When Meg Cole's father dies, she's forced to return home to Texas and take up the reins of his empire. Meg -- more interested in art than oil -- has no patience to deal with a thoroughbred racehorse farm, and gives manager Bo Porter six months to close it down. Although determined to resent Meg, Bo feels a profound desire to protect her. Then, just when Meg begins to realize that Bo might be the one thing on the ranch worth keeping, their fragile bond is viciously broken.