Running a farm all on her own, and serving as post-mistress in Primrose, Missouri, Melinda Janze Frazier has accepted her single state. But her quiet existence changes overnight when two strangers arrive during a blizzard. He hefts Papa's old rifle form the gun rack, cocks it, and cracks open the door.. And opens her home to Zeke, a widower, and his yuong son Timothy. They fill her heart with unexpected Christmas cheer. Though Zeke insists he's a drifer, Melinda begins to hope he'll change. How can she bear to return to the lonely life she knew before Zeke drifted to her door?