The Silver Dollar Ranch, near Tombstone, Arizona

Virgil Bodine. Oldest of the Bodine brothers. One-time sheriff of Tombstone and former bodyguard to the stars. He's come home from California, with his reluctant ten-year-old son in tow.

Desiree Hartlan is a big-city D.A. who talked herself out of a job and is looking for a new one.

The position of sheriff an elected position is open. Desiree decides to run. So does Virgil, figuring he'll win in a landslide.

Next thing he knows, he's calling her sheriff. And boss. And wife?