Eliza Carson left the safety of her small-town home for New York City with plans to establish herself as a serious performer. Seven years later, her maternal grandmother's illness pulls her back to Big Bend, Colorado as an entirely different woman than she was when she left.

Cole Stewart also grew up in Big Bend and left at eighteen to join the army. After moving around the country as a U.S. Marshal in Denver, Cole accepts a transfer to Big Bend and welcomes the chance to return to the town of his youth.

The town's abuzz with the news that Eliza—now a famous costume designer for both silent films and the stage—is coming home. How will this granddaughter of the town's eccentric matriarch fit in now that she's been to the big city?

More importantly, how will Cole keep the peace when everyone wants their chance to hob nob with a bona fide celebrity? Including himself.