Treasure of the Heart — JoAnn A. Grote

With only a few months to go before he marries the sophisticated and beautiful Celeste Morton, John leaves his home in Chippewa City, Minnesota, to travel to the mining town of Goldstrike in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The reason for this trip? The murder of his father, Harlan Well.

Helping him unravel his father's past is the plain but inwardly beautiful Jewell Emerson, owner of the boardinghouse where Harlan spent his last years. Yet despite these answers, John's own future is in doubt: With whom will he stake his claim and what will be his treasure?