When Alecia is summoned to Denlin County, OK by her recuperating sister, the last place she expects to find herself is back in a classroom. A respected educator in Minneapolis, Alecia agrees to fill a temporary vacancy at the local country school, while also assisting her sister on the ranch. Alecia is charmed by J.D. Lassiter, a troubled girl in her 3rd-grade class. When she meets J.D.'s father, a handsome widower, she's puzzled by what she finds-a successful rancher who for unknown reasons, refuses to allow his daughter to blossom into adolescence. Many in Denlin County know the tragic reason behind Rayne's behavior. Is Alecia the only one who has the key to unlock the prison of the Lassiters' past?
