The town of Mesa Pines, Colorado, needs a schoolteacher and 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. But Norah resolves to proveβto Tate and to herselfβthat 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 familyβnot 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?