| Young and
beautiful, with a mix of cool elegance and smoldering
earthiness, Laura Calder will never be content to be some
man's wife, living on a Montana ranch like her mother.
What she wants is to be her own woman. What she wants is everything. Fast-paced and involving, Calder Promise
is Janet Dailey's most captivating novel yet, a richly
written story that explores the dreams, ambition, and
complicated heart of one woman in search of a place where
she belongs.
In
her eighth dip into the Calder story pool,
prolific romance writer Dailey focuses on Laura
Calder, the 21-year-old granddaughter of crusty
Montana millionaire Chase Calder. The young woman
is fresh out of college and making the obligatory
rich-kid tour of Europe before she settles down
to a life of, well, she's not sure. In the
meantime, life is good. She's traveling with her
"aunt" (really daddy's first wife) Tara
and meeting lots of interesting people. Most
notable among her new acquaintances are Boon
Rutledge, the son of a Texas oilman, and
Sebastian Dunshill, an impoverished member of
British nobility. Before long it becomes clear
that Laura will marry one of them. But first each
man must prove himself on her home turf, the
Triple C ranch back home in Blue Moon, Mont. The
novel's story line is less complex than that of
previous Calder novels, but Dailey's pacing,
narrative, characterization and dialogue are all
handled with verve and grace. Dailey/Calder fans
and newbies alike ought to be pleased with this
one since it's not necessary to read the previous
seven in the series to enjoy it.
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