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In the Arizona Territory of the early l880's, a courageous settler from the East and an aristocratic cattle baron become involved in a love/hate relationship. Although attracted to each other, Mary and Cal are also distrustful and antagonistic toward one another.
The dangers they face draw them together as they are forced to deal with them. Mary suspects that Cal is responsible for trying to drive the homesteaders and sheepherders off the land cattlemen consider rightfully theirs.
When her uncle is murdered, Mary intends to discover who is responsible and why. In so doing, she becomes a person of interest to a vicious outlaw.
Cal, who had a mother desert him at an early age, plus a bad experience with his former fiancée, is equally suspicious of women.
When these two finally begin to surmount their personal prejudices, people and circumstances place dangerous obstacles in their path and put their lives in jeopardy.
