Dakota Wells is so weary of having to live in fear all the time.  Since her father's death, she has been on her own fighting off her neighbor Ed Franks attempts to buy her spread.  Ed had even managed to have her credit cut off in town, and had intimidated everyone so completely; they refused to sell her any goods at all.  When two gorgeous cowboys showed up looking for work, she was skeptical of their motives right away.  It would not be the first time that Ed had arranged for spies to infiltrate her employment for nefarious purposes.  Dakota normally relied on her gut instinct when it came to her judgment of others, and she honestly didn't believe Joe Taylor and Colt Mason were out to harm her.