That First Montana Year

Beatrice Anne, known as B'Anne, is a minister's daughter who has married a man who seems unhappy about the match. She is also expecting a child. To spare both families embarrassment and give the marriage a fresh beginning, the couple leave everything familiar behind and head west to the Montana Territory. Will plans to homestead with his uncle Hiram, a man he has never met. Hiram is cool toward B'Anne at first and only warms to her once he sees she is not the fussy type. Her confidence falters when she finds a letter from a woman from Will's past, and his silences begin to open a gap between them. As spring returns, the story asks whether hope for a new start can carry the young couple through the hard years ahead on the Montana prairie.