Thea Schwartz is tough and capable. Raised by her older brother, an adventurer and hired gun, Thea can take care of herself. Or can she? When she comes to Twin Creeks, California, looking for her brother, Bram, and wanting to see her best friend, Colin Henderson, things don’t go the way she envisioned. Immediately drawn into the ongoing treasure hunt that many of the mail order brides of Twin Creeks are already caught up in, Thea is, at first, excited at the prospect of adventure. Then that adventure becomes all too real when her life, and the life of the man she loves, are suddenly in terrible danger.