Cassiday Curran's wagon has just been hijacked by three bedraggled strangers on their way to Dodge City. Cassiday is on the run from an abusive husband, and finds an opportunity to gain her own tract of land. Cassiday struggles to maintain her farm despite the present dangers of a neighboring cattle ranch, and the bounty hunter her husband has hired to find her.
Irene Bennett Brown has written several young adult books, including Before the Lark, winner of the Spur Award and nominee for the Mark Twain Award. Her first adult novel, The Plainswoman, was widely acclaimed and nominated for the Spur Award.
