Newly qualified vet Mandy Hope is leaving Leeds - and her boyfriend Simon - to return to the Yorkshire village she grew up in where she'll help out with the animals in her parents' surgery. But she clashes with gruff local Jimmy Marsh and some of the villagers won't accept a new vet. Meanwhile Simon is determined that Mandy will rejoin him back in the city. When tragedy strikes for her best friend James Hunter and some neglected animals are discovered on a nearby farm Mandy must prove herself. When it comes to being there for her friends - and protecting animals in need - she's prepared to do whatever it takes...