Bella Anderson struggles to wrap her head around the recent destruction to her property by teenagers running drugs across her eight acres in the Smoky Mountains. All she wants is to establish a routine in the hopes of writing her ever elusive novel. She finds her plans change quickly-just like the switchbacks on the road to her serene cabin 2000 feet above the high hills valley community that is the lifeline for folks in these hills. Widowed at a young age, she is surprised by the interest two local men show in her. Will Bella be prepared for the tenuous nature of her connection to the roots of her ancestors through Joe Johnson, the owner of the Valley Store? He is her only link to her family in this isolated community where people take care of each other-except when they don’t.