Rancher Dade Tanner and his old flame, Kerrah, have some serious unfinished business between them - a five-year love affair that came to an abrupt halt one terrible night. Now it's ten years later and she's back but the rules have changed, dramatically. She is not welcome on the ranch, accused of an ulterior motive to return since the family patriarch, Buck Tanner's bout with ill health. Nevertheless she fights to stay in the one place that has ever felt like home.
However the Tanners have locked horns in a power play, and Dade's older brother, Virgil, is a sinister force that threatens not only Kerrah, but the very future of the JW Tanner Ranch. Who will survive Virgil's private game of greed and vengeance?