Annabella Barton is a headstrong, independent woman of the 1880s. She loves her parents, and she loves Rubyville, Kansas, the town her parents founded. Annabella King is also a headstrong, independent woman of the 1980s. She has lost her parents, and her love for Rubyville, Kansas, is what keeps her going. Meeting Michael Langworthy in the summer of 1980 will change her life in ways she never thought possible. It will also change Rubyville. The lives of these two young women will forever be entangled and their love for Rubyville will bind them together.