Fertile Land of Dreams

By Julia Houchens

What would you sacrifice to keep a promise made in blood-and love?

On a storm-ravaged Atlantic crossing, Norwegian widow Kari Solheim makes an impossible vow. When her closest friend dies giving birth mid-voyage, Kari promises to protect the newborn child at any cost-even if it means claiming him as her own and carrying a secret that could destroy her future.

America was meant to be a land of second chances. Instead, the Minnesota frontier demands everything.

Alone with an infant who is not hers by birth but is hers by devotion, Kari stakes her claim on 160 acres of unforgiving prairie. Winter looms. Neighbors watch. And a powerful land baron sets his sights on her homestead-determined to take what she owns by fraud, intimidation, or bloodshed.

As danger tightens its grip, Kari must choose between survival and truth... between running and standing her ground. Help comes from an unexpected ally-a scarred Civil War veteran haunted by his past-forcing Kari to confront feelings she never planned to feel and a faith she can no longer ignore.

Fertile Land of Dreams is a sweeping American Christian historical romance about courage forged in hardship, love born from shared sacrifice, and faith strong enough to stand against corruption. Rich in frontier tension, moral conviction, and slow-burn romance, this story captures the raw cost of freedom and the fierce hope that builds a home from broken beginnings.

If you love stories of resilient women, frontier justice, clean romance, and faith tested by fire, this novel will stay with you long after the final page.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GG1WP53Z
• ISBN13: 9798233922039
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Julia Houchens
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"