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In the summer of 1880, many people are planing a trip to the flourishing health holiday resort of Manitou Springs, Colorado, at the ft . of Pike's Peak, to "chase the cure" for tuberculosis. But Inez Stannert, partowner of the Magic Queen Saloon in Leadville, vacations for an alternative reason to this town renowned because of its mineral springs and landscapes. After a long parting, she's reuniting with her young son, William, and her cherished sister, Tranquility. However, the stagecoach journey to Manitou changes fatal when East Coast businessman Edward Speed mysteriously dies under the horrified gaze of Inez and Pace's better half and children.Once they arrive at the posh Pile Springs House hotel, Pace's widow begs Inez to make questions into her husband's untimely death. As Inez digs deeper, she uncovers shady business dealings by people hoping to profit from the arriving bonanza in therapeutic waters and wonder remedies and who kindle false desires in the needy and the dying-a deception that predates the Civil War. But there is absolutely no miracle treatment for murder. Pace's sudden demise is not the one event that tarnishes Inez's desires of a happy reunion with her son and sister. Inez's partner, Mark Stannert, has reappeared after having a year-and-a-half absence, after Inez has made other plans on her behalf future. Now Inez worries whether she will have the ability to hold on to her child and the life span she's built for herself.