When Hope Waters gets the chance to move west to Oregon, she doesn’t hesitate. Her husband and all six of her grown children (plus their spouses) dive headfirst into the adventure, all eager to start a new life on the West Coast. It finally feels like the final pieces of a happy life are coming together for her family. She has worked so long for this moment and nothing will get in her way.

But Hope has a secret.

That secret is eating away at her. That secret could ruin her family, and break their hearts. That secret could change everything, including her chance for a new life in Oregon.

Her sons are hard-working and her daughters are brave. And all Hope wants is to find the home that has eluded her for so long.

Can she make it all the way to the Oregon Territory and the final home she is looking for without hurting everyone around her?

Nora Cole has been in love with Jimmy Rayburn since she could walk, but when he becomes betrothed to her best friend, she has to rethink all the big idyllic plans she had for her future. Luckily, her parents decide to try their fate in the Oregon Territory. Nora and her sister Amy go with them, and she easily starts rebuilding her dreams of a life-long love, family and children.

Throwing herself whole-heartedly into the romance of her journey west, Nora soon learns that the reality of survival must take all precedence. Any dreams she had of meeting the love of her life are dashed.

Will Nora regret leaving everything she knew, or will she find bigger dreams in her new life?

All the books in the Courage on the Oregon Trail series take place within the same wagon company’s trip west and run concurrently. They can be read in any order.

Rebecca Tenney had everything she wanted: a cozy home, generous family, and a marriage to the man of her dreams. She had vowed to follow Andrew Tenney anywhere, so when he began making plans for them to settle in the Oregon Territory, Rebecca was happy to do her part.

When Andrew dies unexpectedly, Rebecca makes the heartfelt promise to him to continue his dream, and to start her new life in Oregon in his memory

t’s only once Rebecca and her family are well on their way to Oregon that she begins to wonder if this is not what she wanted at all. What other opportunities and joys was she leaving behind? What chances of happiness had she let go of? How could Oregon fill the Andrew-sized hole in her heart?

Discovering what she wants, outside her promise to her husband, is all Rebecca can do now.

All the books in the Courage on the Oregon Trail series take place within the same wagon company’s trip west and run concurrently. They can be read in any order.

Beth McKinnon and her family have already lost so much. Forced from their home, pared down belongings, they seek a new chance out west for their five children.

But when her son Alexander dies early in the journey to Oregon, Beth disappears into herself and struggles to find a reason to continue the trek westward.

Without every member of her family, will this harrowing struggle for survival even be worth it?

All the books in the Courage on the Oregon Trail series take place within the same wagon company’s trip west and run concurrently. They can be read in any order.

Annie Hudson already has one foot out the door. She has responded to a mail order bride advertisement and now needs to figure out how to get all the way to Oregon.

When her older sister Louisa learns about her plans, she enlists the other two Hudson sisters to her side. They refuse to let Annie make the trip alone, and soon four women–and one teenage boy–are driving their wagons westward.

Each of the Hudson sisters has to reconcile what she had expected her lives to be with the adventure she is now choosing.

Will the sacrifice be enough to give them the future they’ve always wanted?

All the books in the Courage on the Oregon Trail series take place within the same wagon company’s trip west and run concurrently. They can be read in any order.

Olivia Greenwood has been an orphan her whole life, raised by an aunt and uncle who had no room, no energy and no love for her. When she meets a traveling preacher, Luke Montgomery, his tales of travel and freedom seem like they could save her life.
It is only after she finds herself irrevocably married to this kind, though reckless, man that Olivia learns he plans to emigrate to Oregon to start his church.

Though Olivia realized she should have expected such an upheaval, she struggles to reconcile herself to this new life. Being married to a man of the cloth is not what she expected. The dreams and hopes that Olivia had so cherished for herself seem even further from coming true.

All the books in the Courage on the Oregon Trail series take place within the same wagon company’s trip west and run concurrently. They can be read in any order.

Her wagon company has been settled in their frontier town of Eden Valley in the west for almost six months now, and while she has a roof over her head and plans for her garden, she is a long way from the quiet security she had dreamt of.

Olivia is the pastor’s wife, and is starting to realize exactly what that means. Folks in the congregation are beginning to look to her to lead them, even though it’s all she can do to try to be ready for the new baby.

Can she learn to balance the demands of motherhood while becoming the pillar of society her husband hopes her to be?

For all the stories of how these brave pioneers got to Oregon, look for the book series Courage on the Oregon Trail by A.T. Butler.

The Oregon Territory, January 1851: Nora Cole didn’t realize it would be this hard. She thought had found a balance of communication with Jasper Stephens when she gave him permission to court her. But the constant work and harsh winter of this new country has put obstacles between them she’s not sure they can overcome.

For all the stories of how these brave pioneers got to Oregon, look for the book series Courage on the Oregon Trail by A.T. Butler.

The Oregon Territory, December 1850: Annie Hudson has finally reached the other side of the continent to answer the mail order bride advertisement from Isaac Wheeler. The journey this far demanded more of her than she had been prepared for.

As she settles in to her new home, Annie now faces her first Christmas without her oldest sister at the same time she has her first Christmas as a wife.

Will she be able to meet the expectations of her new husband, her new community, while still being true to herself as her sister would have wanted?

For all the stories of how these brave pioneers got to Oregon, look for the book series Courage on the Oregon Trail by A.T. Butler.

The Oregon Territory, October 1850: After nearly a year of living out of a covered wagon, day after day of grueling work and heart-breaking tragedy, Caroline Harper has finally reached the Oregon Territory where her new life will begin.

She thought she had given all she had to give; she thought she had become the strong woman the frontier requires. But every day brings a new challenge for the settlers.

When unexpected obstacles appear that keep her from getting married, from finally finding her security, Caroline learns that becoming the woman she needs to be will be far more difficult than she had realized.

Can Caroline find her new path or will this journey be the end of everything she thought she had achieved?

For all the stories of how these brave pioneers got to Oregon, look for the book series Courage on the Oregon Trail by A.T. Butler.