After her divorce, executive Merry Anna Foster needs the respite that working at a little shop on Main Street provides. She and her ex-husband have a wager that she can support herself off of the alimony payments she makes to him. If she succeeds, Kevin will be forced to quit whining and leave her alone. Will she even want to leave Antler Creek after three months in this new life? Bull rider and proprietor of a nearby feed shop, Adam Locklear, is having the best rodeo season of his career. He's also a little preoccupied by the attractive new neighbour who now resides in his former bunkhouse. Adam, though, does not have time for emotional issues. He already has his future planned out, and it doesn't include a woman just yet. It also doesn't necessitate raising a girl as a child. The daughter Adam didn't know he had, Zan, who is five years old, is nonetheless abruptly left in his care by Carly Fowler. Is it possible that the future holds a life even better than what Merry Anna and Adam had each dreamed of? One that includes both tenderness and even love?not just for each other but for Zan too.