Sam's drive back to Hastings seems uneventful until she stops for the night just east of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. While picking up grain for her mustang Smokey at a local feed store Sam meets a local farmer who offers her the use of an old barn he owns in the area. Looking forward to a good night's sleep and giving Smokey a nice dry straw bed to sleep on sounds too good to pass up. What the farmer isn't aware of is that this particular barn is home to the spirit of a suspected Civil War deserter who believes he has been cursed to spend eternity on earth. With a little help from Alex and Sam can he find peace and happiness living in Hastings? Will he be able to repay them by protecting Alex from her past? Only Alex's spirit guardians Anna and Ramon know for sure how it will all turn out.