Lance Kilkenny has a debt to pay, and he isnt about to let the friend who saved his life go down in a range war. But when Kilkenny tries to stop the fighting, he finds theres more at stake than land or wire. Whoever is stirring up trouble has big ideas for the Live Oak countryand an army of hired guns to back them up. Nita Riordan, the beautiful and fiery owner of the Apple Canyon Saloon, warns Lance that the mysterious man orchestrating the conflict wants him dead. Lance realizes that if he doesnt watch his step, hell pay the debt he owes with his own blood.