Devastated by the tragic loss of her husband, widow Jacqueline Wallington seeks revenge against the man who betrayed him by robbing his banks and giving the money to the poor.Deputy Gavin Ward is elated when his bullet hits its mark and takes down the well-known outlaw who just robbed his town's bank. That is, until he gets an up-close and personal view of the elusive "Gray-eyed Bandit." Guilt ridden over shooting a woman, Gavin tends her wounds and hides her at his cabin until he can figure out what to do about her.Gavin soon learns that this beauty isn't the outlaw that the posters proclaim her to be, but a sweet, troubled young woman ravaged by terrible twists of fate in her life. Gavin relates with his own demons to slay. As he finds himself falling head over heels for his patient and captive, he becomes determined to clear her name and right past wrongs...but is he fooling himself to believe Jack's name will ever be cleared? Or will the woman he loves hang?