Steven Creed comes to Stone Creek to make a new life for himself and his adopted son; Melissa O'Ballivan has lived there all her life. They see each other and immediately are attracted. But both have had bad luck with relationships before. Also both are lawyers. She is the local prosecutor and he is setting up his practice as a defense attorney. Naturally, they butt heads on the job. However, their underlying values and love of family are the same. They just have to get over their individual hang-ups to have a happy ending. Unfortunately or perhaps fortunately, they are both very stubborn people.
