Slocum can’t refuse a damsel in distress.

Slocum can get on his boss’ good side—and make a lofty sum of money—by returning his kidnapped wife, Julia Hodges. There’s only one catch: Julia doesn’t want to be rescued. She saved herself from her brutal husband by fleeing in the first place.
 
Caught between a rock and a hard place, Slocum falls back on his manners. Ladies always come first—especially those in need. Besides, he was getting way too comfy being a cowhand, when there are men like his boss to be put in their place…