She has a boy's name and a man's job, but beneath the flannel shirt of this "lumberjane" beats the heart of a fiery and passionate woman. With her business parter plotting to overthrow her and the company's future hanging in the balance, lumber heiress Billie Shaughnessy, newly arrived in the remote Eagle Bay, is willing to fight for what is hers. Makah chief Proud Eagle has every reason to despise the Shaughnessys. Billie's late father broke treaties, stole land, and gouged the forests closest to his village. Mud-slides ensued, killing a number of the White Owl clan, including Proud Eagle's beloved wife. They should be bitter enemies, rivals for the land of Eagle Bay. But Proud Eagle and Billie soon find common ground so that old hurts can be buried - and mighty passion can take root.