Here is a first-rate romantic adventure of

the Reconstruction South... about a would-

be lady and the handsome rogue she hires to

avenge her husband s death.

Beautiful red-haired Stella McEveride

has just welcomed her husband back from

the Civil War and looks forward to her new

life with him. But the notorious Krull clan,

who has always hated the McEverides, has

other plans. They rape Stella, kill her hus-

band, and burn the house. Alone in the

ruins of her home she vows revenge.

When Tennessee Smith, an expert gun-

man, returns from the war, she asks him to

help her. She finds in him a man who is like

an animal--a magnificent animal--wild

and unprincipled. Attracted, more than

she means to be, by his tawny good looks

and impressed by his obvious ability to do

the job, Stella quells her misgivings about

him. The two set off on horseback to track