In an age when the law on the frontier comes from the barrel of a gun, Maggie Malone sets out to be a private detective, a profession unheard of for a woman at the time. After helping her stepbrother escape from a hangman's noose, she goes after the real bank robbers. An ex-Texas Ranger on a quest to avenge his parents' murder is right behind her. Together the loner and the fiercely independent beauty will fight for their lives - and their future.