
One of the things that stands in his way and one of his many contentions with his father when he had been alive had been the issue of buying the land through which Angel Creek the most abundant source of water that ran through the surrounding mountains into the valleys.

Lucas Cochran upon the death of his father is the new owner of the Big Double C ranch which he has high hopes and big dreams of turning into an empire one day.

This story takes place in the town of Proper in Colorado. I do however remember reading the first book in the Western Ladies series, A Lady of the West which I have the mind to re-read again sometime. Surprisingly, this is one book by Linda Howard that I do not remember ever reading.
