When cosmopolitan lawyer Steven Creed becomes guardian to a five-year-old orphan, he leaves his law firm in the city and takes over a ranch nestled in the Stone Creek locale of his McKettrick relations. The chagne of scenery does him good, nurturing his soul, but life throws Steven another twist when he takes on the defense of a wayward teenager--and comes up against straightlaced and confoundingly intriguing county prosecutor Melissa O'Ballivan.