Carrie Greyson leaves New York and moves to Little Falls, Montana with a dream to turn a broken-down ranch into a refuge for battered women. Trouble finds her on day one as her car is washed into a ravine, soon to soar off a cliff into the river below.

Just when all her dreams seem ready to collapse, she discovers a whole town willing to help her. And after some missteps, she even determines which lover is solid and which are not.