Farmer's daughter Claire goes to check on the livestock in her barn during a storm when she finds a young man named Richard hiding inside. He takes pity on him and allows him to stay the night...But there has been a murder in town and the sheriff shows up asking if she's seen Richard. Claire is soon faced with a dilemma...Should she turn Richard in for a crime she believes he could not have possibly committed? And if he did do it, can she conceal her growing feelings of romance she has for him?