“Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife, in order that I might accompany you to SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA de Asis and assist you to stop this war?”

Gloria Meriwether-Astor, determined to get rid of the invasion her dad and a power-hungry diplomat began, offers found safety with the witches from the river canyons in the open West. But you can young lady without so much as a hat to her name task a kingdom? Met with the solution-marriage-she provides two choices: accept the assistance she needs, or return to Philadelphia only and a failure. So, in the company of riverboat captain Stan Fremont-the dashing rogue she must now call husband-she sets off for the capital to negotiate using the Viceroy. But with an entire country mobilizing for war, the attempt could mean her life-and the life span of the main one person she actually is beginning to look after …