Penniless and heartsick in San Francisco after her marriage falls apart, Emily Murphy returns home to the Colorado Mountains to find a new direction for her life. But a steamy encounter with handsome rancher Nate Thalberg on her first night back is not the fresh start she had in mind. And Nate has good reason not to trust Emily -- she's just there to sell her family's property. Then the two begin to work side-by-side...