After only a few months as partners, Texas Rangers Holt Corrigan and Orion Higbee have already faced more danger than most lawmen see in a lifetime. Now, their toughest assignment yet has arrived: taking down the Viklunds, a ruthless family of rustlers who will stop at nothing to get what they want. In this high-stakes frontier game, Holt and Orion must use every ounce of cunning to outwit their dangerous foes.

But when a saloon arrest goes awry, everything changes. Forced to step back from his Ranger duties to recover, Holt devises a bold new plan. With a different look and identity, he reenters the Rangers and joins an undercover operation aimed at dismantling the Viklunds' empire for good.

While Holt is determined to bring the rustlers to justice, his growing attraction to saloon worker Laudie Kate complicates matters. As the hunt for the Viklunds intensifies, can Holt capture both the outlaws and Laudie's heart-or will one slip through his fingers?