1883 Montana Territory

Kristin Anderson arrived in Big Timber to take possession of Larkspur, a ranch she inherited. She was a twenty-three-year-old Swedish spinster with silvery blond braids wrapped primly around her head. She didn't know that she'd have to outsmart a land-grabber, and she never dreamed that Buck Lenning, the old ranch foreman she expected to meet was a young, lanky, secretive cowboy taking care of his elderly father on her ranch. Soon Kristin and Buck were butting heads, hunkering down to protect Larkspur from hired henchmen, and discovering that they both wanted the same thing-a home and a love worth fighting for.

1. Boil and mash potatoes.
2. Rub them with flour in the proportion of 1/3 potatoes to 2/3 part flour.
3. Add yeast softened in half cup of lukewarm water.
4. Knead in enough flour to make stiff.
5. Put in pan and keep warm until rises.
6. Bake at once.

1. Melt large spoonful lard in heavy skillet.
2. Make a well in large bowl of flour.
3. Add lard, size of an egg, two pinches of baking soda, salt, and a cup of buttermilk.
4. Stir with spoon until enough flour is worked in to make the dough.
5. With your hands, fold dough until well floured.
6. Pinch off dough the size you want your biscuits, pat in both hands, dip top in hot grease before putting in the skillet.
7. They will brown nicely.