At Christmastime, a passed-over corporate lawyer joins his small town's fire department, where he competes with a fallen hero's son - and finds unexpected sparks with his widowed mom.

Jim McNeely thrust into the vibrant and brutal West Texas oilfields in 1939 and works his way through the ranks to ultimately become a formidable wildcatter.

Callie Fitzgerald is tired of her family fixing her up and questioning her single status. She is determined to find a pretend boyfriend for her 35th birthday party just so her family will leave her alone. What she didn’t expect was to actually fall for him.