Handsome cowboy Palmer Haas returns from a long spell in wine country and ends up back at his daddy's Stockton County ranch in Oklahoma. His father Bill is glad to have him under his care again, but he rarely gets to see Palmer because he travels on ranch business throughout the country, selling horses.

Carson Foxxe, a hardworking hand at Haas Ranch, doesn't miss a trick when it comes to the ranch owner's handsome son. In fact, he's all eyes-opened and over-the-top interested in Palmer, maybe a little too much. 

As August along the prairie grows longer, Palmer welcomes a campfire cowboy friendship with Carson. Carson is warned by a fellow coworker not to get involved with Palmer because it could ruin his future at the ranch. Fools are born every day, though, and Carson becomes more than a friend to Palmer. 

There's a big problem at Haas Ranch now. Bill has a major rule that prevents Palmer from being friends or lovers with any of the ranch hands, Carson included. Has Carson already fallen head over boots for the wrong cowboy? If so, what is he going to do? Carson will have to hang onto his bronco man because his ranch ride is about to get bumpy.