The lone lawman in the small Texas town of Branding, widowed single father Sheriff Sam Delaney shoulders a lot until a special someone enters the picture. The lone lawman in the small town of Branding Iron, Texas, Sheriff Sam Delaney is also the widowed single father of six-year-old Maggie. This year Maggie is determined that what her daddy needs this holiday season is a girlfriend. He hustles Sam to a meeting with her schoolteacher, and he is surprised...

Though hesitant to expose his daughter to the man war turned him into, Jake O'Reilly agrees to work on the ranch where his daughter is living. There he meets, Kira, his late wife's cousin, who runs a horse therapy program for troubled teens. Though Jake doesn't want any complications in his life, he finds himself drawn to the tough Kira and begins to feel his wounds finally start to heal.

Sheriff Ben Marsden of Branding Iron, Texas has no plans to attend the anual Christmas Ball until a pretty newcomer comes to town and gets involved in the planning.