SummaryRuby McGavin isn't quite sure what she's doing in the small
town of Cardinal. After the death of her husband, Cole,
Ruby is shocked to learn from his will that she had
inherited part of a cattle ranch in the rustic grasslands of
Tokopah County, California. But she is even more surprised
to find out that the family he claimed died years ago is
very much alive.
With her own family history still haunting her, Ruby arrives
in town with her husband's ashes, intending on selling her
part of the ranch back to the McGavins and leaving town to
start a new life. But as she comes to know themin
particular the handsome saddlemaker Lucas McGavinRuby
learns even more surprising family secrets about her
departed husband and his family that make her wonder if she
ever really knew Cole.
Driven to uncover the whole story, Ruby tries to piece
together the lies she was told with the truths she isn't
sure she can believeand uncovers a legacy of pain and
denial that has pursued the McGavin family for too long...
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