A man looking for answers. Widower Alan Ridge wonders if Laurel Ashline, a weaver who's just arrived in Ridge City, Kentucky, can do what no doctor has: help his daughter, Louemma. He's skeptical about weaving as therapy but he'll do anything for Louemma.Her injuries resulted from the accident that killed her mother-although Alan's never understood where his wife was going that icy winter day.A woman looking for a home. Laurel Ashline's grandmother was from this small town, and Laurel has come here to claim her inheritance-a cabin, plus forty acres-and to begin her new life.A child looking for a mother. Louemma Ridge wants three things: to get better, to unburden herself of a secret and, most of all, she wants a new mother.

As her daddy soon finds out, she's chosen Laurel for the part.