Raeanne Mara has just returned to the beautiful and hard scrabble ranch that has been the Family Ranch for 5 five generations to grieve the deaths of her husband and daughter. Her cousin John who manages the ranch gives her a shoulder to cry on and hard work to help her heal, but he suddenly disappears after a fight at the Blue Dog bar. Shortly after, she finds a dead body in the nearby forest and the local sheriff and others think John may have killed the man and left town. Journalist Raeanne doesn't believe that is true so she starts a search. When the neighbor's teenage son arrives at her doorway and says John has sent him to tell Raeanne that he is okay and will be home in "a couple of days but don't tell anyone", Raeanne knows something is wrong and she and the local women nearby delve into the dark places in the forest to find what's going on.