Connie Ruddick is all alone in the world. When she arrives in the California town of Ocasa, she has the chance to take a job as the local schoolteacher, but this chance is based on a lie. Handsome cowboy Nate Truman has his own secrets, but can he forgive Connie's deceit? She plans to leave before she is found out, but escaping from Nate and the warm-hearted people of Ocasa proves to be nigh on impossible.