Roosevelt's Rough Riders...
When Luke Cardiff returns from college to his small family horse ranch in Missouri, he leaves Stella May, the girl he cares about, behind when hes sent to Amarillo, Texas, to take care of family business. In the back of his mind, hes always suspected theres more to his horse-loving school teacher father than meets the eye.
While in Amarillo, he discovers that his fathers past life was one of violence, murder, and mayhem - something Lukes mother was never allowed to talk about.
In Texas, Cardiff falls in love with a beautiful Mexican woman, but when he hears the call for volunteers for Teddy Roosevelts rough riders, hes compelled to join. He tells her hell come back for her. Luke has grown up with a love of horses himself and is appointed sergeant of Remounts by Roosevelt. He follows the Rough Riders to Cuba and survives in the battle of San Juan Hill.
Once hes back from Cuba, he reunites with his family in Missouri. Stella May informs him shes been waiting for him so they can marry, but he has more than one obligation that forces him to return to the Southwest.
Will he be able to deliver a promise and reunite with the woman he loves, or will fate turn its hand?
