Brookside, Oregon Territory (Book 1)
Farmer and rancher Jacob Hoagland is faced with a growing family relying on him. Irene Creighton is married to a man whose death leads to the discovery of his participation in land fraud within the territory. Ben Thorndyke is the village's most successful businessman, a community leader and friend of the governor. The county constable, Tobias Kennedy, gets his information through the menacing use of an oak walking stick. These lives will bring questions of criminality to a conclusion. But not everyone's life will take a turn for the better.