Ride Against the Wind

Stover Gates was an honorable man, a strict and dogmatic father who looked to the welfare of his family. Marian Gates knew better than to fall for Jerrod Danmyer, because of the hatred her father has for all Danmyers. The suitor Stover has picked for Marian is prosperous, enthusiastic -- a young man she finds utterly obnoxious. Then on August 1, 1874, a devastating plague of locusts strip the prairie bare and obliterate the crops. Unknown assailants use the disaster to commit robbery and murder to swindle the survivors of their land. The desperate times offer Jerrod a chance to win Marion?s hand?though it might very well mean dying in the process!