I enjoy Janet Daily's Calder Series. There is a slight difference in the books since her death but still enjoyable stories.

*Calder Country* by Janet Dailey is a romance novel set against the rugged, picturesque backdrop of Montana. The story follows the powerful Calder family, whose lives are intertwined with the land and the legacy they've built. Full of family drama, passion, and conflicts rooted in loyalty and ambition, this novel captures the intensity of family bonds and the challenges of love in a harsh, unforgiving landscape. Fans of family sagas and Western romance will enjoy this immersive, emotionally charged story.
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The early 20tj century, automobiles are more popular and now airplanes have joined them. This story is part of the Calder Saga, a family of very successful ranchers. The Dollarhides are the front family in this story and are what we would call “frenemies” of the Calder’s. Oh to be living in a time with no cell phones or social media. This story takes you back to a time when families were very close and everyone contributed to the families success. Pick up one of these stories and be taken back to a time when things were a lot more simple! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a good read i really enjoyed it a lot Janet writes really wonderful books!!!! it was very enjoyable

Janet Dailey's name on a new release insures readers of a good story featuring some of our favorite characters.....Calders.....and a little romantic drama added in to keep things interesting. Mason Dollarhide spent 5 years in prison for bootlegging but as soon as he's released, he starts right back in the illegal business. Why? Money and his failing ranch. Ruby is the pilot bringing in the liquor from Canada. Why? She's trying to keep her father out of jail. When these two meet, sparks fly, and I don't mean the good kind. But this wouldn't be a Janet Dailey story if the two didn't work through their challenges to find they are better together.

Nothing like a Calder book to make your day very entertaining. This is book four in the series and continues to tie the Dollarhide and Calder family stories together. The characters are strong and it is interesting to read about these two family’s histories. A quick and enjoyable read!

Calder Country by Janet Dailey is the fourth in her Calder Brand series, although she has been writing about the Calders for years. It’s Montana, 1924, in the very short summer in that part of the country. Mason Dollarhide has come home after spending four years in prison for bootlegging. He doesn’t have much money but plans to get some more when the bank opens in the morning. When he arrives there in the morning, he discovers his mother has taken all the money out and closed the account. The bank manager, someone Mason had known for years, lent him $100 and Mason set off for home. His mother was kind of a mess and there was no one in the house but for her and her elderly butler. The ranch didn’t look k too good, either. He had to get away and so decided to visit the airshow for which he had gotten a flyer advertising a free flight in a plane. He paid double for the right to have the young woman be his pilot and never regretted it. He worked on the ranch and looked for the money. When he finally found it, buried beneath the tombstone of his mother’s dog, he was ready to start selling bootlegged liquor. Things had changed in the time he’d been away. They brought in the booze by plane now, and who should the pilot be?

One thing about Calder stories is they always have endings. None of this open-ended stuff for Janet Dailey. This one did, too, but it was far from what it looked like it was going to be. Mason grew up after he came home and saw how the business was really run. He really wanted no part of it. He was a good character, a flawed man who wanted to make his own way. He made some bad choices but that turned around for him. Everything got worse, as criminal enterprises tend to but then it got better, lots better. It was a well-plotted book with a variety of characters, some rich and full-bodied, some as thin as paper. There will be more. It’s always good to be in Calder country. Thanks, Janet Dailey!

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Mason is a complex man who is out of prison and starting his life again. He wants to be rich, but he is also realizing that he wants what his brother has. A family. I don’t like how his entire family treats him where his biological son is concerned, but I do understand it in a way. Ruby is helping her dad by flying a plane to help bootleggers. From the moment Ruby and Mason meet there is a connection between them.

Multiple stories play out in this book and kept me turning the pages. While delivering product, Mason and Ruby start getting to know each other, but she tries to keep him an arms length away because she isn’t being honest with him. When they finally admit and act on what they feel, the truth comes out and Ruby is in danger. Mason steps up to protect her at this point.

I enjoyed the pace and multiple story lines in this book. I can’t wait to see what happens next in this world. I received an ARC and this is my honest, voluntary review.

The continuing story of the Calder's and Dollarhides. Love following the families of Blue Moon Montana in the twenties during Probation. Mason Dollarhide is out of prison now from his bootlegging charges and he goes right back to the same illegal behavior. New characters appear and new relationships happen.
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I am a fan of all Janet Daily books and knowing others are carrying on her legacy by writing new books to keep the Calder story going is great.
Calder Country takes the story and gives readers more of how the saga continues and the writing is so good, and it pulled me into the story.
The Calder story continues, and I am so glad it is.
Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for the copy of Calder Country. This is my personal review.

The saga continues with Mason released from jail for bootlegging during the time of prohibition. Heading back home with big ideas and inside information from a fellow prisoner that happens to be connected to the outside world of trafficking Canadian whiskey. Times have changed in the five years imprisoned and his mother was not the welcoming person he had hoped for. Contacting the gangster with his information from his prison mentor, he starts his bootlegging business again. Although now deliveries are being flown in and the pilot is a woman he has met at an Air Show. Why is she doing such dangerous, illegal trafficking of prohibited goods?
Ruby along with her father Art are flying across the country while their airshow and offering rides. She is still clocking in hours to get her pilot license, but when a handsome man offers double the cost of a 15 minute flight to Art, with the stipulation she pilots the plane her dad can’t refuse. Ruby is put out by being manipulated! Can’t abide the man. Her father always looking to make a fast buck now has them mixed up flying illegal cargo to various bootleggers and small world that it is, crosses paths with Mason when making her delivery.
A good inside look during the 1920’s and Prohibition. There are gangsters, a few recognizable names from that time period. Also a couple other stories interwoven with the main story. Helps if you read previous books for the background history of the characters. Ends with a hint of the next story. Thank you for this ARC, all opinions expressed are my own. #CalderCountry #CalderBrandSeries #JanetDailey #Kensingstonbooks #BTC

As a long time fan of Janet Dailey books who is aware that someone else writing in her place now, I’m always relieved when I see the quality of the writing is there. This indeed had good writing and I enjoyed most of it. Didn’t enjoy the transporting of illegal goods parts . Also not sure I liked the main male character though he does redeem himself somewhat.

