She's an heiress with dreams of running a railroad. He's a Cherokee outlaw determined to stop "the smoking dragon" at all cost. They don't know it yet, but they were made for each other. As bankruptcy looms, the Katy Railroad rushes to complete construction through unfriendly Indian Territory, but work comes to a screeching halt when a battle over land rights heats up. Determined to save the railroad, heiress Kate Parsons takes negotiations into her own hands. Her plans go awry when she's abducted, and worse, finds herself attracted to one of her Cherokee captors, a man so sinfully handsome he could steal more than her fortune if she doesn't escape. Jake Colson, known as Wa-ya, "the Wolf," among his people, didn't intend to kidnap anyone, but now he's stuck with a white woman whose personality is as bold as her fiery curls. When his partner threatens to kill her before she can expose their scheme to save their land, Jake takes off with his beautiful captive. Now, he must protect the woman he's named Redbird, and at the same time prevent her father's railroad from steaming ahead.