Nick Cashman had few friends in Crooked River, Oregon. He reckoned hed been there on the run for long enough after mauling a skunk of a man to death in Lander City, Wyoming. Now was his chance to move on with Peyton, the gambler, wanting a herd taken through to Wyoming. At least it was better than a 20-year stretch in jail if the truth of his past was exposed. But to go would mean leaving lovely Mary Ballard and her brother alone on their range and up against evil-minded Skaggs and his sheep outfit. And ahead lay the grueling drive, a cattlemans war and Lenora Trine with her body of untrammelled curves and dishonorable intentions.
