“Soldahl! Next stop, Soldahl!” When Norah Johanson hears the conductor’s words, her heart begins to race. At last she will be in the arms of the man she has 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 her beloved homeland, Norway, she wonders… She steps off the train, finds her trunks full of hand-embroidered linens, quilts, and household treasures painted with rosemaling designs, and looks for Hans. The pelting march snow stings her cheeks. “Where is he? Dear God, what will I do?” When Hans fails to arrive at the train station that night, Nora finds herself thrown into a life she never expected with people she doesn’t know-Reverend and Mrs. Moen and Carl Detchman, a grieving German immigrant. Is this really what God had planned for her? Dakota Dawn is the first book of the Dakota Series that features the intertwining lives of five inspiring women who live in the early 1900s in the farming community of Soldahl, North Dakota.

Leaving Norway for good Clara carries with her little more than dreams. Armed with a water-stained letter, a faded photograph, and a ticket to America, Clara Johnson travels to Soldall, North Dakota, and her handsome, curly haired husband-to-be. Imagine Clara's surprise when she is greeted instead by Dag Weinlander, a burly, unkempt giant of a blacksmith! But God's plans for Clara far surpass her thwarted dreams and naive expectations. Unbeknownst to even a fiercely determined Norwegian immigrant, an angel of new life is about to grace the fertile heartland of America.

When his self-indulgence causes the tragic deaths of both his mother and wife, Jude Weinlander sets to drifting about the plains of North Dakota, a pitiful loner in search of peace and forgiveness. Jude's routine of a day job for a meal is interrupted when he meets Rebekka Stenesrude, the schoolmarm of tiny Willowford, North Dakota. As they rebuild the fire-ravaged local school, Jude and Rebekka cannot deny their attraction, but to act on it is another matter. Will Jude at last plant roots in the prairie soil...or move on before another Dakota dusk?

Sheriff Caleb Stensrude of Soldahl, North Dakota, is almost glad he has nowhere to go on this Christmas Eve. Temperatures are dropping, snowdrifts are mounting, and the winds are howling something fierce. A blizzard's brewing, and all living things should be inside. And then his faithful dog Sam senses they have company. Johanna Carlson has come a long way from home and now God has led her here. Together with her young son Henry, God has led her ragged horse to a light, and to hope. As she fights for consciousness in the raging darkness, Johanna hears Caleb's voice and cries out in pain. Her time has come.