Clare Hanlon is a nurturing soul by nature and gives her sister, Maggie, a reprieve from caring for their Alzheimer's stricken father. But caring for her father takes a toll, and she flees to the East coast for a brief summer escape-resulting in a one night stand with single dad, local firefighter, Jeb O'Leary. She returns home, only to discover she's pregnant. She refuses to have anything to do with Jeb, convinced he's too overwhelmed being a single dad to his two boys to take on another child. But when Clare goes into premature labor and the baby has complications, heartache bonds the two even closer.