Publisher's Synopsis
Cuff Lockwood has worked a number of years in Montana as a rangeman and wants to live where there is no snow or bitter cold in winter. He sets off towards New Mexico where he has heard the weather is mild. Outside the Wyoming town of Dunstan, he encounters the beautiful Shelly Harrison; but the next morning he rides on again. It isn't his intention to remain in the nearby town of Derby either, but he is wounded in a gunfight. While in Derby, Lockwood meets Lady Barlow, a widow, and owner of the Barlow ranch who is in desperate need of a new ramrod. Lockwood declines, but a confrontation with a group of angry teamsters prevents his departure. Lockwood must decide where his future lies and when he is haunted by dreams of a woman weeping, wonders if it might have been in Dunstan.
