Dry Springs hasn't seen the last of trouble.
Ira Burke is surviving-just barely thanks to an injury that about stole his ability to hold down a job. The fact that the new saloon owner finds him a threat further complicates matters, as does the town matchmaker's attempts to marry him off to the woman who helped him during the war. Patience Ashbee arrives in Dry Springs to care for the younger sister she hasn't spoken to in six years. What she doesn't expect to find is an acquaintance from the war-or the dangers that follow her all too closely. Because peril has once again come to Dry Springs.