Dakota Stories II: Dakota Dusk / Dakota December / Dakota Destiny (Dakota Plains, #3-5)

Jude Weinlander had the face of an angel... but the heart of a bully and a cheat. ''It ain't fair,'' Jude grumbled. ''My brother, the dolt himself, has a thriving business, a beautiful wife, and that grand house of his. It just ain't fair, I tell ya.'' When fire raged through his childhood home one night, Jude, full of anger and guilt, turned his back on family who could help him heal. He left Soldahl, North Dakota, and took up wandering from town to town. When he arrived in the small, fire-ravaged town of Willowford, North Dakota, he agreed to help schoolmarm Rebekka Stenesrude by rebuilding the schoolhouse before he moved on, once again. But God kept Jude in Willowford to work on his heart, teaching him that for every dusk there is a sunrise. Dakota Dusk is the third book of the Dakota Series that features the intertwining lives of five inspiring women, all who live in the early 1900s in the immigrant community of Soldahl, North Dakota. The lives of five inspiring women intertwine in the early 1900s in the immigrant community of Soldahl, North Dakota. Here, pioneers of all ages are seeking love, adventure and new purpose in their lives. In the two volumes of Dakota Stories, bestselling author Lauraine Snelling reveals the need for people to know where God is leading them. In Dakota Stories II, Rebekka Stenesrude encounters the mysterious Jude Weinlander as they rebuild her fire-ravaged school. Before the Dakota Dusk, will they also decide to build a life together? A cold Dakota December blizzard literally blows the confused Johanna Carlson to Soldahl and into the arms of unsuspecting Sheriff Caleb Stenesrude. Will this woman and her young son change his life forever? World War I separates Mary Moen and her childhood friend, Will Dunfey, just as they realize they may have a future together. After two years of Will missing in action, Mary ponders another man's marriage proposal. Who is her Dakota Destiny? The lives of inspiring women intertwine in the early 1900s in the immigrant community of Soldahl, North Dakota. In Dakota Dusk, Rebekka Stenesrude encounters the mysterious Jude Weinlander as they rebuild her fire-ravaged school. Before the dusk, will they also decide to build a life together? In Dakota December, a cold blizzard blows the confused Johanna Carlson to Soldahl and into the arms of the unsuspecting Sheriff Caleb Stenesrude. Will this woman and her young son change his life forever? In Dakota Destiny, Mary Moen and her childhood friend Will Dunfey are separated by World War I just as they realize they may have a future together. After two years of Will missing in action, Mary ponders another man's marriage proposal. Who is her destiny?