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“I saw grace as white, pristine snow covering the less than beautiful parts of our lives.”

Grace Like Snow, Essays from the Heartland includes blog posts and personal musings written between 2015 and 2022. Schuck bares memories of family, holidays, writing adventures, and her faith walk. She has a strong sense of place and a deep love for the prairie. Her writing offers hope, inspiration and a dose of wisdom in a good read.

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They’re as different as diamonds and donuts…so can Brianna and Tiny build a future together?

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They’re as different as diamonds and donuts, so can Brianna and Tiny build a future together? The third book in the Prairie Pastor series takes the reader back to the beloved community of Cottonwood Creek for a humorous and inspiring story.

Brianna’s beauty and her mother’s expectations have caused her plenty of problems. Now, she’s fleeing city life to run a B&B in rural North Dakota, and she’s drawn to Tiny, who is so unlike other men. Tiny has overcome a difficult youth with the help of God and the good people of Cottonwood Creek. Now, he takes care of his deeply disturbed mother and manages the local co-op. While he dreams of a life with Brianna, he thinks she’s way out of his league.

Can they find the way to the promising future God has for them? Not if their meddling mothers have anything to say about it. And not unless they come to terms with their differences.

Third in the Prairie Pastor Series

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Amber Can’t Ignore the Choices She Must Make

Amber McLean is anything but reckless. She’s driven to excel in her career, be a dutiful daughter and sensible big sister, and she likes to have control of her life. Then, she meets Kelly Jorgenson, the young pastor at Cottonwood Creek, and they fall in love. Amber’s heart calls her to risk a new life with Kelly, but will her logic let her?

Second in the Prairie Pastor Series

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Come and Spend Some Time at Cottonwood Creek!

The fictional community of Cottonwood Creek is the setting for “By the Banks of Cottonwood Creek.” The story takes place in 2001 in north-central North Dakota. Kelly Jorgenson is the new young pastor in the rural community. Kelly wants to escape southern California and his memories following his twin brother’s tragic death as a teenager. He envisions a peaceful life on the prairie.

Readers will recognize the fields of sunflowers, the Peace Gardens, and the fun of swimming or fishing in a creek. Country churches like Cottonwood Church still dot the land, their steeples pointing skyward like prairie lighthouses.

Kelly is soon involved in the daily problems of the residents of Cottonwood Creek, including eccentric Kate Schulte and hostile Linda Jackson. His now long-distance relationship with his brother’s former girlfriend, Briana Davis, suffers. Meanwhile, he’s attracted to a mysterious woman he meets as she plays piano in the empty church. When the September 11 terrorist attacks trigger flashbacks of his brother’s death, Kelly’s faith is tested and he realizes he must help his parents who also struggle with grief.

First in the Prairie Pastor Series

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Open the Door to the Secrets of the Dark Closet 2nd edition now available

“A young girl’s world is shattered, her family shamed and scattered in this coming-of-age story. Webster County, Iowa, 1899. Bessie Kloubec wants to be seen as more grown-up. After all, she’s turning eleven. However, she’s not prepared for the calamity that begins in the predawn hours of her birthday. Calamity that unravels her formerly happy family and forces her to grow up fast.

Bessie must navigate through a series of family disasters caused by her father’s pain-induced alcoholism. Bewildered but brave, she struggles with her own fear and anger while trying to fix her broken family. But can she?

In 1904, Bessie is almost sixteen when the family moves to LaMoure County, North Dakota, leaving their secrets behind. They are welcomed into the community. However, when a new family scandal breaks out, Bessie must find the healing needed so her heart can move forward.

Based on a true story and told in first-person, Bessie’s dilemma is as relevant today as it was a hundred years ago.

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