Millicent Anders is traveling to West Texas. She's accepted a proposal and agreed to be a mail order bride. At 24 she's close to becoming an old maid. When she set out on her journey she had no idea of the things that could happen to a woman traveling alone. When her train from Pittsburgh is robbed and she's left in the wilderness she's unprepared and in a dangerous situation. When things look the least hopeful she meets Uriah a freed slave that was traveling on the same train. Uriah wants to find his past and Millicent wants to find her future. As the story unfolds fate takes a stand in The Delivery.