Special Agent Matthew "Storm" Baker, from "Freed," is recuperating from serious injuries incurred on his last mission. He has been called to help his Uncle Charley save his huge ranch in the Rendezvous area of North Dakota from the greedy maneuvers of the oil and gas industry. Charley loves his land and his nephew and is invested in saving both of them-the land from environmental destruction, the man from the destruction of his self-imposed exile from life. Emily Marin is locked in her own battle with the demons of her past. She has found a place of healing and safety in the isolated cabin on Charley's ranch. She writes and illustrates fantasy books for young boys. The books are actually her way of keeping important memories alive. She has lost the ability to trust herself, and certainly, trusting others is not something that she can do, ever When Charley fails to tell Storm that the cabin has a tenant and the place is completely off limits to anyone except Charley and Shiloh (Emily's best friend), Storm makes an unplanned visit to the place that had held such wonderful memories in his youth--and is met with a blast from a shotgun from a stranger on the back porch. The fireworks that are ignited when the two meet threaten to make the range war that is brewing seem rather tame...