It's not every day that your father presents you with a tumbledown building and the funds to convert it into a hotel. It's not every day, either, that you learn his financial empire was built on theft. In this warm romantic story young entrepreneur Tom Hammond takes on the challenge but the struggle to survive and succeed in a small town community threatens to defeat him when major setbacks arise from his dysfunctional family. The experience affects his health and forces fundamental changes in his personal relationship.