Chase Benteen Calder, haunted by his mother's desertion and the death of his father, and pursued by unprincipled cattlerancher Judd Boston, stakes a claim in Montana and sets out with his young bride Lorna to make a new life.

The first volume about the Calder family. In this story Benteen Calder leaves Texas with a herd of cattle and his new bride, Lorna. Lorna had to adjust to the demanding work but happily Benteen discovered she was a passionate wife. Happiness came in raising two sons and building a new home, but then the past returned to haunt them, raising hidden jealousies and theatening their life together.

Webb Calder fought the newcomers who rushed to claim grasslands where Calder cattle grazed. But he could not resist Lilli -- a proud and lovely young immigrant, loyal to the homesteader's cause, and to her husband. Still, a Calder kept what he had and got what he wanted. Where a man stands for what he believes, there Stands a Calder Man.

"Paris, 1939. Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; her adored twin brother Remy; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library's legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. But when World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear - including her beloved library. After the invasion, as the Nazis declare...