With a Christmas deadline looming, literary editor Isabell retreats to her family's cabin in a quaint town where she spent her holidays as a little girl. Finding the town in a slump, the inspiration she is looking for comes from a local rancher who helps her both revive the annual Christmas Festival and discover the ending to her own story.

Two young kids growing up in the rodeo cowboy life form a foundation with each other and family. He becomes a Champion Rodeo cowboy and special forces soldier but is crushed by war and personal loss. She must watch him struggle. He must draw on faith and the "cowboy way" to reclaim his will to live and the love of his life.