In an attempt to start his life over, Brent Sackett made a move to California only to have his past catch up to him shortly after reaching the Golden State. After escaping from jail, Brent happened upon a family down with the fever. He nursed them back to health before moving on towards Sacramento where he hoped to reconnect with the ones he'd been traveling with on his journey west. Brian Sackett had taken a job as a railroad detective in an effort to forget the love of his life. When Brian gets wounded in a gunfight he is forced to return to the family ranch where he learns that his oldest brother, AJ Sackett has fallen in love with Brian's old flame. Meanwhile Lincoln Sackett and Clay Butler are on the trail of Lawrence Bateman. Bateman was partner's in a saloon in Tucson, Arizona with Crystal Bell, but had taken their entire savings and left the area under the guise of looking for another saloon to purchase. The trail leads to a shootout between Butler and Bateman. This is another fast moving western from Mason that will keep the reader turning pages.