After the death of his beloved wife, Matt Cleveland adrift, tried to fill the emptiness of his loss by spending his time and efforts supporting several homeless shelters around town. On the way home from a disappointing county meeting about those very shelters made worse by a very bad winter storm he encountered three people out in the storm that desperately needed his help. In his efforts to help them, he discovered much to his surprise that he needed them as much as they needed him, perhaps even more so. Rita Silverton and her nieces made it impossible for Matt to just walk away without even trying.