A refined lady goes far west to save her broken relationship with her son, but after a little coaxing from a spinster sister, is hired by a brooding ranchman to save his daughters from their boyishness.Originally educated in England as a governess, prematurely widowed Anne Lacey has managed her successful Finishing School for years in the American east. She fears her practiced abilities will be wasted in Colorado on unruly hooligans who don't wish to be turned into ladies, no matter all the fellows who might turn their pretty heads.But what hints of romantic mystery lay in the Knight library? Why are Jane Austen novels hidden and unloved under layers of dust, when once gifted by the rugged man to his lost wife? He never speaks of either, nor enters his abandoned literary sanctuary.Will happy surprises await around muddy corners? Can familial love prevail? Only time and taming will tell, but the lady has given herself one year out west to create successes in the face of wild challenges.
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