~EMILY BLACKWELL~

Struggle for Acceptance

Book #7

   Rose Hatcher moved from Philadelphia, to Sugar Creek, Oklahoma, to become their first schoolteacher. She soon adapted to country living and loved it. One of her students, Emily Blackwell, captured her heart. Emily came from a large family with a drunken pa, who abused his wife and children. She had always dreamed of becoming the first woman doctor in Oklahoma. Never in her wildest dream did she think it would ever happen. Her pa could not afford to educate her nor would he, even if he'd had the money. He thought the woman's place was in the home, cooking, cleaning, satisfying their husband, and raising a bunch of youngins.
   Rose's parents, Jack and Joy Hatcher, were wealthy. Things changed at the Blackwell house and Emily was finally free. They agreed to take her into their home and educate her. They became her new parents. She was ecstatic.
   After graduating from medical school, she couldn't find a job. No one would hire her because she was a woman. Discouraged, she decided to move back home to Sugar Creek. Dr. River Stone made her his partner at the clinic. Love blossomed between the two of them. Even in the small town, Emily had a hard struggle of being accepted as a woman doctor. Triumph and tragedy follow her.

~RAINN STORM ~

Searching for Love

Book #8

    Matthew Storm was tired of city living and decided to buy the Sugar Creek Sentinel and move out west. He said goodbye to New York and moved his wife, Diana, and daughter Rainn, to Oklahoma. It was a big adjustment but they soon learned to love country living.
   Lars McLaren and his wife, Meg, were anxious to sell the newspaper so he could retire. It was getting harder to run the newspaper and his farm. He wanted to enjoy his last years on the farm. Their son Lance owned the General Mercantile in Saddle River.
   Diana and Rainn helped Matthew run the paper. Rainn was his star reporter. She loved digging for stories. Her biggest one was a bank robbery in Sugar Creek.
   Some months later, while going home from visiting her friend, Willow Cain, a man stopped her on the trail and forced her to go with him. He held her for ransom. She had no food. The water he gave her was contaminated and made her very sick. By the time her daddy got the million-dollar ransom together, Rainn was lethargic. Would they find her in time to save her life?