Michele Pollock Dalton

Rosella Tihold and her family spent years as travelling musicians with Hammerman's Cultural Musicale. But when her brother is injured at Gettysburg, the young singer's priorities shift, and the lure of a place to call home settles in Rosella's heart. Longing for stability, Gier Knudsen risks everything when he sends for a mail-order bride. But the secret he is hiding will certainly be a detriment to his well-laid plans. So he requests that the marriage...

Fighting to keep the remnant of her family alive, Mara Peterson eschews the company of most of her neighbors in the small logging town of Widow's Ridge. Instead, she prefers the safety and security of the trading post her grandfather established long before the big woods of Wisconsin were felled. But when she is pressed to marry for the sake of the Whistler family legacy, Mara accepts an unconventional solution to the problem-and finds herself knee-deep...

Vivianna Risler enjoys interacting with the young women of her daughter's acquaintance. But when the girls form the Ladies Victory League and undertake a letter writing campaign to the Doughboys, she supervises the activities with a mother's eye toward propriety and protection. However, the vivacious widow is intrigued by the idea and finds an unexpected pleasure in furthering her acquaintance with a family friend. For Dr. Zechariah Stewart, there...