Colorado Springs a booming town in a new state has come a long way It boasts a school a post office and even a library But rustling is stripping local ranchers of their livelihoods The town council has brought Ford McKinnon a sheriff with a reputation of a fast gun and a cool hand to put an end to it Ford McKinnon has never belonged--not to a place not to a woman not even to himself only to the jobCady Armstrong on the contrary belongs to Colorado Springs Owner and editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette she reports the news writes the editorials and prints the paper The daughter of the towns former sheriff Cady has a special interest in watching how the new sheriff handles himself and she isnt impressed Ford and Cady have nothing in common except a desire for the truth But what they discover might divide them forever.