"Now, in her most magnificent book ever, the beloved author of Grassy Flats, The Long Trail, Montana Feathers, Yellowthroat, and Kathleen O'Donald takes you back to the summer of 1888 for an extraordinary account of love and courage in the face of overwhelming odds. Elsa Catulie-- timid and overprotected, the young department store clerk has resigned herself to the mundane life of an obedient daughter of working-class parents. Until her father's brutal murder reveals a dark legacy of secrets that threaten her entire family... Wynn Carson-- strong and fearless, the star trick rider in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show is as handsome and graceful as her prized palomino. Then a heartbreaking tragedy changes the course of her life... A fateful meeting between these unlikely companions soon leads to a desperate journey out West. A journey that will take them to the very limits of survival, and teach them more than they ever dreamed about life... and about love"--Page [4] of cover.