Heading to Blue River, Texas, to seek a job as a marshal, Sawyer McKettrick instead finds himself at the mercy of calico-clad teacher Piper St. James, who may be the only one who can tame his wild heart.

Montana, 1910. Juliana loses the Indian school she runs, and the four children in her care are left with nowhere to go. They meet rancher Lincoln Creed, whose daughter is in desperate need of a governess. Providence just might find a way to bring them together for Christmas Eve.