Widowed, Katherine Clairolyn Clark Sinclair is forced to take charge of her deceased husband's vast billion-dollar empire. Consumed by all that entails, Kate delays her dream ride from the north end of the restored ranch to the southernmost boundary, as her great-grandfather had done so many decades before. Ignoring the fact she was in her third trimester, Kate made the rugged journey. Against all odds, the shaken and badly jostled baby she was carrying was born normal and healthy. With barely a minute to spare, Kate continued dividing her time between the all-encompassing corporate demands and her emotional ties to her newborn son. Widowed, Kate was drawn to a pilot strikingly similar to her deceased husband both in looks and demeanor. Their relationship was flourishing when Kate's life was suddenly shaken when the director working for her drugs her and makes inappropriate sexual advances. Shortly after, her lead actor suffers a near fatal heart attack. Caring for him, when he had no one to turn to, Kate is devastated when Erica, her closest friend, is brutally attacked. Beaten and sexually assaulted, Erica clings to life. Dropping everything, Kate steps forward to care for her friends.
With only fleeting moments to herself, Kate sets as her goal to identify and punish the perpetrators of the heinous attack on Erica. On attaining her goal, Kate learns how her dream pilot's behavior is markedly similar to that of her deceased husband. With nowhere to turn, Kate has an emotional fling with a man she discovers she has loved all along. Now pregnant, Kate must let go of the past and marry the one man she really loves.