Her heart has lost hope. While his seeks a place to call home.

Maddie Palmer longs for a place that stands only as a memorial in dust and ashes. Her father has arranged to bring her on a cattle drive, serving as the cook. Not thrilled about this prospect, she knows better than to decline her father's orders. That's before she arrives.

Samuel Haynes Miller struggles to prove he is every bit the man Brandon Miller is. He is eager to lead his first cattle drive with his adoptive father's help. But tragedy strikes and the plans must be altered, kicking off a string of events that will lead Samuel into the hardest test he's been through...and the greatest adventure.

Nisto Gu Achi still mourns the loss of his family and village at the hands of a band of Apache. His sister found her place with one of the Miller ranch hands. And, though the Millers have accepted him as one of their own, something doesn't exactly fit. Will he ever find a place to belong?

The three form a kinship that thrusts them into trials none were prepared for. Will they grow as a result? Or harden into something even they can't recognize anymore?

Will a relationship forged in hardship find lasting peace?