Lex Whitman has returned to the family ranch after serving in the military. He's injured and hurt but determined to make his parents proud as he inherits the ranch. His parents are in debt, however, and they enlist the aid of a woman who rejected him all throughout high school to help with the finances. She's in dire straits herself and is eager to help get the ranch back off the ground. But the wounds between Lex and Heather run deep...will they...