What, other than contempt for each other, could the stern northern scout Hunter McCracken and the capricious beauty Sable Kavanaugh, the daughter of his commander, feel when they met during the Civil War? However, five years later they met again - on the harsh frontier lands of the Wild West, where the blood of whites and Indians flows. There, among countless dangers, only Hunter can become Sable's protector. And out of contempt and mistrust, in the confusion of the heart, love is born...