


Cast aside by society and largely looked down upon by everyone except their Mama Rose, the Claybornes have garnered quite the harsh reputation. Though, when lucrative targets prove difficult to find, they will stoop so low as to eat out of garbage cans. When readers meet the Claybornes in ‘For the Roses’, the first novel in the Clayborne of Rosehill series, it is 1860 and the kids are a little down on their luck Cole, Adam, Travis, and Douglas are homeless. However, when Julie isn’t finding new ways to get her protagonists together, she is exploring themes of family and friendship. The Clayborne of Rosehill series has been praised as one the best collection of novels in Julie Garwood’s bibliography. The books follow the exploits of a group of brothers who are forced to get their acts together when they stumble upon an abandoned little girl. The name ‘Clayborne of Rosehill’ refers to a series of historical romance novels written by Julie Garwood.
