When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden takes terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor cannot bring himself to make - he cannot fall in love. Then, one day, a raging storm hits his small Southern town. Denise Holton, a young single mother, is driving through it when her car skids off the road. Taylor finds her unconscious, but when she wakes, her four-year-old son, Kyle, is gone. During the search for Kyle, a connection between Taylor and Denise takes root. Taylor doesn't know that this rescue will be different from all the others - that it will dare him to live life to the fullest...