
Claire and Tess are half-sisters who are separated when Tess' mom leaves their father, Jack, when the girls are little. Twenty years later, Jack is dead and Claire is struggling to run the ranch on her own. Tess, now aliented from Claire, returns because she needs a place to stay. But she's soon drafted to help her older sibling and the other women running the ranch: housekeeper Meg, her daughter Jodi, local resident Becky and later, friends Stevie and Kate.

Nick announces he would like to return to Argentina; Tess faces a dilemma over whether she is really ready to leave Drovers Run; Jodi makes a discovery about a sneaky journalist.

Meg proposes to Terry; Jodi risks her own life trying to save Rob from a hitman; Dave's brother, Patrick, returns with a truckload of goats.

Disaster strikes when Patrick is blinded in an accident, forcing him to rely on Kate for help; Jodi arranges a surprise for Meg and Terry; Stevie and Fiona learn to respect each other.

Fiona discovers she is infertile but decides not to tell Alex.