When Trip Kincaid saved Milton Calloway's life, Milton was so grateful he gave him his saloon at Calloway's Crossing. But when Trip arrived to claim his property, the saloon wasn't what he expected ? it had in fact collapsed into a bubbling pool of mud!

Undeterred, Trip rebuilt the saloon. Within hours of opening, Ryan Trimble's protection gang muscled in on him and his only compensation was the distraction his bartender, the beguiling Grace Theroux, provided.

Trip needed help to defeat Ryan and it arrived in the form of a mysterious gunslinger ? but at what price? Before long, Trip faced the fight of his life to save not only the saloon but also himself and Grace.