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I enjoyed this story about frontier life where the characters face one rousing adventure after another, Shoot-ups,storms a mine explosion to mention a few.

If you've ever had a hankerin' to go to Montana,this is the romance novel for you. Full of time period details and the descriptions of the land, the weather, the aura of the whole experience of living in Montana left me aching for my next road trip.

All her life,Clementine Kennicutt has been filled with restless longing.A ladylike New Englander,she yearns to escape the chafing authoritarian rule of her pious,unforgiving father.Clementine has never metanyone remotely like Gus McQueen.So when the cowboy with the laughing eyes and big,urgent dreams presses her to elope with him to his Montana ranch,she is ready.But nothing had prepared her for the harsh realities of frontier life or for the unpredictable hankering of the heart-least of all for the fact that almost from the first moment she set eyes on Zach,Gus's dashing ne'er-do-well brother,she knows he's the one she was destined to love.Possessed of a rare spirit and courage,Clementine determines not to let the frontier defeat her as she strives for happiness and fulfillment within her fragile marriage.