Leo yearns to be free?to ride the vast empty spaces of the open West and escape the endless drudgery of running a farm. It's a hard life, and every night she tumbles into bed exhausted to dream of freedom.

When free-spirited Cordy rides into her life, Leo both resents and envies Cordy's freedom. Not to mention the strange feelings that Cordy seems to have awakened in her?feelings she can't explain or comprehend.

Soon Cordy leaves to join Leo's father as a train robbing outlaw. But the memory of the kiss they share sends Leo on a journey to find the other woman?and her own self-discovery.