" Laura Rose White is one of the most gifted riverboat pilots on the Missouri River--her late father taught her and her brother Joe everything he knew, and even named their family's riverboat after her. But in 1867, the idea of a "skirt" being a captain is unheard of. At least until Joe takes ill and dies in the middle of a trip, leaving Laura grieving and halfway upriver with a full cargo. She successfully takes charge of the crew and expertly guides...

"In the heart-wrenching aftermath of the Dakota War of 1862, suffering and starvation stalk the Dakota Sioux, as white settlers are consumed with bitterness and hate. Genevieve LaCroix struggles to accept the horrible news that her love, Daniel Two Stars, has been executed. Simon Dane immerses himself in missionary work, but his good intentions yield only frustration and failure. Just as Gen and Simon begin to forge a relationship, they enoucnter...

Genevieve LaCroix, the daughter of a French aristocrat and a Dakota woman, makes a difficult transition at a Minnesota mission school.

Imogene Marshall has everything a girl could want--and she's miserable. To her, the perfect life is made of horses and cowboys and round-ups. When she's sent east to finishing school, Imogene disembarks on the way and ends up convincing Buffalo Bill himself to give her a chance in his Wild West Show. Imogene Marshall becomes "Liberty Belle," trick rider, and the object of attention from two cowboys who have very different ways of trying to win her...