Spying for the famous Pinkerton Detectives suits Laurel Bartlett's adventurous nature. During the Civil War, Laurel had charmed her way through Confederate lines to obtain military intelligence. The war is over, but it cast its shadow on Laurel's happiness and that of Ridge Granger, the handsome Confederate cavalryman she met on her last assignment. After a disastrous visit to his Virginia home, Laurel heads west, convinced they have no future together. Yet she can't put him out of her mind, even when her life is in danger. Should she tell him that she's not the newspaper reporter he thinks she is?