Lauraine Snelling

"In the early 1900s, Miriam Hastings leaves Chicago after burying her mother and returns to Blessing, North Dakota, to carry on her nursing studies. Despite her continued resistance, Trygve Knutson continues his pursuit of her heart"---

"Desiring a home, Cassie's promised herself to a rancher already living on the land she inherited, but is her heart leading her toward another?"--Provided by publisher.

As one woman tries to find the hidden valley of her father's dreams in the 1906 Black Hills, she also discovers courage, faith--and romance.

Despite Del and her sisters' best-laid plans, the future-and RJ-might surprise them all-- Delphinium Nielsen and her sisters have accomplished much in the past year, traveling west and settling in Nebraska. They are on their way to building a garden in dedication to their mother and working against the forces of nature to make their farm thrive. However, none of that can mask their concern that they are quickly running out of money. Del's work teaching...

Nilda Carlson and her younger brother Ival come to America to join her older brother Rune and his family on the Strand farm in Minnesota. Uncle Einar Strand refuses to help rune build a house for his family and forbids the community to come onto his land. Can the tragedy that reveals Einar's anger and isolation bring the Carlsons and Strands together into a true family?

Minnesota, 1911. Nilda Carlson is torn between life in the city of Blackduck and spending time with her family back home on the farm. Her employer, Mrs. Schoenleber, gives her more and more responsibility and experience. Still new to America herself, Nilda focuses on the area's immigrant community, but she'll have to fight to get her ideas accepted by the locals and donors alike. One of her greatest joys is her weekly piano lesson with Fritz Larsson....

Join the S.A.V.E. Squad--Sunny, Aneta, Vee, and Esther--as the four sixth-grade girls, with nothing in common but their differences, come together through the rescue of a basset hound they dub Wink and form a plan to benefit stray dogs and place them in "forever homes."

Join the S.A.V.E. Squad--Sunny, Aneta, Vee, and Esther--as the four sixth-grade girls, with nothing in common but their differences, come together to save a secondhand petting zoo and a miniature horse.

After turning the tables on a crooked gambler, Larkspur Nielsen joins her sisters on a wagon train bound for Oregon while donning a disguise as Clark Nielsen, knowing four women will draw unwanted attention. But maintaining the ruse is more difficult than she imagined, as is protecting her sisters from difficult circumstances and eligible young men.