In Book 5 of the Red River of the North series, Mary Martha MacCallister comes to Blessing from Missouri to visit her brother. She volunteers to help at the schoolhouse while she is visiting, and the prospering citizens are soon under thrall of her southern charm. Through her work, she meets Pastor John Solberg, and they find much in common. However, her visit is cut short when she receives a summons to return home and care for her ailing mother, but she says she'll stay in touch . no matter what. Lauraine Snelling, paperback, 300 pages.

She never intended to stay. So why is leaving so hard?

The fertile prairies of Dakota Territory have finally begun to yield the bountiful harvests the pioneers have dreamed about since leaving their homes in Norway. The tiny community of Blessing is beginning to expand and thrive, its hardy citizens at last enjoying a measure of prosperity.

Mary Martha MacCallister comes to Blessing from Missouri to visit her brother. She volunteers to help at the schoolhouse and, with her gentle southern charm, quickly wins the affection of all.

Pastor John Solberg, rejecting the persistent efforts of matchmaking mothers, develops a friendship with Mary Martha and discovers she shares his love of books and children. But then the message arrives that she must return home to care for her ailing mother. When she leaves, she says she'll write....

Everyone has come to love her.
Is this good-bye forever?

Lauraine Snelling an award-winning author of fifty-plus books with total sales of over two million copies. She also writes for a wide range of magazines and teaches at writers' conferences across the country. She and her husband make their home in Tehachapi, California.

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