Ellie Sinders is no stranger to the violent world of men. A bloomer girl for the past seven years, her life has been dictated by the contract kept in the bottom of a saloonkeeper's money box. Chip Meadows has loved Ellie since they were children. He abhors the life she has been sold into, but can't see a way to save her. For Ellie, each day is a fight for survival-from hunger, from the passions of men, and from her own mother, the infamous Maggie...