Twin Territories November 1899 Dr. Anna Ryan has been spurned by the Dallas medical community for the simple reason of being a woman. Wanting more than a rural practice alongside her mother, also a doctor, Anna accepts an invitation from a mentor to join a private hospital for disabled children in Oklahoma City. But when she falls in with a band of women attempting to protect the rights of Chickasaw orphans, she'll need more than her medical training to survive. Malcolm Hardy has skirted the line between lawlessness and justice since escaping the mean streak of his father and his no-good half-siblings a decade ago. In Oklahoma Territory he created enough distance from his family name to find a quiet purpose to his days. But then Anna Ryan walks back into his life, and his hard-won peace is in jeopardy. The last time Malcolm saw Anna, she had been a determined girl he couldn't help but admire.

Now she was a compelling woman searching for answers that could lead straight to him. But one thing was clear-Anna's life path was on a trajectory for the remarkable while Malcolm's was not. Surrendering to temptation would only end in heartbreak. Anna is the eldest daughter of Logan and Claire from THE DOVE.