Spearfish Lake is just your ordinary northwoods town, with ordinary people living there – but that doesn’t stop them from having fun and adventure of many different kinds, sometimes odd and screwy, sometimes moving and heartwarming. The Spearfish Lake and Dawnwalker series are interconnected in several ways, with many ongoing characters spread over a period of decades. If you’re just getting started with the series it’s a good idea to read it in order to avoid spoilers.
In the middle of the worst snowstorm of the decade, the whole town was burning down. The only hope lay on two rusty steel rails... Railroad workers and firemen struggle against fire, storm, and failing equipment to battle a raging fire in an isolated northwoods town.
All she ever wanted was to be normal! Her mother considered Judith to be a hopeless invalid that would have to be cared for all her life -- but then she finds a boyfriend that doesn't see her that way. With his help, she learns to be a much stronger person than anyone had ever thought she could be.
A snake crawls out of a bathroom drain, and a woman kills it with her hair dryer... That's all it takes to set townspeople, media, crooked environmentalists, nudists, a country music singer, the federal government and a bunch of dogsledders to getting at each other's throats. Of course, nothing's quite normal in Spearfish Lake!
Two kids, a dream, and acres of dogs... Josh and Tiffany want to become dogsled racers. They just have to grow up first -- and learn about what they're doing along the way. A follow-on to Busted Axle Road, focusing on Josh and Tiffany's adventures.