A young Shakespearean actor risks his life for love in the heart of the Comstock Lode. On the way to Virginia City in 1883, Reginald Grayson and his fellow actors are robbed at gunpoint when a masked bandit attacks their stagecoach. Penniless and left with no alternative but to perform on a stage at the back of a saloon, Reggie attracts the attention of a mysterious admirer. A man whose secret life plunges Reggie into a world of blackmail, corruption, and murderous greed. Leading gay fiction writer Aaron Michaels takes us on a powerful journey to the frontier days of the American West, a time when an enduring love can change the lives of more than just two men.