Mollie admired cowboy Deke as a child, but after he lost his wife in an accident, Deke couldn't take care of his own baby daughter. Despite how troubled he Deke is, Mollie feels she must help him and his child. She goes to Crandall ranch to apply to be a housekeeper, but she's rejected right away. Mollie will do anything to help her childhood crush stand on his feet again. And eventually Mollie's cheerful personality begins to soothe the pain in Deke's closed-off heart...