THAT FIRST MONTANA YEAR

When B Anne (Beatrice Anne) marries Will, she knows he is a reluctant groom. But she s a minister s daughter and pregnant. To save embarrassment for the families, and hoping a fresh start will help them become the sweethearts they were before, B Anne agrees to leave everyone and everything she knows and go with Will to the Montana Territory. They hope Will s uncle Hiram, whom he has never met, will guide them in their homesteading. Uncle Hiram welcomes Will, but treats B Anne coolly until he realizes she isn t a frills and furbelows girl. Although Will seems to care for B Anne, she loses her confidence when she discovers a letter from Will s former sweetheart. Will s secrecy threatens to build a wall between them. Spring arrives, and with it the promise of renewal. But is B Anne s hope for a fresh start enough to sustain the young couple through the years of hard living under that big Montana sky?_,