The story of how Alexandra Bergson struggles to make the Nebraska family farm a success and at the same time establish a personal life for herself.

Nancy Moore has returned to her hometown of Maple City, Nebraska after a long absence. She doesn't plan to stay for more than a couple of months. She becomes involved in the small-town etiquette, and people-watching the relationships around her. When Nancy captures the inarticulate love of a man of the soil, she faces a love she did not expect to find.

"Dirt-poor farmer, Paul Steele, is tested in Nebraska of the 1850's. He and his wife meet adversity head-on and overcome it while teaching their children honesty, loyalty and dedication. As the adults begin to overcome their challenges, the story centers more around their eldest son Simon's friendship with his best friend, Buell. Though these boys have dramatically different personalities, their loyalty to each other is unwavering, and each one takes...

A cattle rancher investigates the murder of another, copes with her husband's infidelity, and searches for her missing niece--heiress to a ranch that is a source of friction among locals.

"The award-winning author of The River Wife returns with a multi-generational family saga, set in the unforgiving Nebraska Sandhills in the years following the massacre at Wounded Knee--an ambitious tale of history, vengeance, race, guilt, betrayal, family, and belonging, filled with a vivid cast of characters shaped by violence, love, and a desperate loyalty to the land"--

"Lilac Nielsen must learn to balance her new courtship with the young reverend and her pursuit of another dream--the publication of her artwork in a New York newspaper. But when a family crisis back in Ohio shakes the Nielsen sisters, can they continue the new life they've begun in Nebraska? And will Lilac be prepared for what God has in store for her future?"--

When a bank robbery goes horribly wrong, leaving six people dead, con artist Melanie Starks, her seventeen-year-old son Charlie, and a paroled prisoner take an innocent author hostage and hide out in his secluded cabin in Platte River State Park.

"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon...

When her mother is diagnosed with cancer, FBI profiler Kaely Quinn 'takes time off work to go to Dark Water, Nebraska. The area has been hit by a series of fires, attributed by the fire chief to misuse of space heaters in the frigid winter. Kaely's search for a pattern in the locations of the fires lead her to suspect arson. Calling upon her partner from St. Louis, Noah Hunter, and a firefighter neighbor, Kaely and her team begin an investigation...

"Delphinium Nielsen and her sisters have accomplished much in the past year, traveling west and settling in Nebraska. They are on their way to building a garden in dedication to their mother and working against the forces of nature to make their farm thrive. However, none of that can mask their concern that they are quickly running out of money. Del's work teaching in their booming town offers hope, not only to support her sisters financially, but...