Plot Synopsis

Recently married journalist Peyton MacGruder has just written her first book based on her relationship advice column, "The Heart Healer." Traveling to a scenic village in Washington State on her book tour, she is surprised when her husband shows up with a special weekend planned for their first anniversary. Things quickly take a turn, though, when she finds a baby abandoned on her doorstep, with an anonymous note begging her to take care of the infant. She begins to do some detective work to find the baby's mother and eventually locates her -- a down-on-her-luck and panicked young woman named Violet. Peyton is confused by the growing maternal instinct she feels for the baby, and must reconcile painful memories of her own child she gave up years ago. Soon, she begins to question whether she will be able to give the child back, or if she can ever forgive Violet, or herself. In order to help Violet, she realizes must confront her own past and heal her own troubled heart.