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After a year of teaching in a one‑room schoolhouse on the western frontier, Elizabeth plans her wedding to Wynn Delaney, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The couple begins their new life together at an isolated outpost in the far north. Elizabeth is unprepared for the loneliness she feels and the rigors of life without the conveniences she has known. Her deep love for Wynn and her faith in God seem like all she has. Will that be enough?
First publish date: 1985
Genre: Western Fiction/Western Romance
Authors: Janette Oke
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