This is a romance novel set in the early days of Kansas territory when the men were rough, women were used, and the hardships were plenty. Seventeen year old Cameron Engel travels here to Kansas to find her half-brother who was forced to leave their home by an abusive father. She learns about life from a saloon keeper who befriends her, a handsome rancher, the brother who rejects her, and a young preacher who points the way.