Proving Herself

Jacob Ganzson was a respected rancher who could deal with stampedes, blizzards, and even range wars. But how was he supposed to handle his little girls falling in love?

LAUREL

The most tomboyish of all the Garrison girls, Laurel dreads the thought of marriage -- especially to a tenderfoot like Lord Collier Pembroke. If she loves anything, it is the Bighorn Mountains; if there is anything she desires, it is her own ranch with plenty of cattle. From the Land Office, she gets just that. But as her father doesn't trust her to survive Wyoming's treacherous winter on her own, a sham marriage to Pembroke is the sole solution. It is only when the experience proves Lord Collier more of a man than she'd thought -- and herself more of a woman -- that she begins to silently thank her father. Then Laurel realizes that her first step to joy had been in proving herself.