When Kortlyn McCray becomes witness to a murder, she is taken into protective custody and placed in the Witness Protection Program. Forced to leave everything she's ever known, Kortlyn is sent to a secluded ranch far away in the Colorado Rockies. A city girl all her life, Kortlyn must learn her way around a working ranch--not to mention a handsome yet moody ranch hand--all the while dealing with the separation from her beloved family and the fear of what is to come.