Eighteen year-old Haley is nearly burned alive in her own barn when she refuses to marry a slimy liquor store owner her father lost her to in a drunken poker game. Now she must flee her old life, including the cotton farm she loves. When she’s taken on as housekeeper by the owner of Eagle Creek Ranch and his handsome cowboy son Tate Sherwood, Haley must choose whether to let them and their seven kind ranch-hands instill love and trust inside her heart.