HOMESTEAD, IDAHO TERRITORY - 1880 It was the kind of place where families gathered together for church picnics and barn dances, where neighbors helped each other through good times and bad, the kind of place where a woman with no home and no kin could make a fresh start. For spinster Addie Sherwood, a position as the little town's first schoolteacher also meant a chance to escape a loveless marriage of convenience. But within days of her arrival she found herself receiving yet another proposal, this time from handsome rancher Will Rider. Will was everything she'd always wanted in a man-strong, smart, and heart-stoppingly sensual—but she vowed she would not accept his offer until she was sure he really loved her. For her dream of a new life would turn to ashes unless Will believed, as she did, that home is where the heart is.

Escaping a life of hardship with her drunken father, Rose must prove herself to the man she has been forced to marry, a man who is convinced she is a deceitful schemer who wants only his money. Original.

Putting aside her fantasies of exotic lands and dashing noblemen outside her dull hometown, Sarah McLeod attends to her ailing grandfather, until Jeremiah Wesley—the last man Sarah thought she'd ever love—returns from years of wandering around the world.

SHE KNEW SHE DIDN'T NEED A MAN—BUT WANTING ONE WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT After years of working in Washington for the woman's suffrage movement, Katie Jones returns to her native Idaho, where women have the right to vote, but seldom exercise it. Her arrival back home—with unpopular beliefs and the courage to voice them—throws the entire town into an uproar, inspiring some and angering many more. Ben Rafferty, her oldest and dearest friend, proves to be her most ardent supporter ... and possibly her downfall. For seeing Ben again sparks feelings in Katie completely at odds with her notions of women's independence—emotions her mind fervently resists, but which have her heart voting an enthusiastic "yes!"