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Janet Dailey was born on May 21, 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She was a romance writer, who wrote over 150 books during her lifetime. Her works include No Questions Asked, the Calder series, the Americana series, and Merry Christmas, Cowboy. In 1993, she received the Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award. She died on December 14, 2013 at the age of 69.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
Known for her popular Calder saga set in Montana (Calder Storm, etc.), Dailey turns her attention to the Ten Bar Ranch, near Glory, Wyo. (pop. 51), run by a young, laid-back widower, Luke McCallister. Still grieving over losing his family four years earlier, Luke, who swigs whiskey to dull the pain, isn't particularly rattled when a skeleton turns up on his property. He is surprised, however, by his attraction to redheaded Angie Sommers, an Iowa school teacher who comes to Glory after being notified that the remains appear to be of Henry James Wilson, her long missing grandfather. Henry James's grandfather was Ike Wilson, a train robber executed on the gallows: the skeleton's presence on Luke's land suggests that Ike's missing treasure may be there, too. Saddlebags Smith, a local gold-hunting eccentric, warns the two that "lookin' for that gold will make you crazy," while Luke's ranch hands and another townie complicate matters. Veteran tale-spinner Dailey depicts ranching life with a sure-handed, affectionate humor. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist Review
"A skeleton discovered on the Ten Bar Ranch in eastern Wyoming and purported to be her long-lost grandfather sets Angie Sommers on a treasure hunt for the gold her train-robber ancestor supposedly hid there, and for which her grandfather was searching when he disappeared. Several inhabitants of Glory are equally desperate to claim the treasure for themselves, but Angie hires grief-stricken Luke McCallister, the Ten Bar's owner, to guide her. As the quest continues, it seems no one but Luke, still mourning the loss of his wife and child several years ago, is unaffected by greed and ambition. In a departure from her many romances, Dailey's mainstream tale of a moribund town's struggle to survive, fighting despair with faith and trying to reconcile their needs and desires with the demands of hospitality and neighborliness, is curiously gripping."--"Welch, Lynne" Copyright 2007 Booklist
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From New York Times bestselling author Janet Dailey comes a captivating story of a man who's given up, a woman who won't let go, and a race to find a treasure that could bring them wealth and so much more. Life in Glory, Wyoming, isn't exactly exciting. And for rancher Luke McCallister, that's just fine. Broken by tragedy, the stoic cowboy spends his time at his ranch or down at Ima Jane's Rimrock Bar. But the everyday quiet of his life is shattered when he finds a human skull--and possibly the key to Glory's oldest mystery. It was 100 years ago that a band of outlaws were said to have buried their gold in Glory. The one surviving bandit took the secret of the treasure's hiding place with him to the gallows. Angie Sommers knows the story cold: that man was her great-great-grandfather. She's come to Glory to see if the old legend of the gold is true, and she wants Luke to help her find it. Luke has no interest in chasing after pipe dreams. Still, he can't deny that Angie makes him feel things he hasn't allowed himself to feel in years--and that could be dangerous. For someone else is determined to stop Angie--someone who would do anything for the outlaws' gold. Now, Luke and Angie set off in search of a mystery as romantic as the West itself on a journey of faith that will take them into Wyoming's rugged, treacherous terrain and even deeper into the heart's tender graces. Excerpted from Something More by Janet Dailey All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
