In 1899, during the dying days of the Wild West, Christian—a nameless top "cleaner" who works for the Vance family but never kills the innocent—sees his quiet order shattered when he meets Scarlett, an East Coast lawyer caught in Blackwood Town's railway corruption scandal. As every gang and federal agent closes in on her, Vance boss Russell orders her death, and Christian's revolver defies his employer for the first time. Charging alone into the crossfire, he takes every bullet to clear her path, and she gives this lifelong killer the one thing he never dared to want: a home to rest his soul. Fighting is just the means—protection and peace are a man's truest romance.
