Soda Springs

When the Civil War upends her family, fourteen-year-old Tessa Darrow crosses the plains toward Oregon—only to bury her mother and sister and arrive in tiny Soda Springs, Idaho, with her father dying of smallpox. Taken in by the fierce, kind-hearted Scottish widow Maureen Holt, Tessa grows from a grieving girl into a capable young woman among the ex-Mormon Morrisites of Morristown. Amid hardship, secrets, and two very different suitors, Tessa discovers where—and with whom—she truly belongs.

• A dying father, a smallpox-stricken wagon, and a fourteen-year-old girl who must save them both—the gripping opening of a five-year frontier journey.
• Little-known LDS history brought to life: the tragic Morrisites and their settlement at the soda springs of the Oregon Trail.
• A clean, sweeping romance where the heroine grows from grieving child to frontier bride over five unforgettable years.
• Based on real history and a true family tale of sweater-wearing chickens—warm, authentic, and unforgettable.

“He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.”

Perfect for a reader who loves clean, faith-friendly historical frontier romances with strong family bonds and a heroine who grows up over the course of the story.