When Maureen Henderson is denied a promotion on the same day she discovers her husband cheating, she leaves everything behind and ends up in Wisconsin along with a stray dog and a hitchhiker named Jeffrey. Desperate for money and a place to call home, she joins Jeffrey working at Crooked Creek Farm. Unfortunately, her inexplicable connection to the property causes her to become embroiled in a legal battle when a sand fracking company wants to buy the farm. The situation is further complicated by the interference of her cantankerous aunt and the reappearance of Maureen's dying mother. What will happen when everything converges to threaten Maureen's hope for a new life?