Carrie Vernon knows her powerful father has no love for her except as a pawn in his evil plans. Receiving a letter asking her to elope with the handsome rancher who’s been courting her, she defies her father to follow her heart.

Hank Anderson has survived on his small ranch with hard work and the sheer will to make it prosper, and he desires the beautiful Carrie by his side.  After he refuses to sell his ranch to Carrie’s father, cattle and horses are stolen and fences destroyed on the ranch.  And he knows exactly who is causing the problems.  But can he overlook the fact that maybe Carrie is part of her father’s plan?

Will their love and family survive the cruelty of a man bent on destroying them both to get what he wants?