Scott Landry, steadfast owner of the High Lonesome Guest Ranch in Ghost Rock, New Mexico, happens across a dark-haired beauty assaulted and left for dead in the high desert. She's suffering from amnesia-remembering nothing about the attack, where she's from, or even her name. From the moment Scott lays eyes on "Beth," he knows everything in his life is about to change.While recuperating, Beth embraces ranch life and grows close to the sexy widowed cowboy and his precocious daughter-discovering a happiness and peace she suspects she's never known. But she experiences terrifying flashbacks and visions of a little girl. When she learns the truth about her life and returns to an uncertain fate, she wonders if she'll ever be safe again...