Homebuilder Jesse Amorado and former Air Force Captain Tori Carr come from the same Texas town but very different worlds. When Tori returns to Coyote Springs to help her father, a real-estate developer, turn the seediest neighborhood into an exclusive resort, she and Jesse immediately clash. As personal tensions rise and local trouble begins to brew, Jesse and Tori fall in love -- only to find they have to fight for their very lives.