Jilted two weeks before her wedding and left homeless in the process, Karen Aimes has escaped to Montana to lick her wounds and regroup. She's expecting rest, fellowship with a good friend, and time with her precocious six-year-old son, Marc. What she encounters is a scruffy rancher that danger seems to follow and an attraction she's having a hard time ignoring. She keeps reminding herself that she neither needs nor wants a man, but it's tough to ignore her son's desperate yearning for a father. Can she set aside the baggage from her past and grant her little boy's greatest Christmas wish?Frank Wilson isn't looking for a relationship. He hasn't felt the jolt in years. However, when his friend's pretty houseguest and her energetic son drop into his life, he's knocked for a loop. He soon finds himself unable to stay away. But there's an arsonist on the loose and the madman seems to be targeting Frank. Does he dare to entertain a serious relationship at a time like this?