MONTANA MAVERICKS: BIG SKY GROOMS

These three novellas tell the story of a prominent ranching family, the Kincaids.

In Spirit of the Wolf - Susan Mallery, Caleb Kincaids son runs away to be an Indian and his first love, Ruth Whitefeather, is the one to bring the boy home. Ruth refused Calebs marriage proposal long ago and in anger, Caleb married someone else. Hes widowed now, his brothers have left him to run the ranch alone and he must risk deep emotion to heal the past or lose Ruth yet again.



The pain of rejection, of feeling unworthy, healed by love is also the theme of Bronwyn Williams story about Will Kincaid, Calebs brother. In As Good As Gold, Will returns home to Whitehorn, Montana to open a bank, hoping that Caleb will forgive him for having left with money taken from the ranch.



Wills plans are complicated when Juliet Elizabeth Price-Hawthorne, known as Lizzie to bar and brothel patrons, spills whiskey in his lap and bruises his nose. Abandoned by her brother as collateral on a gambling debt, Lizzies failure at serving means shell have to work in the brothel, so Will begins paying for her nights to protect her.



Feeling unworthy has reached catastrophic proportions for James Kincaid, in The Gamble by Carolyn Davidson. Fearing that James may cement his role as town drunk, his cousin Will arranges for him to be appointed sheriff, but its the gentle, steadfast acceptance of Kate Elliott, the newly arrived schoolmarm, that teaches him to value a role other than Kincaid black sheep.