Willa Fisher has come home to Evansville because she has no place else to go. But her mother, Vonda, owner of the Coyote Moon Bar and Grill, isn't letting her have a free ride. No matter Willa's reason for returning, she has to work the breakfast shift in the restaurant where she grew up.

And that's where she catches the attention of Ben Braun, who is having trouble keeping a job, trouble keeping sober. But something about the quiet newcomer draws him. And when he finds out she is expecting a child, well, protective instincts he didn't know he had come out in him. He has to change his life if he wants to be a part of hers.