A rebellious teenage girl falls for an older man, who may or may not have once been a cowboy. Her father does not approve of the relationship, and attempts to prevent them from seeing each other.
Now that Jesse Stone has settled in as Paradise's police chief, he has to solve the grisly murder of a teenage girl. The investigation uncovers abuse and even leads him to a conflict with a Boston mob.
The life of William Walker, a 19th century adventurer who abandoned his career in law and politics to become a soldier of fortune and dictator of Nicaragua.