Homespun Books in Order

Daniel follows his parents' example by seeking a mail-order bride in postwar Minnesota. Maggie, grieving a fiancé killed in World War I, sees his advertisement as a chance to start again, but both bring different expectations to the arrangement.

Widowed farmer George needs help caring for four children, while Millie must soon leave the orphanage where she grew up. Their mail-order marriage offers practical security, but a lie in her response to his requirements threatens their relationship.

Too old to remain at her Boston orphanage, Charlotte accepts an invitation to stay with her friend Millie in Minnesota. A farmer funds her journey hoping to court her, but frontier hardships test her willingness to make a new home.

Minnesota schoolteacher Patience clashes with a pupil's single father over the boy's lack of interest in learning. When a sudden snowstorm traps them in the schoolhouse with her students, enforced cooperation reveals unexpected sides of them both.

New programming graduate Donna is stranded in a Minnesota town when her car breaks down. A mechanic's welcoming family offers temporary shelter, and their pastor son Paul challenges her ideas about financial security, faith, and the future she wants.

After his wingman dies during World War II, Ken visits the man's widow and children to fulfill a promise. Finding them without support, he proposes a practical marriage, leaving both to discover whether affection can grow from duty.

Alison's spoiled behavior leads her parents to send her from New York to her sister's Minnesota home. Meeting Frank makes the move more appealing, but acceptance requires changing habits that her new community refuses to tolerate.