num_pages: 39
description:  Special Holiday Release!  “Essie’s Christmas Surprise” tells the continuing story of the youngest of the four Cummins sisters and her husband Gus as their prayers are answered. Because Essie can’t have children, they have decided to adopt a baby boy, and he arrives on Christmas Day in one of the worst snowstorms in memory. But she’s been suffering from a mysterious ailment that the good Dr. Cheatham can’t seem to diagnose, and with the help of her family Gus and Essie find their way to town to pick up baby Luke from the doctor…and the doctor discovers the nature of her mysterious ailment... Read all four books in the Dakota Mail Order Brides series, too! It's 1862, and four orphaned sisters find themselves in the bustling city of Yankton in the Dakota Territory when one of them accepts a marriage proposal from a young man who needs to marry to stake a homestead claim. In this clean Western romance series, author Jenny Creek Tanner weaves a heartwarming tale of the love the sisters have for each other, and the love they find with the rugged men of the homestead prairies of Dakota. Book 1 - Homestead HEART: Winnie’s StoryBook 2 - Homestead FAITH: Bettie’s StoryBook 3 - Homestead COURAGE: Callie’s StoryBook 4 - Homestead HOPE: Essie’s Story 
language: English
title: Essie's Christmas Surprise