Zack Haney, known as the "High Plains Cowboy," is a well-built and good-looking twenty-three-year-old young man. He owns a cattle ranch with his father, Alan Haney, in the high plains of West Texas and he is also a part-time Texas Ranger and horse trainer. This western romance novel tells of his encounter of near death in the beautiful Palo Duro Canyon and his confrontation with an escaped convict and his love for the Spanish beauty, Theresa Mendoza. Zack and his father need a housekeeper and bookkeeper. Zack figures that one way he can court and get to know Theresa better is to offer the job to her. However, Theresa's friendd from Amarillo wants Zack for herself.