Life was primitive in Amador Springs, California. Linda Conway and her sister slept in a lean-to, bathed in a stream and panned for nuggets of gold in the icy water. Their enemies were cougars, claim jumpers and time. It wasn't the life they were used to, but it was their only hope of saving their family legacy. It was up to Linda to be strong..and unafraid. And she upheld that conviction until Tate Winslow entered her heart and she revealed her deepest fears. Fears that he understood, for Tate was a man fighting for his soul. Linda couldn't resist his allure. When fate intervened, would Tate be the one to save her life?