Joshua Forrester didn't like Christmas. After losing his wife at Christmas twenty years ago, he buried his grief and ignored the holiday. One morning he steps out of his condo and is shocked to find he's in 1890. His cell phone doesn't work, there's no electricity, and his hometown of Sisters, Oregon looks like a movie set from the Wild, Wild West days. But this is no movie.

Adeline Benjamin, the beautiful town spinster, takes him under her wing when he's thrown in jail for counterfeiting money dated 1980. Joshua is instantly attracted to Addie. Heat burns through him every time he's near her, but he gains a powerful enemy because of his attraction. Sheriff Hall claims Addie Benjamin as his own and won't tolerate this stranger taking away his woman.

As Joshua grows to love Addie, he must overcome the sheriff's anger and distrust, accept that he may be on the longest camping trip of his life, and find a way to make a living in a time he never thought he'd see. No problem, all he had to do was find a way home to his own time.