Jonathan “Bear” Behr, a former Army Ranger, has been roaming the country aimlessly after the atrocities he's seen. A mountain man at heart, he returns to Lyons, Colorado where he grew up and takes a temporary job as a handyman for a bodyguard company. After that, he plans to move on to Texas for the winter. Until he meets Ellie, a woman on the run from her abusive family. Ellie has inherited a rundown cabin in the mountains and she is determined to make it her home, even if she has to fix it up alone.

Despite his best efforts to avoid entanglements, Bear can't help but fall for sweet Ellie as he helps her fix up her cabin, until their grumpy and sunshine relationship grows into a passionate romance.

Meanwhile, Bear's old friends are trying to recruit him into Mountain Division. Bear resists, not wanting to face any of his old ghosts. But as Ellie's family tracks her down and threatens her, Bear must use his skills and the help of Mountain Division to save the woman he’s come to love more than life. As Bear and Ellie confront the dangers of their pasts, can they protect their future together?