Five Star first edition romance series

The love between John Vanderberg, the rebellious son of a wealthy New York family, and Anita Aldon, the free-spirited daughter of a California ranchero, is threatened by the conservatism of Anita's mother, a staunch believer in Victorian rules of genteel conduct.

Nan Fletcher finds herself deeply attracted to Ben Fuller, the divorced owner of the ranch Nan and her teenaged son Jamie are vacationing at, but Nan is still trapped in a loveless and abusive marriage and it will take a desperate act to escape and find true love.