Vehement family dissension has enveloped the Cabot farm for years. When young Eben Cabot is forced to compete with his new stepmother, Abbie, for impending possession of the family farm, the discord intensifies. Then Eben’s ardent loathing for Abbie unexpectedly turns to heated passion and love. Doomed from the beginning, not even the serene beauty and peace of the land can calm the storm that surrounds Eben and Abbie’s tortured affair.