Donna Woodstone is a fifth-grade school teacher in southern Illinois. Her nightmare begins onesummer when she discovers her husband's infidelity. She divorces him without ever telling her twentyone-year-old daughter Marla why. Although Donna has a heart change and desires for reconciliation,he dies before Donna can tell him of her desire. Marla blames Donna for her father's death. Memories of a Dirt Road Town begins the story the following summer. Brokenhearted about herhusband's death and Marla's decision not to come home for the summer, Donna decides to find a littledirt road town in Wyoming where she had vacationed as a child. She remembers fondly the sunset anda beautiful Roan horse. Upon arrival, Donna purchases a Roan mare and a burro, rents a little cabin,and watches as God brings three very important men into her life.