It's 1876, and 20-year-old Mattie Flynn is determined to make a fresh start after fleeing from her sinister boss in the gambling house where she was employed as a singer. Mattie travels to Deadwood, South Dakota, in search of her younger brother, who went ahead of her in hopes of making a fortune in the gold mines.

All Mattie wants is a safe and respectable life for the two of them, but that doesn't seem to be her destiny as she faces more heartache and trials. Will the suspicious bottles of gold dust from her brother's claim be the key to her future... or does the handsome street preacher, who is always turning the other cheek, truly hold the answers to her deepest longings?

Three courageous women seek a new start in life--and a chance at finding love--on the Nebraska frontier.

LAINA GRAY struggles to recover from a trauma inflicted by unimaginable circumstances... but the soldier longing to help her must first get beyond his own painful past.

CHARLOTTE VALENTINE returns to Fort Robinson desperate for a place of refuge--only to be thrown into the midst of new troubles and an onslaught of unexpected emotions.

JOSEPHINE HALE is forbidden to reveal her interest in the soldier who has captured her heart--because he wears the uniform of the enemy.

Secrets on the Wind
Two soldiers discover a desperate woman hidden in a cellar and take her back to their U.S. Army post at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Every effort is made to reach out to this strange, silent woman; but after living through her worst nightmare, Laina Gray isn't ready to trust anyone with her secrets€¦not God, and definitely not the handsome solider who tries to befriend her.

Watchers on the Hill
In her earlier years, Charlotte Valentine Bishop was a flirtatious young beauty in search of an army officer to marry. But the passage of years has made her a different woman--one in desperate need of safe haven. Her return to Fort Robinson brings many surprises, including the appearance of two former beaus.

Footprints on the Horizon
A Nazi soldier has come to Fort Robinson as a prisoner of war. When he meets Josephine Hale, the daughter of a local rancher, he falls in love. Can there be any hope of a future together for an American girl and a German POW? Can the unconditional love of God reach beyond enemy lines?

IRMA FRIEDRICH has everything a girl could want…but she's miserable. To her, the perfect life includes horses and roundups and trick riding.

WILLA FRIEDRICH, haunted by disappointment and fear, thinks controlling her daughter's future is the only way to protect Irma from dangers Willa knows all too well.

SHEP STERLING, known as King of the Cowboys, leads a life that represents all Irma desires…and everything her mother fears.

Something has to give when Willa's insistence on sending Irma to finishing school collides with Irma's determination to audition for Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. And Shep Sterling is waiting in the wings...

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A story of reconciliation…against all the odds.

Jacob Nolan is a bright, talented college student with a bold list of things he hopes to accomplish before he "settles down." Although he is unaware of any family problems, he is possibly the only reason his parents are still together.

And then the Nolans face the most difficult challenge of their lives. They come to the realization that Jacob's list is about a lot more than youthful adventure. Will their son's list help them find each other again?

Liz Davis’s carefully constructed world had already begun to crumble when the unexpected phone call comes. Without considering the consequences, she books the next flight out of Omaha.

Reveling in her new life in Paris, Liz’s widowed mother, Mary, is struggling with conflicted feelings of her own. A love once lost has been restored, yet new circumstances cause her to hesitate….

Together again, Mary and Liz must resolve the turmoil in their lives. Perhaps what their hearts long for awaits them both among the fabled hills of Tuscany

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Mary Kathleen Davis finds the framed motto in the back of a dusty antique shop, and it haunts her. After twenty-six years as the trophy wife of a powerful man, Mary is a widow with no sense of identity. She finds herself wondering "what might have been," and torments herself with guilt over her treatment of an old flame. She has the notion that if she can return to Paris with her increasingly distant daughter, perhaps she’ll be able to reconcile with the past and find a new future. The trip to Paris will change everything for these two women, in ways neither could imagine.

