Just when Isabel Ward catches the stubborn sheriff’s eye, a deadly shootout threatens their chances for love. Isabel Ward has always been in love with Colton Blake, the sheriff of Laurel Creek. All hope for a future together is ruined when outlaws invade their town and he is mortally wounded. With nothing to offer a wife but despair, Sheriff Colton Blake doesn’t see the possibility of marriage to Isabel in his future. Despite his desire for the feisty beauty, he’s proved right when a gang of robbers shoot him, leaving him for dead.