Longarm receives an offer he can’t refuse…Custis Long was just doing his duty when he rescued Lizzy Holden from a mugging. In gratitude, she entices him with everything she has to offer, including a partnership in her family’s cattle ranch in the Rocky Mountains on a stretch of land purported to be rich in gold—provided he gives up the badge and agrees to get hitched. But even if Longarm retires, he won’t give up his gun. Because a vicious bounty hunter has his own claim on Lizzy and her gold—and he’s not about to let Longarm, with or without a badge, stand in his way…