As a child,Β Alex WoodsonΒ appeared to have it all, yet her life was an illusion. Now independent, Alex returns to the one place she was briefly happyβMarietta, Montana and starts an interior painting business. Her first client is the Keller Ranch. WhenΒ Cade KellerΒ unexpectedly arrives home, Alex promises herself she can ignore her former high school crush, who barely knew she existed. But the handsome cowboy is up in her business, flirting and tempting her with holiday activities sheβs always dreamed of.
After leaving his job as an oil rig operator, Cade heads home to the family ranch for Christmas and to re-think his career. Seeing the former Woodson princess painting his familyβs home is a distracting mystery he intends to solve. But the more time he spends with Alex, the more heβs intrigued.
Cade tells himself heβs just being neighborly by inviting Alex to join his family for their holiday traditions, but heβs lying. Heβs falling hardβunfair with his uncertain future. Alex is wary, knowing life is never a fairytale.