When Haney Remmel dies, he leaves to his wife Mattie an alfalfa farm in South Dakota and a devastating secret. She must wrestle with both as she forges an unlikely family to cope with the cruel landscape and a violent threat born of revenge.

CLAIRE COLLIER IS AN AUTHOR and university professor who has just retired to live on the family ranch with the goal of finishing her fourth book while caring for her brother, James, who has been stricken by Alzheimers disease. When Claires husband dies suddenly, her life is thrown into upheaval. As Alzheimers threatens to take over her own brain, a dangerous, masked man moves about the Kansas countryside, haunted by painful memories and pent-up revenge that lead him on a path of brutalizing innocent people and killing animalseven raping a young girl. Meanwhile, despite the obstacles that line her journey of grief, Claire manages to send her book to the publisher and stays close to her brother through his devastating illness. But the horrifying events taking place in the countryside dredge up unspeakable memories from nearly fifty years ago and, as Claire begins drowning in the darkness of depression, she must seek help through counseling and medication. Just as Claire makes a choice she thinks puts her back in control, she suddenly realizes the attacker is out to get her.

As a drought and the Great Depression continue to ravage Fremont County, Kansas, Deborah Nelson is attempting to raise seven boys, with the help of her neighbors and the spirit of her beloved friend, Grandfather Blue Sky. With her husband, Christian, missing for two years, Deborah has had no choice but to learn to rely on herself in uncertain and challenging times. Even as black blizzards rage throughout the plains, Deborah is still determined not to return to Minnesota where life is sure to be easier. Thankfully, her bachelor neighbor, Victor Whitesong, has agreed to share parenting responsibilities, relieving some of her burden. Encouraged by the county agent, Deborah implements Roosevelt's conservation programs on her land. Tensions escalate as the KKK wreaks havoc on the community, forcing it to take action. Deborah and Victor fall in love. But they must keep their relationship secret, fearing the sheriff, who already abhors Deborah and suspects they caused harm to her husband, even though his body has never been found. In this continuing historical saga, Deborah is about to discover the depths of racial prejudice when she opens her heart to her Indian friends and changes the dynamic of her family once again.

Two boyhood friends take different paths in life, Tony becomes a priest and Charlie a gangster; in time, Linda, Tonys first love and Charlies wife, saves the priests life and Charlies soul.Frank, Tonys brother, botches a job for the mob leaving a trail to Frank, and Tony, who also knows all. This leaves the mob no choice but to execute them both. Linda suspects the mobs evil plan and intervenes to save Tony. This is just another in a long list of ways she continues to show her love of Tony even though he walked out on her to go to the seminary years ago.Charlie, then, begins his soul-searching. Too much is at stake for him to play along with the mob, so he decides to put his own plan into play.

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