Finding Home Series by Verna Clay

The sudden demise of Hallie Wells' husband after selling their farm and just about everything they owned to travel west on the Oregon Trail, has left her in a difficult situation. Dare she ask Cooper Jerome, recently returned from the War of the States, if he would put his life on hold for, say, five months to drive her wagon; and that doesn't include his return trip. At this point, she's out of options.

In RESCUE ON THE RIO, Rush Garrett is hired by his friends, Cooper and Hallie Jerome, to find Hallie's sister, Lilah Parker, and persuade her to return to Oregon with him. The sisters parted ways twenty years earlier and Hallie longs to be reunited with her only sibling. Lilah yearns for her family, but in her infrequent letters to her sister, she has lied about her occupation. Her sister believes her to be a seamstress, when, in truth, she is a wealthy man's mistress... moreIn RESCUE ON THE RIO, Rush Garrett is hired by his friends, Cooper and Hallie Jerome, to find Hallie's sister, Lilah Parker, and persuade her to return to Oregon with him. The sisters parted ways twenty years earlier and Hallie longs to be reunited with her only sibling. Lilah yearns for her family, but in her infrequent letters to her sister, she has lied about her occupation. Her sister believes her to be a seamstress, when, in truth, she is a wealthy man's mistress. Lilah's shame and the fear that she will be disowned by her loved ones, causes her to reject the offer of Mr. Rush Garrett of his escort to Oregon. However, fate and the author have other plans for these star-crossed lovers! less

In MISSOURI CHALLENGE, Daisy Smithson and Tim Wells are reunited after seventeen years. They first met in Missouri at the age of eight and became fast friends. However, the night before Tim departed for Oregon with his recently widowed mother, Daisy dreamed they would one day marry. After she told Timmy her dream, he couldn't get away fast enough. Now, he has returned to Missouri to appease the constant tug in is spirit... moreIn MISSOURI CHALLENGE, Daisy Smithson and Tim Wells are reunited after seventeen years. They first met in Missouri at the age of eight and became fast friends. However, the night before Tim departed for Oregon with his recently widowed mother, Daisy dreamed they would one day marry. After she told Timmy her dream, he couldn't get away fast enough. Now, he has returned to Missouri to appease the constant tug in is spirit. His intent is to visit the farm he was raised on so as to lay to rest the ghosts of his past. Little does he realize he's about to discover a love that most people only dream of. Trent Garrett reconciled with his brother, Rush Garrett, five years earlier for sins he committed with his brother's first wife, but the past still haunts him. Although attracted to Arizona Cayson, a squatter on his land, he makes no effort to deepen their relationship. The arrival of Tim and Daisy Wells only serves to enhance the loneliness he always feels. Fate is about to come knocking on his door with a wake-up call. less