For ten years Pauline Rose has lived a new life in Freedonia. As her relationship with bounty hunter Zeke Culpepper begins to grow, her past comes back to haunt her. She finds herself in the custody of General Phillipe Gonzales on her way back to Cuba to stand trial for crimes committed...as a revolutionary fighter!

When Pauline turns up missing, Zeke swings into action, seeking his woman and the reason she was taken. The result is an adventure bursting with intrigue and revelation as Zeke learns the secret of La Rosa de Matanzas!