About the book: 2010 / In the 1860s, young Kate Beecher moves with her family from Boston to the Wild West. In a new place, she faces difficulties and challenges, as well as difficult choices. An eighteen-year-old girl meets a woman who first captured her imagination, and then captivated her heart and settled in her dreams. An independent and fearless owner of her own ranch, Jessie Forbes suddenly develops an all-consuming passion for Kate, not suspecting that this is exactly what she has been missing all her life. Their struggle for love unfolds in a cruel and vibrant era in a land endowed with beauty, which American settlers had yet to master..