The beauty Pilar's ruthless stepfather wants to imprison her in a monastery. In desperation, the girl turns for help to the famous robber El Leon, the once noble hidalgo, Don Refugio de Carranza. He agrees to steal Pilar (and at the same time the chest of gold) on the way to the monastery. But the stepfather does not want to let go of his victim - he pursues his stepdaughter, El Leon and his friends even in America, where they are forced to flee from Spain...

Desperate chases, fights with pirates and Indians, duels of honor, and, of course, all-conquering love - the reader will find all this and even more in the exciting action-packed novel by the famous Jennifer Blake!