When high school art teacher Lissa Dow arrives in Silverton, Colorado, she discovers a new life in the quaint mining town. Within a short time she establishes herself as an up-and-coming artist and falls in love with her landlord, John MacNeill, rich, handsome, with a vindictive ex-wife and a secret he can't--or won't--share. Only too late does Lissa discover that her love has put her in grave danger.