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Courage on the Oregon Trail #6
Fierce Dreams
Her heart broken, her future stolen—the Oregon Trail offers Nora Cole not just a path west, but a journey to her true self.
Independence, Missouri, 1850: When Jimmy Rayburn—the boy Nora has loved since childhood—proposes to her best friend instead, her carefully planned future shatters in an instant. Desperate for a fresh start, Nora joins her family on the treacherous two-thousand-mile journey to Oregon Territory.
Determined to rebuild her dreams on the frontier, Nora throws herself into the romance of adventure. But the trail quickly teaches harsh lessons in survival as thunderstorms rage, provisions dwindle, and danger lurks at every river crossing. Always the caretaker, Nora must now learn her most difficult lesson: sometimes you must put yourself first to truly help others.
When a fellow traveler catches her eye, Nora finds herself drawn to him despite her wounded heart. But misunderstandings and trail hardships threaten their connection before it can truly begin.
As the endless prairie tests her resilience, Nora discovers strengths she never knew she possessed and dreams bigger than anything she could have imagined back home.
In the vast wilderness of the Oregon Trail, will Nora finally find her voice, her purpose—and perhaps a love worthy of her generous heart?
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.
Independence, Missouri, 1850: When Jimmy Rayburn—the boy Nora has loved since childhood—proposes to her best friend instead, her carefully planned future shatters in an instant. Desperate for a fresh start, Nora joins her family on the treacherous two-thousand-mile journey to Oregon Territory.
Determined to rebuild her dreams on the frontier, Nora throws herself into the romance of adventure. But the trail quickly teaches harsh lessons in survival as thunderstorms rage, provisions dwindle, and danger lurks at every river crossing. Always the caretaker, Nora must now learn her most difficult lesson: sometimes you must put yourself first to truly help others.
When a fellow traveler catches her eye, Nora finds herself drawn to him despite her wounded heart. But misunderstandings and trail hardships threaten their connection before it can truly begin.
As the endless prairie tests her resilience, Nora discovers strengths she never knew she possessed and dreams bigger than anything she could have imagined back home.
In the vast wilderness of the Oregon Trail, will Nora finally find her voice, her purpose—and perhaps a love worthy of her generous heart?
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.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
344 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 24, 2022
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March 29, 2022
Dreams of Adventure Meet Reality
This is the sixth book of this series. The story is of a 50 family wagon trail going to Oregon. Each book tells the story from a different point of view. This story is about a young woman who dreams of love and adventure, traveling west with her parents and younger sister. Reality is nothing like fantasy when you are 18. This is a wonderful and clean series that describes the hardships in a realistic manner. Those of us who live along the Oregon Trail have a great understanding of what those settlers went through and this series describes it well. I highly recommend this book, this series, and this author.
This is the sixth book of this series. The story is of a 50 family wagon trail going to Oregon. Each book tells the story from a different point of view. This story is about a young woman who dreams of love and adventure, traveling west with her parents and younger sister. Reality is nothing like fantasy when you are 18. This is a wonderful and clean series that describes the hardships in a realistic manner. Those of us who live along the Oregon Trail have a great understanding of what those settlers went through and this series describes it well. I highly recommend this book, this series, and this author.
March 30, 2022
A Sweet Story
This is such a Sweet Story . I enjoyed the long trip to Oregon Trail. I felt like I was traveling with them. I love the relationship of Nora and her sister Amy. Very well written and never a dull moment.
This is such a Sweet Story . I enjoyed the long trip to Oregon Trail. I felt like I was traveling with them. I love the relationship of Nora and her sister Amy. Very well written and never a dull moment.
December 24, 2025
Took a while!
She is going to get her man and he loves her for all the right reasons to including selflessness, caring, compassion. He is going to be a blacksmith and she is going to help her neighbors just like she has been doing all along the Oregon Trail.
She is going to get her man and he loves her for all the right reasons to including selflessness, caring, compassion. He is going to be a blacksmith and she is going to help her neighbors just like she has been doing all along the Oregon Trail.
July 7, 2023
Interesting but glad to be done
July 25, 2024
Another great book of this series. This one is probably my favorite so far. Nora is such a sweet girl, I look forward to reading more about her in the next series Oregon at Last
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