Thirty-one-year-old Claire Hatley is running from Seattle, having just discovered that her live-in boyfriend has traded her in for a twenty-two-year-old hostess. Devastated and alone, Claire must make a fresh start. She answers an ad to be a chef at a guest ranch just outside Colorado Springs and finds herself face to face with Cole Mitchell, quite possibly the sexiest man to ever ride a horse. Common sense tells them to stay away from each other, but their attraction is not to be denied. He gives her a glimpse of what love should be, but just as she starts to trust him, the past comes back to tear them apart.

Can Claire and Cole overcome what holds them apart and find their way again to love?