1871 . . . The very proud Duke of Wexford was about to
have
his orderly world blown apart. At the age of nineteen
Blake
Sanders had wed a beautiful, dutiful wife, and she had
borne
him three children. But now as mid-life approached, the
Duchess had the unheard of temerity to leave him! Too
mortified by her behavior to mix in ton company, Blake
sought companionship with his best friend and neighbor,
Anthony Burroughs and his wife Elizabeth. But Blake had
forgotten the Burroughs were entertaining a houseguest,
Elizabeth's distant cousin, a spinsterish 'Amazon from
America'.
Gertrude Finch, a champion for women's rights, had long
ago
decided most men were pretty useless other than Uncle
Fred
who'd raised her on his horse ranch near Chicago. While
traveling with other Suffragists, Gert lectured women on
the
perils of passion, and the value of independence, but
thought of neither when Blake kissed her. While opposite
in
nearly every way, other than an attraction neither could
deny, their one night of passion would change her world,
and
send Gert scurrying her way back home across the ocean.
When Blake discovered his heir had stowed away on
Gertrude's
ship, he set out on his own adventure to America, to
bring
the boy home and to see her once again. Traversing
America's
vast wilderness, Blake discovered that Gertrude had
changed
his life. Whether riding the rails or meeting common
folk,
Blake saw a whole new way of living, but most of all, he
realized something about love. He found he was not
immune,
and his heart could love, and love deeply.
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