Eleanor's Earrings by Kirsten Osbourne

Eleanor Whitaker has never shied away from responsibility. After her father's death, she gathers her seven younger sisters, two carefully packed wagons, and every ounce of courage she can find to follow his dream west to Clover Creek, Oregon Territory. With her mother's garnet earrings tucked beneath her bonnet and her father's plans close at hand, Eleanor is determined to keep her family safe no matter what the trail demands.

Wagon master Nathaniel Cooper knows the Oregon Trail leaves little room for sentiment—or complications. But from the moment Eleanor challenges his every decision and proves herself braver than half the men in his train, he finds himself drawn to the stubborn, capable woman who refuses to be rescued yet keeps saving everyone else.

As rivers rise, wagons break, tempers flare, and danger follows every mile, Eleanor must learn that love is not measured by how much one person can carry alone. And Nathaniel must decide whether the trail is still his home—or whether the future he stopped imagining might begin with Eleanor, her sisters, and a pair of earrings worth far more than gold.