Hadley is a focused, intelligent doctor who travels home from Chicago to Colorado for Christmas when she meets her parents' new farmhand. They immediately strike a romance. But Michael's past brings problems and he knows it will never work out. However, his attraction to her is more than he's ever had for another, and he pursues her in spite of his reservations. When Hadley's doctor life calls, and she must return to Chicago, she finds out secrets about Michael that she never imagined.