A strange woman in town - A suspicious bachelor - An abandoned baby in a basket. Dallas Mason has sworn off women after a disastrous engagement. But then a baby shows up in his barn and a suspicious woman appears in Mill Ridge on the exact same day. He confronts the stranger, causing a chain of events that spirals out of control. The next thing he knows he is married and raising a baby. Scarlett Wiley has secrets she'd rather keep to herself. Determined to escape from a world she hates, she's told that Mill Ridge is a good place to 'disappear.' Except the moment she gets to town, she is accused of abandoning a baby. When Scarlett inadvertently claims the child as her own, she winds up with an instant family that she has no clue what to do with. How will Scarlett tell her new husband the truth? Can she chance letting her past catch up with her or will he toss her out like an old shoe when he learns the whole story?