The town of Mesa Pines, Colorado needs a school teacher. Town mayor Tate Donovan is charged with finding the right person. Norah Hathaway doesn’t fit his idea of a schoolmarm. She’s too young, too pretty, too inexperienced. Norah resolves to prove—to Tate and to herself—that she’s up to the job. Tate’s two young nieces work their way into her heart, as does their uncle. Slowly, the four of them fashion a family, not of blood, but of the heart. All of that threatens to unravel when Tate learns that Norah hasn’t been honest about her background. Can their love survive?