BLAKE THORTON was born and raised a blacksmith, a skill that had saved his life many times. In the years following the War Between the States, fate would bring him to MacIntyre, a town that would need his skills, and so much more. Tom MacIntyre, a spoiled and privileged son of a wealthy ranch owner, intimidates the towns' people and has no problem crossing onto the wrong side of the law. He's used to getting his own way … and tests his metal against the man who shapes it for a living; a man whose intensity burns like the fires he works in.
