Lewis Harrison is miserable after his wife leaves him. Devastated by the fact that his one shortcoming would render him loveless for the entirety of his remaining life, he hopelessly dives into his business, unsure of what good would come out of anything. And for a while, things do go well, and the future seems less bleak than he had anticipated.

Until he bumps into someone so close to the past he was running away from, it knocks his breath out. Although he can't decide if it's in a good way or a bad one.

Jessa Branch, youngest of the Branch cousins is tired of the city life and wants to return to the county where she grew up with her cousins and her horses. Most importantly, away from the career, she had no interest in pursuing. A blessing in the form of her sister in law, Bailey's phone call, about her pregnancy and the need for a companion other than her husband comes to her and she takes the next flight to Riverbird.

While finding the courage to go after what she had always dreamt of—teaching—she crosses paths with brooding yet charming, kind yet secretive Lewis, whom she can't seem to decode nor stop thinking about.

Will Lewis finally garner the courage to confront his mistakes from the past and open his heart to this vivacious city girl with the heart of a cowgirl or will his demons continue to make him push back everything nice that could potentially happen to him, even if it means losing his final chance at love?