Carrie Reynolds learns she has inherited her uncle's farm near Dayton, Ohio. Staring at the attorney's letter and oblivious to the shout of warning, Carrie plunges straight into the path of a rogue taxicab. A flash of yellow, the cab speeds away, slamming Carrie's heels against the curb painfully. She is stunned as strong hands grab her to break her fall. Dazed, but safe on the sidewalk, Carrie takes several deep breaths and finally gazes into the light blue eyes of her tall handsome rescuer, Jake McKenna. When Carrie heads to the farm and makes a startling discovery, she enlists Jake's help. Destiny and fate conspire, drawing the two together as their attraction grows. Then on a dark, stormy night, Carrie pushes aside her fear and gives into her mounting passion, unaware that someone from her past plots to destroy her.