Rose dreamed of leaving the Sioux reservation in Santee, NE. Now, faced with the wide world, she must decide if she is truly ready to strike out on her own and take the risk. Rose has fought against the painful abuse of her father and the loneliness of a mother long-dead of a white man’s sickness. When Pete offers her the chance to escape to a new life, she must take it or marry into the same abuse she’s lived for so long. Pete has always helped Rose from the shadows. Being half-white, he’s had to. He has loved Rose for as long as he can remember, but he must prove his worth to her by helping her to freedom and safety. Pete must compete for the right to take Rose to Kansas but his young and impetuous heart steers him wrong. In shame, he abandons Rose, but can never leave her care completely to someone else. When they finally make it to Kansas, Pete comes out of the shadows once again. Once within the safety of a Kansas ranch, can Rose forgive Pete for leaving her? Will Pete remain the brooding half-blood from the reservation, or grow into the man Rose needs him to be?

Meg Connor’s world is falling apart after the loss of her husband. The rules of mourning state that she has to wait one year and one day before she may marry again, but she could lose her home if she doesn’t find a husband fast. Jax McCartney is on the run from a man who wants him dead. Meg’s ranch is the perfect place to hide and get off the trail for a while. He can’t afford to be found. When Meg hires Jax to be her foreman to help her keep her ranch, could she really have found the answer to her prayers?

On the border between Minnesota and Canada, Elizabeth Whitte finds herself trapped as the bitter winter descends. As a mail order bride gone horribly wrong, her hopes of returning to Kansas to claim her birthright are dashed by the frigid air and her cold heart. Robert Stewart knows her for what she is. He’s seen and been hurt by her kind before. Yet, something about the American draws him and he is torn between his duty as a Mountie, his love for his country, and a beguiling woman who needs him more than she’ll say. His happiness, and hers, depend on him igniting a fire in her heart for him and his people.

Margot Fleur is devastated by a secret kept by the man she’s known as her father, tearing her heart to pieces. Struggling with feelings of isolation, she desperately wants to be part of something more; to be whole. Tyler Wilson longs to sweep Margot off of her feet. Seeing past her imperfections, he loves her for the sparkling spirit and bright dreams she once held so dear and only wants to see her smile again. Strong and determined, he sets out to win her heart but will a stubborn unwillingness to hear the call of the Lord forever keep them apart? And if he doesn’t learn, will Margot be lost forever?