Leigh Anne Touhy, a headstrong, wealthy Memphis woman welcomes into her home Michael Oher, an emotionally traumatized African-American high-school student who turns out to be gifted at playing football.
Tara, now settled in Montana and dating Cowboy Boone, works to bring their family lives together, but tensions arise, as blending their families will be more of a challenge than anticipated.
A successful lawyer returns to his small hometown to defend his father, a local judge, against a murder charge. As the trial commences, the urbane counselor slowly begins to reconnect with his roots.