Back cover: Vowing that no man would ever be her master, Irish beauty Lyla O'Riley stowed away on a ship bound for America. With a respectable job as housekeeper at the Golden Rose saloon in Cripple Creek, the lissome colleen felt safe and independent - though somewhat starved for affection. Then one hot evening she stepped into the kitchen to loosen her confining corset and catch a breath of air. All of a sudden, the handsomest man she'd ever seen was staring at her exposed flesh - then kissing her...