Four novellas in one book. If a woman was fortunate enough to secure a teaching position before 1920, then she needed to work diligently to keep the school board's strict guidelines for female teachers. Four such women here face career challenges while learning unexpected lessons in life and love. Judith King enjoys her job teaching in a schoolhouse along the Lehigh Canal. But after meeting a widower and his troubled children, she wonders if God has something else in mind for her life. Can Judith trust God to direct her path? Marin Nilsson is closed to love but open to adventure on the Minnesota prairies. After offering her services as a schoolteacher, Marin acquires an unexpected student. Will he have what it takes to open her heart? Afer a chance meeting with a stranger, Christa Walsh is obliged to charade as a town's eagerly anticipated schoolmarm and the stranger's intended. When the real schoolmarm shows up, will Christa be able to leave town with no regrets? The life Meredith Rose charted for herself is suddenly blown way off course. When she is forced to move to Last Chance, Idaho, and invited to become the town's schoolteacher, Meredith's faith falters. Will God ever answer her prayers?