Pearl
Book 2 in the Dakotah TreasuresRuby Torvald has turned Dove House, the scandalous inheritance her father left to her and her sister, into a respectable establishment. Her newest boarder is Pearl Hosfuss, a schoolteacher from Chicago who is fleeing her father's matchmaking schemes. Hiding scars within and without, Pearl has given up hope of marriage. But just as her future begins to look brighter, news arrives that her father is coming to take her back to Chicago.