Fifty mail-order brides aboard the riverboat Wild Card are bound for Montana territory ... courtesy of the New Orleans jail!
While Chance Sharpe has his hands full keeping the lively ladies from turning his paddle wheeler into a floating house of pleasure, real danger stalks the riverboat. An unseen killer is ransacking the Wild Card's staterooms ... and leaving a trail of blood behind. When a band of confederate river-raiders adds to the mayhem, Chance gets the feeling that his cargo might just be more precious than he realized. It's gonna be a long trip.
But he's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big.