The seventh book in the Mountain Life Western Adventure series from Charles Ray! Carlotta Thompkins and her 7-foot-tall bodyguard, Mary Poindexter, arrive in Bear Creek. Thompkins is looking for her runaway fiancé, and passes the time playing cards with the locals, and winning. While she’s a novelty and great entertainment for most, young ruffian Hadley Cooper can ‘t take losing to a woman. When he kidnaps Carlotta in a misguided effort to recover his poker losings, Caleb, a man who can’t abide lawless behavior, decides to come to the rescue.