She was wed too soon, and far too soon widowed.In only a few months, Jenny Lindstrom, is left with a homestead after her new husband is deputized and killed. Determined to hang on the homestead through conflicts, harsh weather and a threatening bank loan, Jenny has no time for romance though two valley men vie for her attention. Light-haired, thick-chested Brett Endicott with his infectious grin and eyes as blue as a prairie lake, and Royce Halloway, lean-bodied, square-jawed, with disturbing cloudy gray eyes. In years past, it was Royce's father who, in his attempt to keep control of the valley, hung the first man who filed on the Lindstrom land. Are the greedy Halloways behind the mysterious troubles plaguing Jenny?