This flame doesn't need a match... One high school prank gone wrong shouldn't define the rest of former foster child Carly Lohan's life. But setting fire to Caldera Canyon isn't something townsfolk will ever forget. As the last part of her final act of restitution, she's among the group of volunteers assigned to keep a prescribed burn of underbrush and grass from "running over the rim" into the ranches ringing the park. Local rancher and volunteer firefighter Jeremiah McCord doesn't trust the reformed firebug anywhere near the canyon's controlled burn—not after she nearly ruined him in the past. Determined to keep her on a short rein, he's everywhere she is, watching over her. However, his plan to keep her close backfires when he discovers the secrets of Carly's past and a vulnerability that strikes him to the core. His long-held anger and distrust burn away as they fall deeper and deeper into the flames.