England, 1868 AD. Only her beloved grandmother, Lady Esther, knew howdevastated Taylor Stapleton had been when her fiance eloped with Taylor'scousin, Jane. Now that good lady -- one of London's richest and mostformidable matriarchs -- lay dying. But first she was going to help Taylorpull off the scam of the season. To escape becoming a ward of herunscrupulous uncle, Taylor would wed Lucas Ross, a rugged American rancher,Lady Esther's money would enable Ross to bring his youngest half-brotherhome to Montana. Taylor had her own urgent reason to go to America ... aprecious legacy she hadn't revealed to Ross, for they had agreed to go theirseparate ways once they reached Boston. But as her handsome new husbandspoke of life in Montana, Taylor begn planning a new future. To Taylor, thewide-open spaces of Montana sounded like paradise....