When a disastrous decision by the trainmaster forces Jesselynn Highwood and her companions to separate from the wagon train, she races back to Fort Laramie to find a guide to take them to Oregon. But the guide has a far different plan, and following her heart, Jesselynn agrees to join him, her ragta[...]
A gripping novel set against the backdrop of Mount St. Helen's eruption, this story of three women who are drawn to the mountain is a celebration of the resilience and strength of women, both individually and collectively, in the face of extraordinary crisis.[...]
Although things aren't running smoothly in her life, Ragni Clauson agrees to fix up her great-grandmother's cabin out in the Badlands, but as she and her rebellious teenage niece, Erika, begin to uncover the art and the life of Nilda, Ragni's great-grandmother who inhabited the cabin in the early 19[...]
Beloved, bestselling author Lauraine Snelling weaves a story of holiday romance, which begins with a simple advertisement for a horse's companion. Turner McNeally's daughter has gone off to college, and her horse is demonstrating signs of loneliness. Rebecca Wilkinson's son hasn't spoken a word sinc[...]
Maddy Morton is used to being on the run. . . .
Years ago, she ran away from home with a man her parents warned would be the ruin of her. Now she's on the run again, with her ten-year-old son, Nicholas, to escape that man, her abusive ex-husband, Gabe. Destitute, angry, and determined never to t[...]
Talented jockey Robynn O'Dell risks her life every day. But some dangers she avoids at all costs like putting herself at risk of being hurt again. Dane Morgan is determined to win Robynn's heart but hides his own fears. Will these two wounded people learn that love is worth the gamble?[...]
With her husband killed by a drunken driver, an infant son to raise and the family dairy farm to run, how can Lareana Amundson find either the time or the heart to let the handsome hay hauler, Trey Bennett, into her life? But Trey has secrets of his own; he is actually the owner of a string of fashi[...]
"Soldahl Next stop, Soldahl "
When Nora Johanson heard the conductor's words, her heart began to race. At last she would be in the arms of the man she had promised to marry--Hans Larson. At fifteen she was so sure of their love. Now, three years later and far from the mountains and fjords of he[...]
"I came to America expecting to be married."
Clara Johanson had a ticket to America and a photograph of a blond, curly-haired, blue-eyed man to prove her point. But when she arrived in Soldahl, North Dakota, the man who met her at the train station, Dag Weinlander, was definitely not blond and, [...]
Jude Weinlander had the face of an angel . . . but the heart of a bully and a cheat.
"It ain't fair," Jude grumbled. "My brother, the dolt himself, has a thriving business, a beautiful wife, and that grand house of his. It just ain't fair, I tell ya." When fire raged through his childhood home o[...]
Dakota December
"Help."
A weak voice moaned from the horse's back. Sheriff Caleb Stenesrude climbed over the gate in a blizzard and reached up in time to catch the woman as she fell. To his astonishment, a small child, hanging on for dear life, fell with her. Under his breath he thanked the g[...]
Journey along with American settlers who learn that despite where the trail takes them or how primitive their lodgings may be Christmas is all about the heart. Determined to honor Christ's birth, these pioneers find a way to make Christmas happen in places like a cave, a tipi, and a dugout. Modern r[...]