Arrogant old rancher Jim Cary was lord and master of the mighty Smoke Tree Range, with its fertile valleys and sandy desert. But the same could not be said of his headstrong grandson Lee. When Lee championed the cause of Nan Page and her younger brother to Ranchos Los Posos, one of the richest sections of all Smoke Tree holdings, the old man was secretly proud, but determined to bend Lee to his will. Nan Page was hardly a weakling, but she was alone in a strange land and she was hardly a match for the scheming, greedy man who would try to possess her land by any means. Without the aid of Lee Cary, she could never save the range she had inherited.