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Lauraine SnellingAuthor Bio:
Award-winning and best selling author Lauraine Snelling began living her dream to be a writer with her first published book for young adult readers, Tragedy on the Toutle, in 1982. She has since continued writing more horse books for young girls, adding historical and contemporary fiction and nonfiction for adults and young readers to her repertoire. All told, she has over eighty books published. |
Books by Author
 From This Day Forward (Song of Blessing)Revisit Old Friends in Blessing in This Heartwarming Series Conclusion - Deborah MacCallister, head nurse at the Blessing hospital, has loved Toby Valders since her school days, but she's had enough of their on-again, off-again relationship. Toby truly cares for Deborah, but he's never felt like he… |
 The Second Half: A NovelBestselling author Lauraine Snelling shares a heartfelt story of a couple who put their plans for a peaceful retirement on hold to assume guardianship of their young grandchildren. Mona and Ken Sorenson are approaching the best years of their lives. Mona's greatest concern is that Ken will learn of… |
 Streams of Mercy (Song of Blessing)The Heartwarming Drama Continues in the Song of Blessing SeriesAnji Baard Moen, a recent widow, returns from Norway with her children. She quickly settles back into life in Blessing, teaching Norwegian history in the high school and writing articles for the Blessing Gazette. When tragedy strikes, Anji… |
 The Horse of My Heart: Stories of the Horses We LoveFew of God's creatures are as noble and soul-stirring as the horse. Even those of us who don't have horses of our own love to read inspiring stories of these beautiful, regal beasts.With contributions from well-known authors such as Lauraine Snelling, Susy Flory, Rebecca E. Ondov, Wanda Dyson, and Sarah… |
 A Pioneer Christmas Collection: 9 Stories of Finding Shelter and Love in a Wintry FrontierJourney along with American settlers who learn that despite where the trail takes them or how primitive their lodgings may be Christmas is all about the heart. Determined to honor Christ’s birth, these pioneers find a way to make Christmas happen in places like a cave, a tipi, and a dugout. Modern… |
 Someday Home: A NovelA heartwarming story that celebrates how life-changing friendships can be found in all seasons of life.The sprawling lake home Lynn Lundberg built with her husband has been an epicenter of joyful family life, from summer holidays spent around the water, to cookies baked in the kitchen with grandchildren… |
 A Harvest of Hope (Song of Blessing) (Volume 2)ust a few short weeks into her year-long nurse training assignment at the Blessing Hospital, Miriam Hastings is called home to Chicago, where her mother is gravely ill. With siblings to care for, Miriam pleads to be allowed to finish her training in Chicago. Her nursing supervisor grants her a brief… |
 To Everything a Season (Song of Blessing)Beloved Author Lauraine Snelling Returns Again to Her Popular Red River Valley Setting Trygve Knutson is devoted to his family and his community. With his job on the construction crew, he is helping to build a future for the North Dakota town of Blessing. Though he loves his home, he sometimes dreams… |
 Heaven Sent Rain: A NovelDinah Taylor has an orderly life that is just how she likes it. A perfectly furnished luxury apartment, a satisfying career as a scientist and CEO of her own company, and an uncomplicated personal life. But all of that changes when she meets seven-year-old Jonah. The boy shows up one day, a scruffy… |
 An Untamed HeartTwenty-year-old Ingeborg Strand is certain she is destined to be an old maid. She’s had several suitors but none she deemed worthy of spending her life with. That is, until she meets a university student from Oslo, and feelings stronger than friendship begin to develop between them. But tragedy strikes,… |
 S.A.V.E. SQUAD SERIES BOOK 4: NO ORDINARY OWLJoin the S.A.V.E. Squad—Sunny, Aneta, Vee, and Esther—as the four sixth-grade girls, with nothing in common but their differences, come together to save injured owls. While helping the owls learn to fly and attempting to find the person who harmed the innocent creatures, will Esther and her beloved… |
