The Flowers of Graceton

In this second book of the Graceton series, the homesteaders' dream of their own village continues. It could be dashed by a tragic accident but Myrtle Nesslebaum does her best to keep her vision alive.

The Petersen family still feels the lack of what the other homesteaders have: happy homes despite all other circumstances being similar but there may be love for them in the future among their own.

A murder mystery is solved but it leads to other questions about one family's future.

Some Fargo townspeople believe that helping the homesteaders through their loss shows the potential importance of the territory for the rest of the country.
A local editorial has reached the east and a well-to-do person there also wants to help but there might be strings attached.