Magnolia Merryweather, horse breeder, is eager to celebrate Christmas for the first time after the Civil War ended even as she grows her business. Only, all of her plans are thrown into disarray when her secret lover returns and starts asking questions she can’t answer without disaster following. Bryce Day comes home to Alabama after he’s discharged from the First Alabama Cavalry USA with guilt weighing on his heart. His neighbors won’t cotton to his Unionist bent and the woman of his heart likely won’t give him a second chance after his silence during the war. Only, she’s hiding something from him. How can they have any hope of a loving life together with lies and secrets between them?