Spinster Edith Vosburg may yet find love but in the most unexpected place. amidst the rubble of an earthquake. After the death of his wife last year, Dr. George Rasmussen decides he needs a fresh start. When he interviews for a position in a small Wyoming cow town, he discovers that his late wife's dear friend, Edith, lives there. He's impressed by her but tells himself he's too busy caring for his three children to consider anything more than friendship. Edith is perfectly happy as a spinster. Or so she says.

When she sees George again after so many years, she's surprised at the spark of attraction. She puts the thought out of her head, determined not to betray her friend's memory. When Edith travels to San Francisco with friends and George accompanies them to collect his children, disaster strikes. Surrounded by the destruction of the massive earthquake, with fires raging all around, the two are thrown together, fighting to survive. Yet from the devastation, emerges hope for a possible new future-one Edith has always wanted. One with a family of her own. But only if she can let go of the past.