into a lady, when life requires her to drop the stringent standards Jane holds herself to she does what needs to be done.
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