John Holt is a traveling gunslinger, liberating towns west of the Mississippi of murdering outlaw trash ever since the Civil War ended. No questions asked. Payment on demand. Holt's latest job is in Devil's Gulch in Colorado Territory. But wiping out bands of bank robbers is just the beginning. More disorder is brewing, and the mayor has handpicked Holt as the new sheriff. Holt is what the town needs but Devil's Gulch also has the vigilance committee....

"January Billings is starting over after bringing her husband's murderer to justice when a stranger shows up at her ranch door. The sheriff, weaseling out of his duties, has sent Eli Pasco to enlist January's help in recovering a horse that's been stolen from him by a young girl. Eli hadn't expected the deputy to be a woman, and he's none too pleased with having to deal with her. Even so, they set out to find the girl and his horse. It isn't long...

While undercover for her family's foundation, Harper Summerville meets Max Bradshaw, a deputy sheriff in Razor Bay, Washington, who causes Harper to question her nomadic lifestyle.