The action of this melodrama novel takes place in 1876-1877. Sarah Merritt, a young, ambitious woman, comes to an American town in the wild West with a dual purpose. She wants to find her sister, who ran away from home several years ago for unknown reasons, and finds her... in a brothel. In addition, she is organizing the publication of her own newspaper, and this event stirred up the life of a seedy town. But the one most excited about Sarah’s appearance is local sheriff Noah Campbell...