“Emily, they betrayed you for five hundred dollars,” Darcy said. Threatened with reprisals for defying ruthless rancher, Hank Abel, Emily Sherwood is in dire straits after she is betrayed by one-time friends. Hired gun, Darcy Jacobs, offers to help her, even though he works for Hank. But is he a friend or a foe? As Emily and Darcy play their dangerous game, could their initial mistrust turn to love? And what about Rover, what will he think of Emily?