After Dr. Nicole "Nikki" Phillips gets dumped by her fianc , Dr. Winston Thorpe, she seeks revenge and her life spirals out of control. She heads home to mend her broken heart. Along the way she runs into a fence owned by the RFK Ranch. She meets cowboy Ross Kincaid, a man with a body and hot temper that matches her own. The two get along like oil and water. When she is forced to do community service at a clinic his family owns, Nikki tries to fight her attraction to the handsome cowboy, but she finds herself fighting a losing battle against his tough, Western charms.