Elisabeth von Holbach (Claudine Wilde) has always had a clear goal: in her capacity as a lawyer she will continue the life's work of her father and boss Max von Holbach (Walter Kreye), expanding the successful law firm he founded. She is prepared to accept any challenge presented to her by clients prepared to pay a higher fee. Which is why she finds herself at overcoming her fear of cows when a wealthy investor asks her to persuade a reluctant farmer to sell his farm so that a racing track can be constricted in the Black Forest. All the other landowners involved have sold the properties for a high price, but Karl Lindner (Timothy Peach) is proving troublesome. Elisabeth's trip to the countryside gets off to a bad start when she drives her sports car into a ditch. She has no idea that the friendly man who rescues her with her tractor and takes her back to his farm is none other than Karl Lindner himself. They come from different worlds – but the stoic farmer and the vivacious lawyer immediately attracted to each other. Even Karl's parents Franz (Siegfried Rauch) and Gertrude Lindner (Barbara Focke) take a liking to Elisabeth. But despite her own emotions, Elisabeth remains a true professional when she discovers that her job is to persuade Karl to get out of his property. However, she finds it impossible to perform the task given to her by her client because before long -- to her amazement -- she discovers how fulfilling it is for her to live and work in the countryside. She feels increasingly attracted to Karl, and he also comes to realise how much he loves this woman from the big city. But these happy days are destined to come to an end: the future of the farm is at stake here. Karl has taken out a large loan, and now he is being forced to repay it at short notice. Naturally this presents Elisabeth's law firm with an easy way to force him to sell up...