[Dakota Plains 04] • Dakota December and Dakota Destiny

**Dakota December**

“Help.”

A weak voice moaned from the horse’s back. Sheriff Caleb Stenesrude climbed

over the gate in a blizzard and reached up in time to catch the woman as she

fell. To his astonishment, a small child, hanging on for dear life, fell with

her. Under his breath he thanked the good Lord for bringing them this far and

for a dog with a nose and ears to beat all. As the North Dakota storm

continued to scream outside the house on the edge of town, Caleb tried to tend

to the near-frozen mother and boy. When the woman let out a piercing cry of

labor, Caleb realized this would be a Christmas Eve like no other. In the days

after, Caleb and the town of Soldahl took Johanna Carlson and her two children

into their hearts, but Johanna kept her distance, afraid to tell anyone the

truth about her life.

**Dakota Destiny**

As folks in Soldahl reel from the war, Pastor Moen’s daughter, Mary, struggles

to live with shocking news about the man she loves that arrived by telegram:

We regret to inform you that Private First Class Willard Dunfey is missing in

action and presumed dead. Thru months of agonized waiting, news came to

Soldahl on Tuesday, November 11, 1918 that Victory Day had come. Does she have

reason to hope?

**This volume includes the fourth and fifth books of the Dakota Series

featuring the intertwining lives of five inspiring women, all who lived in the

early 1900s in the immigrant community of Soldahl, North Dakota.**