At the height of the California Gold Rush, two weary miners with nothing to show for their efforts are at each other's throats. With morale low, one miner discovers a tooth while panning the river - later striking gold after depositing the tooth into his tin box of prized possessions he keeps under his pillow.

After her parents tragically died in a car crash, Lily is adopted and raised by Jeff, the driver of the other car. Jeff's young wife did not survive the accident, and unable to bare the pain of his loss, Jeff becomes a religious lunatic who projects his delusions onto Lily and makes her life a living hell. Looking for an escape, Lily becomes a well known burlesque dancer, losing herself nightly in a world of mystery and passion. Her life seems perfect and carefree, but the physical and emotional abuse she suffers makes it nearly impossible for her to have any kind of personal relationships with men. Everything changes when she meets Nate, a fiery young police officer with a troubled childhood that he can't forget. They fall into an affair that spins out of control, as everything they once believed in beings to change... Will they choose faith or fear?

A Man seeks reason and revenge for the attempted murder of him by a band of outlaws.