Derek White was a carpenter and restorer of houses. Coming to this little town to get away from a sorrowful past and restart fresh, he meets Katie McNeil and her son Simon. Katie is bipolar and lives with her mother. Her highs and lows vary and it doesn't take much for her to tailspin out of control with impulses. Though they are mild, still sane. She runs away from her problems and it is one of the reason she can't hold a job or her life together without her mother there to help. Mrs. McNeil wants to find a strong man to help control her daughter in those times that she is out control. Though they are very few and far between it is enough to make a mother worry. When this loner handsome man frequents her store she asks him to go on a blind date with her daughter to cheer both of them up. Can Katie stop the running, and help heal a broken heart? Can Derek contain the wilds of Katie's mind? Can they all get what they want, a happy ending...?