 Wake the Dawn: A NovelNational bestselling author Lauraine Snelling brings a small mountain town to thrilling life when a natural disaster threatens to destroy lives. U.S. Border Patrol agent Ben James' life is in tatters. A tragic accident stole the love of his life and he never finished grieving. Turning to the bottle… |
 A Place to Belong (Wild West Wind) (Volume 3)As winter settles over the Engstrom ranch, Cassie Lockwood has a lot on her mind. The way Lucas Engstrom smiles at her should set her heart to tripping. But it doesn't. Shouldn't there be some attraction to him if they are going to be married? His vow to make her love him doesn’t seem to be working,… |
 S.A.V.E. Squad Series Book 3: Secondhand HorsesJoin the S.A.V.E. Squad—Sunny, Aneta, Vee, and Esther—as the four sixth-grade girls, with nothing in common but their differences, come together to save a secondhand petting zoo and miniature horse. In Secondhand Horses, the S.A.V.E. Squad is off on another rescue--which goes from easy-peasy to… |
 The Gift: A Horse, a Boy, and a Miracle of LoveTurner McNeally's daughter has gone off to college, and her horse is demonstrating signs of loneliness. Rebecca Wilkinson's son hasn't spoken a word since his father's death, and the family counselor suggests a pet. This Christmas, the chance to hear her son's voice again would be the best gift Rebecca… |
 A Hand to Hold: Helping Someone Through GriefA non-fiction title from best-selling Christian novelist Lauraine Snelling, this short but powerful title comes out of the pain experienced at the loss of her daughter at a young age. Through that experience, Lauraine has unique insight on how to help others cope with pain and loss. |
 Hawaiian SunriseMaddy Morton is used to being on the run. . . . Years ago, she ran away from home with a man her parents warned would be the ruin of her. Now she’s on the run again, with her ten-year-old son, Nicholas, to escape that man, her abusive ex-husband, Gabe. Destitute, angry, and determined never to trust… |
 Dakota Dawn (Dakota Series)''Soldahl! Next stop, Soldahl!'' When Nora Johanson heard the conductor's words, her heart began to race. At last she would be in the arms of the man she had promised to marry - Hans Larson. At fifteen she was so sure of their love. Now, three years later and far from the mountains and fjords of her… |
 Dakota December and Dakota Destiny (Dakota Series)Dakota December ''Help.'' A weak voice moaned from the horse's back. Sheriff Caleb Stenesrude climbed over the gate in a blizzard and reached up in time to catch the woman as she fell. To his astonishment, a small child, hanging on for dear life, fell with her. Under his breath he thanked the good Lord… |
 Dakota Dream (Dakota Series)''I came to America expecting to be married.'' Clara Johanson had a ticket to America and a photograph of a blond, curly-haired, blue-eyed man to prove her point. But when she arrived in Soldahl, North Dakota, the man who met her at the train station, Dag Weinlander, was definitely not blond and, to… |
 Dakota Dusk (Dakota Series)Jude Weinlander had the face of an angel... but the heart of a bully and a cheat.''It ain't fair,'' Jude grumbled. ''My brother, the dolt himself, has a thriving business, a beautiful wife, and that grand house of his. It just ain't fair, I tell ya.'' When fire raged through his childhood home one night,… |
 S.A.V.E. SQUAD SERIES BOOK 2: THE GREAT CAT CAPERoin the S.A.V.E. Squad—Sunny, Aneta, Vee, and Esther—as the four sixth-grade girls, with nothing in common but their differences, come together through the rescue of a Basset Hound they dub Wink and form a plan to benefit stray animals and place them in “forever homes”. In The Great Cat Caper,… |
 Whispers in the Wind (Wild West Wind) (Volume 2)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… |
 Race for the RosesAs a talented jockey, Robynn O’Dell risks her life everyday, but risking her heart is another story. Ever since her husband deserted her and then died in a car crash, Robynn has sealed her heart from pain... and from love. Then she meets stubborn, opinionated, and driven Dane Morgan, who seems determined… |
 Reunion: A NovelKeira Johnston, a 50-year-old mother of two grown sons, believes she lives a good Christian life without secrets--until she discovers a life-jarring fact her late mother kept hidden all her life. Kiera was born out of wedlock, and the man she had always known as her father had adopted her as an infant.Meanwhile,… |
