Laura Calder, a sophisticated young woman of the world, finds her plans to remained unattached thwarted by two men--Boone Rutledge, the son of a Texas billionaire, and Sebastian Dunshill, the Earl of Crawford--who vie for her affection, while an enemy from her past prepares to destroy the Calder name.

A first installment in a Calder series spin-off is set in the late 1800s and follows the experiences of a vengeful cowboy and an aspiring doctor whose respective ambitions are complicated by past demons and an illegitimate child. The Calder family patriarch is known throughout Montana as a formidable adversary - a force no one in his right mind would cross. But sometimes love can make a man do crazy things . . . Ambition drove Joe Dollarhide across...

"When Blake Dollarhide's half-brother takes advantage of the daughter of a homesteading family, Blake steps in as Hanna Anderson's bridegroom to restore her honor and give her unborn child his name. When the war between the factions rages anew, everyone wonders if Blake will stand by the close-knit community he serves, or the wife he took in name only ... A marriage of love is more than Hanna ever dreamed of. But even as she longs to trust the bond...