Kitty Tweeten

You’d have to pay me billions to work with a man like him… In my career as a gemologist, I’ve learned to spot the difference between a precious gem and a fake a mile away. I can also identify a self-important professor when I see one. The brilliant Dr. Ian Clark has everything going for him—irresistible good looks, billions of dollars, and head professor tenure at Columbia. But that doesn’t stop me from criticizing his research publicly. Only now the FBI wants me to team up with him because they need our expertise to help crack a series of international jewel heists. Dr. Clark ...

It's 1972 and times are changing. In the small farming community of Mason, Kansas, Vera and Kelly Exton are known for their ambitions. Vera is an activist who wants to join her boyfriend in the Peace Corps. But she is doing her duty caring for her widowed mother and younger sister until Kelly is firmly established. Kelly is studying to become a veterinarian. She plans to marry her childhood sweetheart and eventually take over his father's veterinary practice. But it's a tumultuous time and neither sister is entirely happy with the path that's been laid out for her.