Letitia Ramsey Sinclair never expected to meet the man of her dreams while in the middle of a nightmare. As a result of her vindictive grandmother's dying wish. Letitia was left homeless and penniless. She set out for California, hoping to find refuge with the stepfather she barely remembered. En route, however, her stagecoach was attacked, leaving her at the mercy of vicious bandits. Letitia feared dishonor and death, until out of the darkness rode the most remarkable man shed ever seen.

Men like Adam McCormick didn’t exist back home in Kentucky, that she was sure of. His lean legs, his muscular arms, and his mane of blond hair—no. shed never laid eyes on a man like this. Long before their adventures together were done, she wished she never had. For deep in his troubled soul a secret lay buried-a secret that would leave her heart as empty as the barren desert through which they rode.