When Little Joe finds a young man who's been beaten and whipped on the Ponderosa, he brings him home so that they can help the boy. But the only problem is that it's not really a boy like Little Joe thought. It's really a beautiful young lady named Hannah who wears men's clothing to protect herself from the mean men in the mining camp where she lives. But who beat and whipped her? And why is someone searching for her? Will Little Joe, Ben, Adam, and Hoss be able to protect Hannah from being taken back to her horrible life in the mining camp? Find out in this book, the first of the Romancing the Ponderosa series!!!