Traveling through the mountains during a lightning storm, Dan strikes it big, finding a hidden deposit of gold; while everyone else's claims are dwindling. Taking his findings into town, he secretly puts it in the bank. But before he can make it down the street into the saloon, the whole town seems to know about his luck. Thing is, Dan isn't sure if he was lucky, as the only thing keeping him alive, is his Colt 45. Escaping the clutches of the town folks, Dan soon realizes there are times when even the gold can't help.

As I started writing this story it was intended to be a social comment on the treatment of soldiers with invisible wounds. When I introduced Angelina (her character was based on a young Turkish barmaid I had met during my own tour of duty in Ulm, Germany) the tide turned and it quickly became a love story. Normally I do not write romance, and, while not wishing to abandon my brothers in uniform, I entwined both plots creating a more vivid picture.