July 19, 1983... The Kinards, the Richardses and the Webbers - Seattle's Kennedys. Their 'compound' - elegant Forrester Square...until the fateful night that tore these families apart. Twenty years later... Nursery owner Katherine Kinard longed for love, marriage and children of her own. But when a Seattle sperm bank seemed her only option, fate intervened - a fender-bender with Nick Spencer...on her way to the clinic. The Alaskan bush pilot quickly offered marriage - and a ready-made family. But what about love? Nick hadn't had much experience with love - except for his children. He'd been raised in foster care, and his first marriage had been for mutual convenience. But Nick knew if he could convince Katherine to come to Alaska, she'd fall in love with his precious little girls, with the beauty of the land...and, in time, with him.