Proud, orphaned, Katie MacLeod, along with her younger brother and sisters, left the bitter heartbreak of Texas behind and dared take-up their father's dream to build a ranch in the beautiful Chiricahua Mountains in southeast Arizona. Danger, adventure and desire awaited Katie in the arms of a seductive gunslinger, a fearless outlaw who lived by the gun. The MacLeod's braved the perils of a harsh, unyielding wilderness, faced Geronimo and his Apaches, and fought Ed Larrimore, the most powerful rancher in the San Simon Valley, for territory.