This series is not bad and I’m looking forward to the next instalment to see what happens next.

I loved the original Calder books and this series has many of the same characters. The Dollarhide family are rivals of the Calders, so it shows the original family in a different light. Mason Dollarhide is an ex-con still looking to make a quick buck. He falls for pilot Ruby when she gets arm wrestled into illegal dealings with her plane. Al Capone and J Edgar Hoover both make brief appearances, not sure they add anything to the story but there are plenty of bad guys and the good guys win in the end.

In the small cattle town of Blue Moon, Montana, 1920s, some people had it all while others fought to make a living to support themselves. Some stuck to honest work while others went for the money to be made transporting bootleg liquor during Prohibition. Pilot Art Weaver started out doing honest work. That all changed when he was approached by shady individuals with an offer he couldn’t refuse. All he wanted was a better, easier life for his daughter, Ruby, but that isn’t what he got.

The story also follows Mason Dollarhide, his mother, his half-brother, Blake, Mason’s biological son, Joseph, who is being raised by Blake as his own, and others. There is romance, danger, murder, deceit, corruption, thievery, and more!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this one. I'm used to Janet Daily cowboys some set in current day and other in the 1800's and early 1900's. I'm not sure why but cowboy stories seem more fitting and easy to get lost in 'the olden days' without it being jarring.
In this one with the planes and although it straddles country with planes and a woman pilot at that, it could have really been fumbled with a writer who wasn't as skilled as Daily with stepping back in time. Things are changing, from cars and guns to how to make money legally, and illegally. I do think Mason likes being bad a little too much and Ruby is just trying to keep her head above water because of her dad. Working with the FBI it isn't clear who is the good guy and who isn't.
There was a lot going on and sometimes I wished there was a little more time spent on Ruby and Mason just because I liked them so much together. The passion between them was palpable and I know I'll read it again because I loved it.
I highly recommend.

Let's step back in time to the 20's, for a story of bootlegging, family rivalry, love and evading the law.

Book 4 in this series, but it is the first one I have read. Ruby, our leading lady is a strong, courageous pilot who ends up in a perilous situation after her trusting and naive father just wanting to set her up for the future has them working in the bootlegging business for ruthless underworld players.

Mason Dollarhide is the leading man, looking to make money the quickest way possible and even after spending time in prison for dabbling in the bootlegging business, he returns home with new tips and tricks to make it bigger than before in the illegal business, what he didn't count on was the connection he would have with Ruby.

While this is the love story and connection between Ruby and Mason, there is a sub love story in the book between Britta the schoolteacher, and Sheriff Jake which is one of missed opportunities, overcoming injury to rebuild a life.

But let's not stop there, this book also delves into the struggles of young Joseph, Masons son. Not having read the previous books to see how they end and set up for the next book, I have to assume that this ending was setting the scene for Joseph to be the lead in the next story otherwise it was an odd way to finish the book.

Overall, it was ok read, I would have loved to see the story focus more on the lead characters and their story and building the connection, however, it flitted about between different stories/characters which lost some of the potential build up and investment in the main characters story.

I love that this series is continuing, I loved the Calder series. Mason Dollarhide has returned home from his time in prison for smuggling bootleg liquor. He meets pilot Ruby Weaver whose father ends up in prison after being caught in smuggling bootleg liquor. She must work with the Feds to keep her father out of working hard labor and to keep herself out of prison. Mason and Ruby end up working together as she often drops off shipments to him. Will Ruby be able to get herself and her father out of this business? What will happens when Mason learns something that will affect both him and Ruby? What about Mason’s illegitimate son, Joseph. The novel centers around the characters, Mason, Ruby, Joseph, Jake, and Britta. Hopefully a continuation will happen with the next book, to answer all the unanswered questions.

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I really enjoyed reading this women's novel. The story is dated in the 1920's. It was great imagining all of the scenes and cars that are described. Half of the time I had a hard time trying to figure out who was the bad guys and who's the good.

Oh my gosh! If you love Yellowstone like I do, this is the book for you! It was just soooooo good! I loved it so much. The main character and her story. I could not put this book down. Great read! Highly recommend.

Mason Dollarhide returns home after serving time in prison for smuggling bootleg liquor. He aims to regain his mother's trust to access the family money and restart his illicit business on a larger scale. Meanwhile, pilot Ruby Weaver's father is imprisoned for the same crime, and she collaborates with federal agents to avoid hard labor for him and prison for herself. Ruby and Mason frequently work together as she delivers shipments to him, drawing her deeper into the world of smuggling. As their lives intertwine, they face growing dangers and personal dilemmas, raising questions about their ability to escape the criminal world before it's too late.