Elof falls in love with the widow and child, but he needs a job and home before he can offer them anything.
Elof Lundahl, a former frontier soldier and friend of Nolan and Holly Clancy, delivers a grave marker to a Montana cemetery for Holly's father's grave. After this task, he plans to travel to Kansas to start a new life near his friends.
Linnea Meyer, a Swedish mail-order bride, is at the same cemetery burying her husband—of eight days. Now homeless, Linnea and Jamie, her six-year-old stepson, accept Elof's offer to travel with him to Kansas.
Elof falls in love with the widow and child, but he needs a job and home before he can offer them anything. Then Jamie's grandparents arrive unannounced, changing all three of their lives.
Elof's Mission is a stand-alone historical western romance set in 1886, but you'll want to read the whole series to enjoy the stories of the Clear Creek, Kansas community.