In the unforgiving Montana wilderness of 1910, widowed rancher Lincoln Creed is up against more than rustlers, wolves and the coming winter storms. His young daughter has needs beyond the beans and bacon he can barely cook. Lincoln must find little Gracie a governess - a lady who can teach and cook, yet who won't set her sights on him. Disowned for her refusal to marry, twenty-three-year-old Juliana Mitchell shares the love in her heart with her young students at the under--funded Indian school. When she meets Lincoln and Gracie, her response to the handsome rancher makes her realize she's not against marriage, after all.