When Texas Ranger John Haley rides up to the Duke's plantation house looking for the outlaw Gentleman Jim, he sees the beautiful Katharina for the first time. Both are immediately attracted to each other. There is no time for them to get acquainted, before John leaves to apprehend Gentleman Jim and return the loot from the stagecoach robbery to Austin. Before he can return to the plantation to try to win Katharina's love, Katharina and Sheba, her maid are kidnapped by the Comanche war Chief, Great Eagle.
At the urging of Katharina's, father, The Texas President, Sam Houston sends his Rangers and a posse to destroy Great Eagles clan and save the two young women. John rescues Katharina, but she has been disfigured by the Comanche; With her beauty damaged, can John still love Katharina? Can she love any man after what she has been through"