The town of Mesa Pines, Colrado, needs a schoolteacher and town mayor Tate Donovan is charged with finding the right person. Norah Hathaway doesn't fit his idea of a schoolmarm, but Norah
resolves to prove to Tate and to herself that she's up to the job. All of that threatens to unravel when Tate learns that Norah hasn't been honest about her background. Can their love survive?