Dust Creek is free, but vengeance doesn't die quietly. Word spreads that Cole Braddock killed Judge Hale, and now Hale's allies-politicians, assassins, and hired guns-are coming for him.
Eliza struggles to keep the wounded alive while her own feelings for Cole grow tangled with fear. Anna, Cole's estranged wife, returns with her own secrets and her own claim on his heart. As tensions ignite between the two women, Cole battles a new enemy: the relentless Riders sent by Hale's powerful friends.
When Dust Creek is ambushed and Cole vanishes without a trace, Eliza and Anna must put aside jealousy and grief to uncover the truth-and rescue the man they both refuse to lose.
High stakes, deepening romance, and a brutal mystery propel Book Two into a relentless race against time.