Lean Stroud is wanted for robbery and a murder he didn't commit. On the run to California with his partner-in-crime, Kenneth, he spots the relentless bounty hunter, Thomas Grady, on the train. The only way to protect Kenneth is to create a distraction, and that's what he does when he flees the train at the top of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. He forces Thomas to chase him, but nothing can prepare him for what it means to be caught.<br><br>Thomas Grady always gets his man, and Leon Stroud is no exception to that rule. But almost from the moment Thomas touches Leon, he wants the outlaw for something besides his bounty. Driven by desire he doesn't understand, he repeatedly claims Leon's body on the long journey from Soda Springs to San Francisco -- and Leon only begs for more. An even bigger threat, with a larger bounty, could be the very thing they need to drive them together. Or tear them apart.

Stealing West

But he wouldn’t take this away from Kenneth for anything. Kenneth loved Amy with everything he had. If she didn’t love him back just as hard, Leon might be a little less generous with his offer to lead Grady off their trail.


Except he would, and he was, and the longer Leon sat there, the more he risked Grady coming through and seeing them together.


“Don’t leave these two alone,” he warned. “There’s no telling if Grady’s the only one on board.”


“I won’t.” Kenneth reached over and grabbed his hand—the first non-incidental contact between them since Kenneth decided he was in love with Amy. “We can figure something else out. We’ve stayed one step in front of everybody before, Leon.”


Chapter 3