Jules Wilson-a homicide detective on the St. Paul Police Department in Minnesota and the bodyguard for his uncle and world-renowned televangelist Pastor Brent Albertson-makes a miscalculation resulting in the death of the man he swore to protect and a serious shoulder injury to himself. Racked with guilt, shame, and self-pity, he starts drinking heavily. He loses his job and puts his relationship with his wife in terrible jeopardy. Adding insult to injury and increasing his guilt tenfold, he learns that he is a prominent heir in Pastor Albertson's will, receiving, along with his wife, over four million dollars.

With nothing more to lose, Jules decides to move away in an effort to escape his past and be alone with his shame and guilt. Wanting to move as far away as possible, Jules settles on a thirty-acre spread in southern Texas just five miles from the US-Mexico border.

One day, near dusk, while peering out the window of his spacious four-thousand-square-foot home toward his barn, he sees two small girls (aged eight and twelve) run into the barn. Investigating this strange invasion, he rescues these two escapees from very bad men. He decides to protect them, and they change his life and his heart forever.

All three have grievous emotional wounds in need of God's healing grace. Together, through forgiveness and by the grace and mercy of their Lord, God, and Savior, they find their way back to peace.