After many years away, Rafe D'Angelo has returned to Lightning River, Colorado, to give Frannie -- the five-year-old daughter he hadn't known he had -- a home after being rejected by her mother. When Rafe discovers that Dani Bridgeton, a woman from his past, is in town temporarily working as a reporter, he feels an old attraction surfacing. But can he start a relationship at this fragile point in Frannie's life? Especially with Dani sniffing out a story that will lead her back to the big leagues -- and stir up Rafe's former reputation as a troublemaker....