 Song of LaughterWith her husband killed by a drunken driver, an infant son to raise and the family dairy farm to run, how can Lareana Amundson find either the time or the heart to let the handsome hay hauler, Trey Bennett, into her life? But Trey has secrets of his own; he is actually the owner of a string of fashionable… |
 S.A.V.E. SQUAD BOOK 1: DOG DAZEJoin the S.A.V.E. Squad—Sunny, Aneta, Vee, and Esther—as the four sixth-grade girls, with nothing in common but their differences, come together through the rescue of a Basset Hound they dub Wink and form a plan to benefit stray dogs and place them in “forever homes.” When sixth-grader, Aneta… |
 Valley of Dreams (Wild West Wind)Exciting New Series by Beloved Author Lauraine Snelling Addy Lockwood's mother died when she was little, so Addy traveled with her father's Wild West Show and became an amazingly skillful trick rider, likened by some to the famous Annie Oakley. When her father died, she continued to work with the show,… |
 On Hummingbird Wings: A Novel"But Mother is always dying," is Gillian Ormsby's sarcastic response when her younger, favored sister tells her that she has to go take care of their hypochondriac mother. Much against her will, since she and her mother never have gotten along, Gillian arrives in California to find the garden… |
 High Hurdles Collection OneFourteenyearold D.J. Randall wants nothing more than to compete as a show jumper in the Olympics. The challenges that stand in her way only spur her to work harder toward her dream. Whether it's mucking out stalls and hosting pony parties to earn money to buy her first horse or navigating the changing… |
 High Hurdles Collection TwoFourteen year old D.J. Randall wants nothing more than to compete as a show jumper in the Olympics. The challenges that stand in her way only spur her to work harder toward her dream. Whether it's mucking out stalls and hosting pony parties to earn money to buy her first horse or navigating the changing… |
 A Heart for Home (Home to Blessing, Book 3) (Volume 3)Astrid Bjorklund is on the Red Bud Indian Reservation in South Dakota trying to stop the horrific epidemic that is ravaging the tribe. The elders are suspicious of her, but when they see some of their people beginning to recover, they allow Astrid to continue caring for the sick and to train others… |
 More Than a Dream (Return to Red River)Thorliff's dream of becoming a writer is within reach. Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, he is busy writing articles and stories to pay his way through college. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when a catastrophe hits the town of Blessing, North Dakota. While waiting to hear… |
 Believing the Dream (Return to Red River, Book 2)It's 1893 and the dream of becoming a writer still burns brightly in Thorliff Bjorklund's heart. But when he arrives at college in Northfield, Minnesota, things are not as he had imagined, and he finds himself longing for things familiar back home in North Dakota. Time and distance have created a rift… |
 Saturday Morning: A NovelBroken by life’s disappointments, four women forge a friendship that leads in unexpected directions.Hope Benson is determined to do all she can for the broken souls who come to Casa de Jesus, a women’s shelter in the heart of San Francisco. When a difficult pregnancy forces her to relinquish control,… |
 A Dream to Follow (Return to Red River #1)It is 1893 and the first generation of immigrants who came to America for the promise of free land and a good life for their children have finally achieved their dreams. They labored hard on the land and now have a bountiful heritage to pass on to the next generation. However, many of the young people… |
 No Distance Too Far (Home to Blessing Series, Book 2)Astrid Bjorklund wants to use her medical training to serve God and feels that He might be leading her in the direction of missionary work. Smarting from a mis understanding with Joshua Landsverk, the young man she thought she loved, she heads east to a missionary training school, hoping to eventually… |
