AJ Reed grew up in foster care until he ran away in his teens and started earning his way through the rodeo circuit, until injury made him quit. Left adrift with no real skills, he wandered through almost as many towns and jobs as he did women. Hes finally found a decent place to settle as the foreman on the Rydell River Ranch, until he is faced with the shocking surprise that shows up one afternoon in the form of a girl who the state claims is his daughter. Kate Morgan comes to the Rydell River Resort to stay for the summer to grieve for the mother she lost and to meet the brother she only just recently learned she had. Her mothers secret has left her spiraling in confusion as well as grief. Unsure what to do with this knowledge, she makes arrangements to be a guest at the resort that her half-brother is owner of. She has no idea what she is seeking by coming here, but it certainly isnt the ranch employee who catches her eye nor his daughter who catches her heart. AJ soon realizes that the woman he just might have feelings for is his bosss sister, and she threatens the only real place hes ever belonged. All the while, a young girl he never imagined he wanted illustrates that permanent is far more than an address. But how can a man whos never been accountable to anything or anyone hope to commit to not just a place, but a woman and a daughter?