This entry in the frontier saga about the spirited LaHaye family finds widow Missie (Erin Cottrell) moving back to her father's ranch with her son (Brett Coker) when she's forced to give up her land. On a whim, she adopts a teenage orphan (Holliston Coleman) but has trouble bonding with the girl -- who's harboring a secret. Meanwhile, Missie begins to have feelings for the town sheriff, Zach Tyler (Victor Browne).