Rachel and her son Sam have moved back to the farm where she grew up - now a shadow of its former self, all livestock gone. Then a horse appears in the stables overnight The culprit is Xander, an actor seeking an anonymous holiday in Bramblewick, who has rescued the horse from his cruel owner. Soon word gets around that Folly Farm is taking in old and unwanted animals, and the menagerie grows - as does the mutual attraction between Rachel and Xander.....