Garden City, Kansas, 1888.
A small Western town receives an early Christmas present: a new pastor for the church. He is young, handsome, and single.
To church organist Kristina Heitschmidt, Reverend Cody Williams is nothing but trouble, especially as his first move is trying to take control of the music away from her.
But Kristina is not about to give up her life’s work. With Christmas fast approaching, it appears the two are at a stalemate – until a sudden blizzard traps them together in the church overnight.
Forced at last to deal with each other, they realize that the explosive feelings between them are really symptoms of an overwhelming passion that just might lead to the love of a lifetime.