Pearl Richland left home as soon as she could and never thought she'd look back. And she didn't, until she lost her job at the bank and had to fall back on the only thing left to her name: the motel her great-aunt Pearlita left to her. But with a winter storm coming and some suspicious activity around town, Pearl hunkers down in the motel with the only guest passing through town, a man named Will Marshall. Luckily, he's a welcome distraction as the long cold days quickly turn to hot nights...