Widowed Anna Tipton is desperate to save the ranch her husband loved, but time is running out. When a handsome young man comes around asking for work, she knows she can’t afford to pay him but when he comes up with an idea of how to generate income, she hires him anyway. Life has always been an adventure for Jesse ‘JD’ Beckett. He’s had a good career in rodeo but decided to retire while his body is still in one piece. He has his ranch, a business with his brother, and so has no need to work. Yet he is working fixing up cabins on a property his father is interested in purchasing after foreclosure. But now he’s living with lies because from the first moment he sees the beautiful owner, he wants to be near her and help her save the ranch. Now the lies are piling up even as Jesse and Anna grow closer. Their mutual attraction despite an age difference has him worried she will despise him when she learns the truth. Will it all come to an end with the truth or will she look past the lies and see that love can overcome all obstacles?