Jess and Sara Jean couldn''t be more different. He''s a loner with a criminal record; a Metis raised on the Reserve; the son of a residential school survivor. She''s from nearby Edelburg, a conservative small town. Abandoned by her mother, Sara Jean cares for her obese grandmother and tries to find time to work on a novel that is her escape from her life. Does Jess really have a role to play in what happens next in her life? When Jess is found guilty of arson, he''s ordered to complete 250 hours of community service, starting with Sara Jean''s neglected garage. Sorting through boxes left by her grandfather, they discover that the secrets keeping their communitiess apart are the very things that will bring them together.