Gwyn Hillerman loves being a nurse at her father's clinic on the beautiful Alaskan frontier in 1935. But family life has been rough ever since her mother left them, disdaining the uncivilized country and taking Gwyn's younger sister back to Chicago with her. In Chicago, Dr. Jeremiah Vaughan finds his life suddenly turned upside down when his medical license is stripped away after an affluent patient dies. In a snowball effect, his fiance breaks their engagement. In an attempt to bury the past, Jeremiah accepts Dr. Hillerman's invitation to join his growing practice in the isolated Alaska Territory. Gwyn and Jeremiah soon recognize a growing attraction to each other. But when rumors of Jeremiah's past begin to surface, they'll need more than love to face the threat of an uncertain future.