Yellow Bear Lodge is a romantic novel set in Montana and laced together with soft sex, violence, humor, and tall tales. The setting is a dude ranch in the Montana Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness forty-two miles from the closest town. The scenery is spectacular and the abundance of beauty and wildlife frames the adventures of the diverse ranch crew and the local populace they encounter. An ancient Indian folktale about a menacing yellow grizzly bear in this valley is entwined with the rampaging descendent of that magnificent creature that delivers Montana justice in an engaging climax.***A native of Helena, Montana, BRYANT BLEWETT holds a Montana State University degree in Business, and a Master of Taxation from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He graduated from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, Executive Program, in 1986 and earned his CPA in 1972. He spent twenty-two years with The Clorox Company as the head of their Tax Department.A fourth generation northern Californian, ELLEN MARSHALL earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance and Dramatic Art from the University of California, Berkeley in 1974. After a seventeen year career in retail banking with First Interstate Bank of California, she branched out into residential real estate. She and Bryant are married and live in Alameda, California during the winter months. Summer and fall finds them high up in the mountains at their dude ranch, Hawley Mountain Guest Ranch, south of McLeod, Montana which they help manage with partners, Ron and Phyllis Jarrett.