Grace Livingston Hill 
The Prodigal Girl 

Betty Thornton knew what she wanted, and it wasn’t her father’s boring lifestyle. So when Betty’s father insists on moving the family to a farm in Vermont, she turns to dashing Dudley Weston – and his promises of excitement and marriage – as the answer to her problems. Then, through a terrifying chain of events, Betty finds herself abandoned in a snowstorm! Now her only hope for survival is a stranger… but can she trust him?