When life North Carolina doesn’t work out quite as Louisa Baxter planned, she accepts a job offer from widower Peter Freedman out west, believing that his advertisement for a maid for his daughter will quickly lead to a marriage proposal.

But when Louisa arrives in Cripple Creek, she gets two shocks, one being handsome Job Vance, Peter’s right-hand man.

And the second being whole storie about Peter’s daughter!

As marriage prospects leave Louisa’s mind, Job starts to fall for the beautiful newcomer to Cripple Creek.

Then he discovers the dark secret in her past, and suddenly multiple lives are on the line as Job tries to figure out the truth of his love for Louisa and her tragic story.