Five-year-old Nicki Prescott isn't coping with her mother's death — she's withdrawn, refusing to eat or leave her room. In desperation, her father, Cordell Prescott, makes a phone call that will change their lives...

Cord calls Dr Becca Talbert, a close friend of his brother's, and asks her to come to Triple Creek Ranch to see Nicki. To help Nicki. She agrees, and her presence starts to make a difference. But Cord's gratitude soon turns into something more. Cord doesn't believe he has the right to love Becca, although he realises she's falling in love with him. He feels responsible for his wife's suicide — or apparent suicide. But he's not sure he can resist what Becca's offering...