As Denver flourishes in the years following the Civil War, the Cannon family finds prosperity bringing as many dangers as rewards. While a grand new hotel opens its doors, new friendships and romances begin to bloom, and ambitious plans lead family members across the expanding American frontier, unexpected threats emerge at every turn. From ruthless outlaws and desperate kidnappers to daring journeys by rail and frontier justice, the family must rely on their courage, loyalty, and hard-earned skills to protect everything they have built in a West where fortune and peril always ride side by side.