Claire Beaumont has returned home to take up a teaching position after the death of her husband, Nathan. Ethan Ferguson is the man she left behind when she chose Nathan. But now, Nathan isn't here, and it seems Ethan feels a debt is owed to him. Nathan was his accountant, and a huge sum of money disappeared after Claire and Nathan left town together. Ethan thinks that Claire and Nathan were in on the robbery together, so he's come calling...