Nancy Peterson
On the eve of Utah's admittance into the Union, Rebecca Kade has more pressing concerns on her mind than celebrating statehood. Her parents' untimely deaths. The possible loss of the family's beloved ranch. A looming confrontation with her estranged twin sister. And the complications arising from the arrival of a charming suitor.
Rebecca is determined to save her father's ranch, no matter how much effort and heartache it takes. But her sister
...Lydia Dawson is living on the Illinois frontier when she hears an unusual doctrine preached by a traveling minister from Ohio. The message of the gospel suggests answers to questions Lydia privately harbors. Lydia's heart is stirred, but she is forbidden by her family to have anything to do with this newfound religion called Mormonism.
In Independence, Missouri, Christian Kade is facing personal difficulties and mounting persecution because
...On the surface, all appears serene as the third generation of Kades in pioneer Utah grow up to take their parents' place in the vast, rugged regions of the West. But fate—or is it divine providence?—suddenly steps in.
Jessica Scott of Illinois finds herself waylaid among the Latter-day Saints in 1870s Utah while on a railroad trip to California. Alone and seeking assistance from her relatives, whose religious beliefs she scorns,
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