With her ma dead and her pa disappeared Mandy Hamilton does what she has to do to care for her two sisters. She's found the perfect place to build them a home outside Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and nothing can stop her -- especially the stubborn young man who is building a cabin on her land. After losing his home and parents to the betrayal of friends, Trace Owens has nothing left to protect but a wounded sister. But who will bother them outside a gold-rich outpost?