Nell Hayes flees the lonely life of a circus performer in New Orleans and arrives in Texas under false pretenses only to find her life in danger when a greedy railroad tycoon covets her land. Denver comes to her aid, never expecting to fall hard for the pretty pretender. But will Nellโs secret, and Denverโs inability to come to terms with the past, stand in the way of these two lonely heartsโ long-awaited chance at love?