1860, Nevada Territory.
Betrayed. Tortured. Left for dead.
Lillian Hayes trusted the wrong man. When her fiance vanished with the town's stolen gold, Lillian was left to face the deadly fallout. But her ruin is only beginning.
Her cowardly cousin points ruthless saloon keeper Kingston toward Lillian to clear his own gambling debts. Branded and strung up over a gaping mineshaft, Lillian is brutalized for answers she simply doesn't have.
Salvation arrives on the hoof. Nick Brace, a rugged horse wrangler driving a herd through the territory, cuts her down. Recognizing the brutal reality of the frontier, Nick hands her a revolver and teaches her how to pull the trigger—because in Nevada, survival demands blood.
When Nick moves on to complete a horse-trading deal, Lillian refuses to stay behind. Tracking him from a distance across the punishing, dusty trails, she follows his path—only to discover that the frontier is smaller than she thought. The buyer waiting at the end of Nick's trail is none other than Kingston.
When the deal dissolves into a violent firefight, Lillian is forced to step out of the shadows. Can she save Nick from the monster who tried to bury her, or will the ghosts of the Old West claim them both?
Along the blood-soaked trails of the Old West, acclaimed author Debra Parmley delivers a gritty historical western novel packed with nonstop action, fierce survival, and relentless retribution.
