Spenser Whitlock knows the ins and outs of blacksmithing. As for his rather honorary title of Deputy Marshal, he had seldom been called upon to keep the peace or arrest anyone in Sundown. When a killer embarks upon a murder spree, he is frantic to discover the reason why and the person responsible for the killings. Callie Dyer, the target of Spenser's affections, has a dark secret from her past. Exposed, that secret turns her into a fugitive, and she ends up charged with murder and facing a noose at Sundown