Pearl
(Book)

Lauraine Snelling's novel, Ruby, delighted readers with its spunky main character who inherits a little Missouri saloon called the Dove House adn turns it into a hotel. Now you'll love meeting Pearl, a young woman who follows her heart to the Western frontier. Pearl was once the apple of her father's eye. Then an accident left Pearl's neck scarred and her heart desperate for her father's love. When her father decides she should marry a widower with five children, Pearl escapes by accepting a teaching position in the Dakotah territory. At Dove House, Pearl falls in love with Carl, who is also looking for a fresh start in this rugged, new land. When Ruby also finds a surprising new love, it's added proof that God works in mysterious ways. When the future of Dove House is threatened, what will become of these jewels of the prairie?