Treasures Of The North by Tracie Peterson (Yukon Quest #1)
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (January 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 076422378X
ISBN-13: 978-0764223785
From Barnes And Noble.com:
In the rugged, untamed Alaskan frontier, Grace, Bill(change mine), and Karen hope to start anew. Torn between her desire to obey her parents and her terror of the man they’ve arranged for her to marry, young Grace decides to escape to Alaska and thus forever alter her future. Bill(change mine), a widower, must choose between parenting his son and young daughter and following his dream. Karen chooses to strike out on her own in search of a missing family member.

With “gold fever” and the call of the wild drawing a host of characters to the frozen north, they believe they can build a future in the growing opportunities Alaska offers. But despite the hope of a new life, their pasts continue to threaten each of them….
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I made a couple of changes to the review I copied and pasted from Barnes And Noble. They had Peter listed as the widower and it was actually a character named Bill Barringer who was a widower who struggled with the decision to stay and raise his children or strike out to make his fortune! I didn’t want to confuse anybody who felt inclined to read this novel!

I purchased this book a long time ago from Crossings Book Club. Tracie Peterson is one of my favorite authors and this book will not disappoint! Grace Hawkins must escape from her father’s arranged marriage. Her father’s bad habits have placed Grace’s future in jeopardy, so an arrangement is made for her to escape to Alaska. En route on the ship, she meets Peter Colton. They are smitten with one another, but Peter is an non-believer. His family “worships” him and he feels that he should be the one to make all big decisions for his immediate family. Grace tries to kindly tell him that he can’t be a god to his family because Peter is human, and he must accept that he is not perfect. Grace tries to get Peter to accept God as the head of his family instead of himself. Their different views about God and religion places a damper on their relationship as Peter arranges for Grace and her companions to work in a store catering to those arriving for the Alaskan Gold Rush.

I loved the setting! Peterson did a great job of making me feel as if I were in Alaska during historical times as the Gold Rush occurred.
~Cecelia Dowdy~