Gracie Channing faces a dilemma when she comes in possession of an old lunch box containing love letters written and buried for years in a mountain pasture beneath an ancient oak tree.Back home in small town Clermont, in north Georgia, Gracie feels trapped in the one place from which she has sought escape her entire life, her home. When Gracie discovers the author's true identity, she remembers Jimmy McCoy, a classmate who made her life miserable growing up.As adults, Gracie and Jimmy struggle to come to grips with this lifelong love, while dealing with meddling friends and matchmaking family members, a champion thoroughbred horse and overcoming personal tragedy to see if dreams buried in an old lunch box do indeed come true.