Don Lonigan thought he was in love with Grace Fallon until she met a man her father had set her up with. Pritchett grew insulted when Don laughed at his poetry and challenged Don to a duel with fists. Little did Don know that this is a game that Pritchett and his bodyguard Bull Chapman, the deadliest bare knuckle boxer in the country, have played many times. Don must train for the fight with Chapman when Pritchett grows ‘ill’, but he also finds himself falling in love with Olivia Fallon a girl that he has never looked twice at until now. Olivia finds herself falling for Don as well, but she wonders. Can he possibly survive the fight?