Eve Kinsley is still nursing the heartbreak Cole Carter caused when he left her two years earlier to seek his fortune in the gold fields of northwestern Montana. Although she has no shortage of suitors, Eve devotes herself to caring for those in need. Her charitable work leads her to the home of a newcomer whose elderly mother and aunt require assistance-only for Eve to discover that the house belongs to Cole. Seeing him again revives the feelings she believed she had buried.
Cole never stopped loving Eve, but he left because he believed she would always choose her family over a life with him. When Eve arrives to care for the two women who depend on him, Cole reluctantly accepts her help. Her beauty, compassion, and joyful presence soon bring new warmth to his home-and awaken the love he has tried to forget.
As circumstances draw Eve and Cole together, old misunderstandings begin to unravel, allowing each to understand the motives behind the other's painful choices. Faced with new challenges and the differences that once separated them, they must decide whether they are willing to risk their hearts again-or allow the past to cost them a second chance at love.