Struggling to start a career in medicine, God-fearing Belinda Tyler gets her chance when she's offered the position of physical therapist to a bitter and faithless elderly woman in desperate need of inspiration. But it's handsome, and unenlightened, young New York attorney Drew Simpson who proves to be a personal challenge for Belinda.

Belinda is a rare female doctor working in a small Missouri town. When her longtime friend, Annie, arrives so that Belinda can watch over her in the last stages of her pregnancy, Annie brings along her mother-in-law, a seen-it-all midwife whose folksy wisdom and remedies are at odds with Belinda's scientific knowledge.