Set in the final years of the 19th century beneath a blazing Indian sun, American Jack Wilde and penny dreadful writer, Kitty O'Keefe are in love. The trouble is, Kitty has just learned something about the handsome cavalry sergeant she loves that threatens to ruin everything. How can their budding romance go on, now that she knows the horrible secret Jack's been keeping from her? To make matters worse, he's busy Dodging Bullets and rescuing someone else while her newspaper has just given her an assignment in the distant native kingdom of Malahpur. What's a girl to do when her hero isn't around?