Lauraine Snelling
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"Trygve Knutson is helping to build a future for the North Dakota town of Blessing with his job on a construction crew. Though he loves his home, he sometimes dreams of other horizons, especially since meeting Miriam Hastings. Miriam is in Blessing for training to become a nurse. She's been promised a position in a Chicago that will enable her to support her siblings and her ailing mother. Miriam is surprised to find how much she enjoys the...
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"Anji Baard Moen, recently widowed in Norway, returns to Blessing, North Dakota, with her children. She quickly settles back into life there, teaching in the high school and writing articles for the "Blessing Gazette". In the midst of an unexpected crisis, Anji is thrust into a role she never imagined, and an old friendship begins to show signs of developing into something more. Meanwhile, Thomas Devlin, a minister without a post, has arrived in...
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Wild West wind volume 3
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Desiring a home, Cassie's promised herself to a rancher already living on the land she inherited, but is her heart leading her toward another?--Provided by publisher.
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Wild West wind volume 1
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English
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As one woman tries to find the hidden valley of her father's dreams in the 1906 Black Hills, she also discovers courage, faith--and romance.
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Fan-Favorite Lauraine Snelling Delivers Another Hit Novel Certain she can't live without Hamre Bjorklund, the impetuous Sophie Knutson rejects her father's request to postpone her marriage until after graduation and convinces Hamre to elope. But life as a fisherman's bride in Seattle is not at all that Sophie had envisioned. Pregnant and lonely while Hamre's out at sea, she hires on at a fish cannery, only to be fired after fainting on the job. When...
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Daughters of blessing volume 1
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English
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Return to Blessing, North Dakota, with the story of Andrew Bjorklund and Ellie Wold. After graduating in May of 1900, the two make plans to marry once the harvest is over and their new house is finished. They spend the summer working hard, and the Lord seems to shine on and in them in a special way. Everyone rejoices in their happiness. Everyone except for Toby Valders, who is determined to get even for all the drubbings he has taken from Andrew through...
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Red River of the North volume Prequel
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After the loss of her first love, is Ingeborg Strand willing to marry a stranger--however kind--for the promise of a new life in America? The prequel to the RED RIVER OF THE NORTH series-- Provided by publisher.
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Wild West wind volume 2
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After fleeing North Dakota and the now defunct Wild West Show, Cassie Lockwood and her companions have finally found the hidden valley in South Dakota where her father had dreamed of putting down roots. But to her dismay, she discovers a ranch already built on her land. Cassie's arrival surprises Mavis Engstrom and forces her to reveal secrets she's kept hidden for years. Her son Ransom is suspicious of Cassie and questions the validity of her claim...
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When a natural disaster threatens to destroy lives in the small mountain town of Pineville, Minnesota, Doctor Esther Hanson struggles to help her patients without giving in to overwhelming emotions triggered by a long-suppressed memory and U.S. Border Patrol agent Ben James, grieving the tragic loss of his wife, rushes an abandoned baby to Esther's clinic. Brought together by the life of a child, Ben and Esther become each other's reason to change....
11) A heart for home
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Home to blessing novels volume 3
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Astrid and Joshua discover God's plans for them through difficult circumstances in the conclusion to this prairie romance series set in South Dakota.
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Home to blessing novels volume 1
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Eighteen-year-old Astrid Bjorklund, studying medicine under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Bjorklund, leaves the town of Blessing and her boyfriend Joshua Landsverk behind to get additional training in Chicago, but when Joshua fails to write and she learns he has left town, she makes an impetus decision she may soon regret.
13) Rebecca's reward
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Daughters of blessing volume 4
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Nineteen-year-old Rebecca Baard has experienced more than her share of sorrow, and now she is afraid to open her heart to love. Rebecca's friends set out to remedy the situation, concocting social events to attract all the eligible bachelors in Bless
14) A time to bloom
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Despite Del and her sisters' best-laid plans, the future-and RJ-might surprise them all-- Provided by publisher.
Delphinium Nielsen and her sisters have accomplished much in the past year, traveling west and settling in Nebraska. They are on their way to building a garden in dedication to their mother and working against the forces of nature to make their farm thrive. However, none of that can mask their concern that they are quickly running out...
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Home to blessing novels volume 2
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When she is called home unexpectedly to help in a family medical emergency, physician Astrid Bjorklund learns of a deadly measles outbreak on the nearby Indian reservation. She immediately senses the Spirit tugging her to help the Indians and wonders
16) An untamed land
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Red River of the North volume 1
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Ingeborg, her husband Roald, and their son immigrate to America with high hopes in 1880. When New York doesn't measure up to their expectations, they continue westward until reaching the Dakota territory. The family must stuggle to achieve their dream.
17) A touch of Grace
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Daughters of blessing volume 3
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English
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She thought she knew what she wanted in life . . . then Jonathan arrived.Eighteen-year-old Grace Knutson loves Blessing, North Dakota, and sees no reason to leave. She's more serious-minded than her twin sister, Sophie, and very sensitive to the feelings of others. In spite of her family's disapproval, Grace has always had a soft spot in her heart for Toby Valders, for she's seen the vulnerable side he keeps well hidden. Jonathan Gould, the handsome...
18) A breath of hope
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Nilda Carlson and her younger brother Ival come to America to join her older brother Rune and his family on the Strand farm in Minnesota. Uncle Einar Strand refuses to help rune build a house for his family and forbids the community to come onto his land. Can the tragedy that reveals Einar's anger and isolation bring the Carlsons and Strands together into a true family?
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Under Northern skies volume 3
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In 1906 Minnesota, Nilda Carlson's life now resembles the images that filled her dreams in Norway. But when she spots the man from her terrifying past in town, her new life and hope for love could come crashing down around her. Did danger follow her across the Atlantic?-- Provide by publisher.
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Under Northern skies volume 1
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In 1910, Signe, her husband, and their boys emigrate from Norway to Minnesota, dreaming of one day owning a farm of their own. But the relatives they've come to stay with are harsh and demanding. As Signe's family is worked to the bone to repay the cost of their voyage, can she learn to trust God through this trial and hold on to hope for a better future?-- Provided by publisher.