Jo Maseberg
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Ellie MacCready's family was forced to sell their farm in the Nebraska Sand Hills when she was a teenager. Now, Ellie has returned to the Sand Hills to teach in a one-room school, and she rents a small house on the old family farm, now owned by Zane Redding. Money is tight, though, and Zane may have to sell the farm he's worked hard to develop. Then Ellie proposes a compromise: she will become a partner, investing in the farm she loves to keep...
2) The bargain
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Young widow Jenny Cook is at her wits' end trying to figure out how she'll support herself and young son Peter. Then she inhjerits her grandfather's ranch in Nebraska. As she takes up ranching, she makes a bargain with her neighbor Mike Snow: he'll teach her about ranching if she'll cook dinner for him every day. Together, they face the hardships of winter and find that hard work may mend a broken heart.