When Talmadge Hammond drifts into the Idaho mining camp he has no intention of using his law degree. He's there for whiskey and the gold he can win at cards. Instead, he must save the life of the woman who'd once vowed to love him until…
Noletta Kittridge begins that day covered in a man's blood and accused of murder. She has sinned to stay alive. Redemption can come only by giving her life to save the person who accidentally killed the man. Even Tal's reappearance in her life can't revive Letty's will to live.
Determined to keep her from the hangman's noose, Tal must either convince her to tell who did kill the victim or solve the mystery himself. If he fails, he and Letty will finally reach that unvoiced destination beyond until…