Jessy Niles Calder isn’t the sort of woman to lead a man or be led by him. Headstrong and proud, with her roots stuck deep in Calder soil, she always knew that Ty Calder was the man for her, even if she had to wait for him to leave behind his loveless marriage to glamorous, poor little rich girl, Tara. Now, as Ty’s wife, Jessy finally has everything she’s ever wanted–the strong bonds of family, a thriving ranch, and the long-waited promise of a new life growing within her…proof of her love for Ty.

And then Tara returns.

As manipulative as she is beautiful, Tara has never brought anything with her but trouble, and Jessy can only wonder what she wants this time. But when Tara’s powerful father dies, she seems genuinely shattered and leans on Ty and his sister, Cat, for comfort and strength. Soon, Tara’s back on the land and in their lives, and nothing is the same. As days give way to months, Tara’s very presence divides the ranch, replacing long-held bonds of trust between employer and employees, friends and relatives–husband and wife–with new seeds f suspicion and simmering jealousies that endanger Jessy’s happiness and the Calders’ claim on their land.

With everything at risk, from the ranch she loves to the name she proudly call her own, Jessy Calder is in for the fight of her life…a fight that is turning deadly. Determined to make Ty Calder hers at all costs, Tara has stirred a lust for revenge from an old danger–a secret link to the past that will test the fabric of the Calder clan, threatening their very lives–and culminating in a loss more heartbreaking than any of them could imagine.

Filled with the passion, excitement, and depth that have earned her a legion of fans in novel after novel, Janet Dailey’s Green Calder Grass is an extraordinary new installment in the saga of one family’s hopes and dreams–a story as proud and majestic as America itself.

Publishers Weekly

Trodding the familiar terrain of the western romance with practiced skill, veteran novelist Dailey returns again to the Calder clan and its Triple C Montana ranch. Ty Calder has recovered from the kidnap/shooting that ended Calder Pride, and he and Jessy are joyfully expecting twins. Jessy, a cowhand’s daughter, grew up on the ranch and shares a love for the land with Ty and Ty’s father, Chase. The one obstacle to the family’s continued prosperity is a 10,000-acre parcel of government land that lies within the ranch boundaries; negotiations for clear title are stalled in political wrangling between cattlemen and environmentalists. Jessy’s nemesis is Tara, the glamorous daughter of rich industrialist E.J. Dyson, who was Ty’s first wife. When Dyson suffers a fatal heart attack, a distraught Tara begs Cat, Ty’s sister, who was once close to her, and Ty himself, to attend the Texas funeral. Reluctantly, Ty goes and falls victim to Tara’s machinations to recapture his love machinations that include Tara wangling herself an invitation to visit the ranch. Meanwhile, Jessy’s twins are born, ex-convict Buck Haskell (once Chase’s best friend) reappears and tensions build between Ty and Jessy he resents cowhand Ballard’s attentions to Jessy; she distrusts Tara. Tara’s continued presence in their lives is the source of rumors and suspicions culminating in tragedy and great opportunities for a sequel. While some characters are stereotypes, the villain is well disguised and Jessy is a strong role model for readers. After a slow scene-setting start, Dailey turns out a page-turner. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Publish Date : 2003-06-01T00:00:01Z