Maggie Malone is determined to earn her livelihood as a private detective， a profession unheard of for a woman on her own in the wild West. Now， having sworn to clear her stepbrother s name of a murder charge， she sets out to track down the real murderers， meeting ex-Texas Ranger and half-blood Cheyenne， Hawk Reynolds along the way. Together， they will ride into Tombstone and into a crossfire of lies， double dealings， and searing betrayal as they search for answers--and find passion fated to explode beneath the bright desert sky.