No-one takes a woman seriously in the Dakotas, least of all a woman of
mixed race who owns the only general store in Flats Junction. But Kate
has never let her heritage or her gender stand in her way. Not even when
shy, Boston-bred widow Jane moved to town and stole her beloved. Not
even when her Lakota mother was forced to flee after her house
mysteriously burned down. But now a posse of outlaws is threatening her
supplies, and making demands on Kate that will surely become too much to
bear. But Kate has a plan to make herself indispensable to Flats
Junction and she intends to succeed, no matter who stands in her way.