No one knew for sure why Thomas and Sadie Brown named their four daughters after wildflowers, but they were untamed beauties all. Still at home in post-Civil War West Virginia were identical twins Ivy Ann and Mountain Laurel, one content to stay at home, the other eager for adventure. No one knew for sure why Dr. Adam Birchfield left the security of his Massachusetts medical practice to traverse the rural roads of West Virginia. Only Adam knew that he must find his long-estranged brother Nat-even if it meant forsaking love for the untamed Wyoming Territory.
