After seeing her own brother murder her parents in the front yard, Mary Dunne knows she is not safe at home. Her father’s business has followed a dangerous path, and Mary fears for her life. Desperate and alone, Mary turns her childhood friend and pen pal, Justin Rogers, who sneaks her back to his home in Colorado Springs. Justin and his family moved to the Western Frontier when he was just a boy. He has been working as a successful cowboy ever since, but he never forgot the lovely Mary, even though they have not seen each other for ten years. And when he rescues her from her violent life, he finds his childhood love has blossomed into a lovely woman. But Mary’s brother can’t let her leave so easily, and death soon finds itself on Mary’s door again. Will Mary be the next to fall, or can Justin save her—and her last chance at happiness?