When a friend's loved one dies, what do you say? Are you well meaning but tongue-tied? Or are you able to provide meaningful comfort when no one else can? Sadly, the one experience common to all humanity--death--is often the one we are least prepared to handle. This quick read will help caring people: speak healing words instead of tired cliches; recognize needs of the grieving; comfort and empathize with heavy hearts. Break down the barriers that separate you from your friend when he or she needs you the most. Know what to do to help.

Witness the Miracles as Treasures of Darkness Are Brought to Light

It seems to be a typical U.S. Army post in 1878. But in the midst of regimented daily routines...

...a grieving sergeant harbors bitterness and guilt in his broken heart.

...a desperate young woman struggles to recover from the trauma inflicted by unimaginable circumstances.

...a new recruit with a changed identity seeks to escape the mistakes of his past.

...and among them a woman feels called to embrace these people in need and the secrets that cripple them.

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The Pain of Her Past Wasn't Something She Could Easily Leave Behind

Charlotte Valentine Bishop expected to find peace and refuge at Fort Robinson. Instead. . .

. . .Others are depending on her to be strong in situations she had never wanted to face again.

. . .Events threaten her dreams of a normal life for her only child.

. . .Emotions she thought long dead are rekindled by an old friend in uniform.

As troubles swirl around her and fears rage within, hope—if it to arrive at all—will have to come from the unlikeliest of people.

The peace they longed for seemed just beyond their grasp...

The Second World War had managed to stay "over there"--thousands of miles from the quiet Sandhills of Nebraska. Until…

…The young man Clara loves like a son is sent to the front lines--forcing her to face the feelings she has for his father.

…Josephine is forbidden to reveal her interest in the solider who has captured her heart--because he wears the uniform of the enemy.

…Helen's wounded husband arrives home from the frontlines--only to find that his toughest battles have yet to be fought.

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She never wanted to come to the mission in the first place. But Papa made her promise to stay the winter. If he had known what was going to happen. . .

Just when she thinks she knows what God wants, Genevieve discovers a truth that could change everything.

Will Genevieve LaCroix and Daniel Two Stars ever have a simple, quiet life together?

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No one wants her crippled brother Tom. And Sarah isn't going to leave him. Not after what Pa did. But then the orphan train makes its last stop. . .

Abandoned at a New York orphanage by their destitute father, Sarah Biddle and her younger brother, Tom, are sent west on an orphan train. But no one wants to adopt a girl with a crippled brother to take care of--until they reach Lincoln, Nebraska, and come face-to-face with Jesse King and Augusta Hathaway. Sarah's Patchwork is the absorbing story of quiet, unassuming Sarah Biddle and the hopes, dreams, tragedies, and romance that she stitches into an heirloom quilt.

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Trapped in a soddy on the Great American Desert. . . married to a stranger she fears. . . . nothing about America is what Karyn Ensinger expected.

Every man she has ever known has failed her. Especially Grayson Chandler. And then the local madame offers Nora friendship, security, and more money than she can imagine. What will Nora do?

Jesse doesn't want to go west. . . . and now the worst thing she can imagine, the thing she fears most has happened. And she's just regained consciousness to look up into the face of a Lakota warrior.

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Widow LisBeth King returns to Nebraska and a world shattered with violence. Will her ties to an angry warrior and a disillusioned soldier pave the way to her new home?

The rules have changed. Life as they knew it is over. What's next for Soaring Eagle and his half-sister LisBeth King?

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Carrie still treasures the memory of the first time she saw Soaring Eagle. Though she was only a young girl, she adored his wildness and freedom--and loved his gentle heart. All through the years of work and study, she dreamed of being with him again. And now, as she graduates from high school, Carrie prays that he'll finally see her as an adult woman--a woman he could love and marry.

But Soaring Eagle has spent the years since Carrie left Nebraska becoming a part of white society; he has set aside Indian dress and custom, studied at Eastern Colleges, and become a sought-after lecturer. And he has come to know other women--including the beautiful and intelligent Julia Woodward.

Those closest to Carrie and Soaring Eagle are concerned--they think she is an unrealistic dreamer. Is it only Carrie's stubborn imagination that see them together as man and wife? Or is this dream a God-given vision that will come to fruition one day?

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