Hannibal Heyes is an outlaw trying to go straight. He's wanted dead or alive. The former leader of the Devil's Hole Gang doesn't have time or room for a woman in his life. But when he saves a girl from a band of murdering thieves, everything changes. With the threat of murderers on their tail and the ever growing attraction he has to his young and innocent new charge, Heyes must get to his quick drawing partner fast. Because he doesn't know who's a bigger threat to her...the villains or himself. Evangeline has lost everything. Her family has been murdered and her innocence and freedom nearly lost. But when she is rescued by a handsome, dimple faced cowboy, a whole new life opens up to her. Now she faces an uncertain future and an undeniable, burgeoning sexual awareness of her rescuer. As their friendship and their love grows, she finds that behind the strong, seemingly unshakable man, stands the shadow of a lost, lonely little boy who just may need rescuing himself.

Would you give up your freedom to set the one you love free? This is the choice that Evangeline Webb must make. When her beloved ex-outlaw is arrested and imprisoned before she can become Mrs. Hannibal Heyes, Evangeline take matters into her own hands and makes a deal that will set him free. But the cost of his freedom will be more than she ever imagined. Trapped now in a dangerous game of deception, she must live in a prison of her own. When Hannibal Heyes is released from prison he believes his life will finally be what he always dreamed it would be. He is pardoned of all his crimes only to find out that the woman he loves has traded herself for that pardon. With the help of his quick drawing partner, he uncovers a web of lies and greed that will be the key to unlocking the bonds that keep him and his love apart. With an undeniable passion and an unforgettable love still burning between them. can they find a way back to each other, or will her gift of his freedom become love's last gift?