From the Publisher: The Clayborne brothers were a rough gang of street urchins-until they found an abandoned baby girl in a New York City alley, named her Mary Rose, and headed to Blue Belle, Montana, to raise her to be a lady. They became a family-held together by loyalty and love if not blood-when suddenly a stranger threatened to tear them apart-Lord Harrison Stanford MacDonald brandished a six-shooter and a swagger, but he soon proved to be a...

Blue Belle's champion of the defenseless, Douglas Clayborne, faces his ultimate battle when he protects Isabel Grant's ranch from ruthless villains.

Adam Clayborne has always put great stock in the power of books. As an escaped slave - and a wanted man - reading has been his only ticket to the wonders of distant lands. Adam is content with his life as a confirmed bachelor, which is why his Mama Rose has summoned the irresistible Genevieve Delacroix to Montana. Also a former slave, Genevieve shares his dream of seeing the world, but she arrives to find Adam unfailingly polite...and just as distant....