Publisher's Synopsis
"January Billings is starting over after bringing her husband's murderer to justice, when a stranger shows up at her ranch door. The sheriff, weaseling out of his duties, has sent him to enlist her help in recovering a horse that's been stolen from him by a young girl. Eli Pasco hadn't expected the deputy to be a woman, and he's none too pleased with having to deal with her. Even so, they set out to find the girl and his horse. It isn't long before they discover that rather than a thief, they're looking for a kidnapped girl. With the outlaws aware they're being pursued, first January, then Eli is caught in a trap. The outlaws leave Eli for dead, but they take January with them as they run to catch a ship on the Washington coast where Zora Winkler is a prize to be sold to the highest bidder. January, with her scars, is not the prize the outlaws seek, and she is left behind in the hands of a mad killer. She's tough, wily, and strong and m
