Hiking in the Montana mountains, Veronica and a friend are caught in a rock slide. Her companion is badly injured, she has a broken arm, and after two days, short on food and water, they are desperate. A former pro football player named John hears rifle shots fired by Veronica and comes to their rescue. He carries her friend on his back and gets him to a hospital. With her broken arm, Veronica cannot drive back home to Chicago. After two days in John's home in Montana and two more days on the road, she begins to fall in love with the handsome athlete. Recovering from the pain of his wife's death, John is open to romance. Veronica welcomes his advances, and their love affair blossoms, and John and Veronica find themselves on a path to happiness. Veronica extricates herself from an unhappy relationship with her hiking companion as she and John grow closer. A specter from John's past threatens to undermine their relationship. They struggle to sort out their feelings as the Montana mountains await their return.