as a free trapper, mountain man kade mccauley is wary of the hudson bay company. their form of vengeance against those who are not part of the company can be deadly. when he and his partner are attacked, he fights back, only to discover one of his shots struck an innocent. a woman who touches his soul, and he will do anything to keep her safe. while searching for her native american tribe, blind deer crosses paths with kade--with near fatal results. once she is patched up, she decides it is safer to travel with him than alone their uneasy alliance turns to genuine caring, but blind deer's past gets in the way, and she must choose between love or old obligations. but nothing in life is carved in stone except the mountains, and those formidable peaks have been known to change the course of a man's life or a woman's.