Abby Walker, anaffluent and tough-minded Bostonian, embarks on a journey outwest with her husband Liam, when her husband is murderedbefore her eyes. After crossing paths with Calian, a curiousApache tracker, Abby arrives in the town of Independence,Texas, where she encounters diverse and eclectic residentsrunning from their pasts, chasing their dreams, and keepingtheir own secrets. Abby also literally runs into Hoyt Rawlins,a slippery rogue, thief and con artist with a dented heart ofgold who quickly eyes Abby as a mark, until she turns thetables on him. In seeking justice for her husband, Abbyencounters Independence's noble deputy sheriff, Augustus, andhis new boss, Sheriff Tom Davidson, who she has reason tobelieve is a very bad man indeed. Abby and Hoyt soon findthemselves precariously aligned, both seeking to uncover thetruth about the identity of Abby's husband's killer, and vowto save Independence - a frontier boomtown where nothing iswhat it seems.
