After a major accident, Clementine “Emmy” Ryder quits her career as a professional barrel racer, breaks up with her boyfriend, and drives from Denver, Colorado, back to her small hometown of Meadowlark, Wyoming. Her best friend Teddy Andersen takes her to The Devil’s Boot, the local dive bar where Emmy fears she will know everyone there. Emmy left Meadowlark nearly a decade ago, and though she was once the town sweetheart, now Emmy only sees Teddy and her family when she returns. However, Emmy feels surprisingly normal once she arrives at the bar.

As Teddy goes to get drinks at the bar, Emmy runs into Kenny Wyatt, someone she dated in high school, and she fudges the truth about why she is back home, embarrassed about her accident. The music at the bar changes suddenly to play “Oh My Darlin’ Clementine,” a song Emmy knows her brother and his best friend use to make fun of her. As she looks for him, Emmy bumps into her brother’s best friend and her lifelong nemesis, Luke Brooks.