The Darlington Family Saga Series by Dana Alden

Meet the Darlington family.Montana, 1892:Maggie Darlington always imagined her big family gathered around her as she and her husband grew old together. Instead, the widowed matriarch finds herself in her late forties struggling to run a cattle ranch and trying to hold the family together without her husband.Lincoln, the oldest son, has his own ranch to run. He’d like to get married but his choice leads him to butt heads with their powerful neighbor... moreMeet the Darlington family.Montana, 1892:Maggie Darlington always imagined her big family gathered around her as she and her husband grew old together. Instead, the widowed matriarch finds herself in her late forties struggling to run a cattle ranch and trying to hold the family together without her husband.Lincoln, the oldest son, has his own ranch to run. He’d like to get married but his choice leads him to butt heads with their powerful neighbor.Daughter Clara is falling for a handsome newcomer. Ian is charming, but he doesn’t fit into the family. He’s a sheep rancher – and everyone knows cattle ranchers and sheep ranchers don’t mix.Nephew Michael, the loner, is acting more and more the outsider. He’s building his own home but lacks purpose and a sense of belonging. He’s drifting further from the family.Just when things begin to look up, someone starts sabotaging Red Fox Creek’s ranchers and fingers point at one of the Darlingtons. Maggie has to pull the family together to protect each other and fight their common enemy. less

1892 Montana. Visit the Darlingtons again and sink into this family saga series set against the backdrop of the action and adventure of the Old West.Matriarch and widow Maggie Darlington is eager to share that she has found love with longtime family friend Harry—but needs to find the right time to break the news to her children.Meanwhile her nephew, Michael, falls into a new career as a deputy Sheriff, which could be his true calling as well as help him to find out the truth about his father... more1892 Montana. Visit the Darlingtons again and sink into this family saga series set against the backdrop of the action and adventure of the Old West.Matriarch and widow Maggie Darlington is eager to share that she has found love with longtime family friend Harry—but needs to find the right time to break the news to her children.Meanwhile her nephew, Michael, falls into a new career as a deputy Sheriff, which could be his true calling as well as help him to find out the truth about his father. He also finds himself falling for his cousin’s fiancée, Franny. He’s never felt this way about anyone before—and she seems drawn to him—but of course she is totally off-limits.Daughter Clara is trying to get over Ian, the handsome Scotsman who broke her heart. She focuses her energy on women’s suffrage—but finds herself conflicted as she doesn’t quite agree with the temperance movement which puts her at odds with Ian’s new business—a whiskey distillery.As Maggie is about to act on her decision to reveal her new relationship to her children, her biggest secret threatens to come to light, potentially jeopardizing her chance at love and threatening to pull her family apart. less