Surviving the rugged frontier of Alaska is a daunting task. But even in that hostile wilderness, God allows the tender flower of love to bloom. Tracie Peterson tells of the adventures and romances of different generations of women who share a common home - Alaska. Nurse Julie Eriksson cares for the victims of the 1925 diphtheria epidemic while Sam waits quietly, willing to give anything to see her save their own struggling relationship. Where's A Light in the Window when they need it most?

Paterson's novels A Light in the Window, Destiny's Road and Iditarod Dream are collected in this one volume—with Christmas Dream as a bonus. The bleak wilderness of Alaska challenges three women in different eras: Julie, a nurse during the diphtheria epidemic of 1925; Beth, whose Canadian-born husband is killed in World War II; and Rita, who takes on the Iditarod, the ultimate test of endurance.

Confident and fiercly independent, Rita travels back to her hometown of Tok, Alaska. At the urging of her father, she enters the dogsled race of her dreams—the famed Iditarod—with a relentless pursuit. Although Mark Williams hopes to become more than her coach for the race, the walls that Rita has built around herself are to strong for human penetration. Set against the bleak and demanding Alaskan landscape, will Rita realize her dream alone? Or will her dream demand at last that Rita examine her very soul?