People have started moving to Buffalo Valley North Dakota—people like Lindsay Snyder who came as a teacher and stayed marrying local farmer Gage Sinclair. And now Lindsays best friend Maddy Washburn has decided to pull up stakes and join her in Buffalo Valley hoping for the same kind of satisfaction. And the same kind of love. Jeb McKenna is a rancher a solitary man whos learned to endure. Maddy—unafraid and openhearted—is drawn to Jeb but he rejects her overtures. Until one of North Dakotas deadly storms throws them together… Those few days and nights bring unexpected consequences for Maddy and Jeb. Consequences that one way or another affect everyone in Buffalo Valley.