A Claim of Her Own

Determined to put an unspeakable past behind her, twenty-year-old Mattie O'Keefe travels to Deadwood, South Dakota, in search of her brother, whose letters boast of the fortune he's making panning for gold.
Mattie is soon convinced that gold mining will be the key to her future happiness, but she is unaware that the past has followed her to Deadwood and is bent on revenge.
When a handsome street preacher speaks out against storing up treasures on earth, Mattie turns a deaf ear-until circumstances force her to decide for herself where true riches lie and what's worth dying for. Award-winning novelist Stephanie Grace Whitson began writing fiction when she was inspired by the lives of pioneers laid to rest in an abandoned cemetery near her home in southeast Nebraska. She is a frequent guest speaker on a variety of historical and inspirational topics for both civic organizations and church groups. Her family, her church, historical research, and volunteering at the International Quilt Museum all rank high on her list of "favorite things."