Rocky Mountain Proposal After two years, Tolley Northam returns home, transformed from a mischievous youth into an ambitious lawyer confident of winning his father's approval at last. But he soon begins to wonder if the only way to do so is to marry family friend Laurie Eberly a woman his father has always liked. If only she weren't so adamant about refusing Tolley's proposal. Laurie's childhood friend is now a handsome, accomplished lawyer with undeniable charm. But she can't accept Tolley's proposal; she believes it's just to earn his father's praise. First he'll have to prove to her that he wants her for a wife not because his father thinks she's the perfect match, but because he does.