Brooke Loring thinks spending the summer on a friend's guest ranch in Colorado will be the ideal opportunity to relax and develop her skills as a potter, but when she meets shy little Lissa Tanner and her stubborn rancher father, relaxation becomes a thing of the past!

The child is darling, and Brooke's potter's wheel and kindness help bring Lissa out of her shell--but Dad presents a problem. In spite of their attraction to each other, Cole is sure Brooke can't adapt to ranch life and refuses to give their relationship a chance. The experience he had with Lissa's mother was enough! But Brooke adores the ranch; the family atmosphere, the mountain grandeur...even the isolation, which gives her time for her work--and she loves Lissa and Cole. Can she ever convince him that she's different, or will the coming of autumn cool their love once and for all?