In the frozen town of Yeti, Alaska, widowed Dorothy Peabody is fighting to keep her three young children fed, warm, and safe after the death of her husband.

Albert Travis, her husband's closest friend, has spent six months buried beneath grief and guilt—until one small child's hunger forces him to face what he has failed to do.

What begins as duty soon becomes daily tenderness: firewood carried through snow, a roof mended before thaw, children learning to trust again, and two wounded hearts discovering that love can grow without erasing the past.

Together, Dorothy and Albert must decide whether survival can become hope, and whether a practical marriage can become a true home.