After the death of her husband, 23-year-old Elizabeth Rogers trades in the family farm in Missouri for a new life as a Nevada rancher. Her adventures begin when she meets fellow traveler, Jack Devlin, an attractive, southern gambler on a mission to buy a horse and continue when she steps off the stage in Nevada, colliding with Matt Kelly, a handsome cowboy from the Emerald ranch. When Devlin loses his prize thoroughbred to Kelly in a card game, he's forced to stay in town and the men lock horns to capture the attentions of the pretty, blue-eyed Elizabeth as she struggles to prove she's tough...