 A Measure of Mercy (Home to Blessing Series #1)Eighteen year old Astrid Bjorklund has always dreamed of becoming a doctor. She had intended to study medicine in Chicago or Grand Forks, but when a disaster wiped out a major portion of her family's income, Astrid stayed home instead, receiving handson training from Dr. Elizabeth. Joshua Landsverk… |
 Golden Filly Collection 1Sixteen year old Tricia Evanston and her father share something very special: their love of horses. With Tricia as jockey and her father as trainer, the two have big dreams of winning the Triple Crown. Tricia has other pressures, too, like declining grades, a strained relationship with her mother, and… |
 Golden Filly Collection 2Sixteen year old Tricia Evanston and her father share something very special: their love of horses. With Tricia as jockey and her father as trainer, the two have big dreams of winning the Triple Crown. Tricia has other pressures, too, like declining grades, a strained relationship with her mother, and… |
 Yuletide Treasure: The Finest Gift/A Blessed Season (Steeple Hill Historical Christmas Anthology)The Finest Gift by Lauraine SnellingA plain Jane without any suitors, Arley Hoople doesn't dare dream of romance this Christmas. So she brings holiday joy to others: repairing her grandmother's nutcracker and commissioning a dollhouse for the girls at the orphanage. Yet one knock at the woodcarver's… |
 Rebecca's Reward (Daughters of Blessing #4)Nineteen-year-old Rebecca Baard has experienced more than her share of sorrow, and now she is afraid to open her heart to love. Besides, no man has ever shown enough interest in her to come courting. So Rebecca's friends set out to remedy the situation, concocting social events to attract all the eligible… |
 What about Cimmaron?Sarah loves living in the pristine Toutle Valley with her parents, her sister Kathy, and her horse, Cimmaron. They are all used to occasional tremors from nearby Mount St. Helens. But when the volcano erupts, Sarah's family is forced to evacuate, leaving behind their house, their chickens, their cows… |
 A Touch of Grace (Daughters of Blessing #3)Eighteen-year-old Grace Knutson loves Blessing, North Dakota, and sees no reason to leave. She is more serious-minded than her twin sister, Sophie, and is very sensitive to the feelings of others. In spite of her familys disapproval, Grace has always had a soft spot in her heart for Toby Valders. She… |
 Sophie's Dilemma (Daughters of Blessing #2)Fan-Favorite Lauraine Snelling Delivers Another Hit NovelCertain 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… |
 Tender Mercies (Red River of the North #5) (Volume 5)Tracing the difficulties and joys of carving out a life from the Dakota sod in the second half of the 1800s, Tender Mercies continues Lauraine's Red River saga and will pull your heartstrings and make you feel the joys and frustrations of life on the open lands of the 19th century mid-west. The rich… |
 Blessing in Disguise (Red River of the North #6)Her first mistake was emigrating alone. Was this one even worse? Augusta Bjorklund, after discovering her intended bridegroom married someone else, decided to leave her broken heart in Norway and start a new life in America. But knowing no English, Augusta misunderstands a ticket agent's directions… |
 A Land to Call Home (Red River of the North #3) (Volume 3)Taming the land came at great price. Will their love survive the loss? It has required long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory, but in spite of heartache and back-breaking labor, the hardy immigrants recognize that God has been with them every step. What was merely a dream… |
 The Reapers' Song (Red River of the North #4)Ever so slowly Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmland. With the coming of the railroad, the small town of Blessing begins to prosper, and the Bjorklund family is reaping the promised harvest that had lured them from their beloved home in Norway. But for Ingeborg… |
 A Promise for Ellie (Daughters of Blessing #1)Ellie Wold can't wait to graduate from high school. She and Andrew Bjorklund have been waiting to get married since...well, since forever, and in June they will finally wed. When Andrew announces they have to postpone the wedding, she's disappointed but takes it in stride--there must be a good reason,… |
 An Untamed Land (Red River of the North #1)She had promised herself that once they left the Fjords of Norway, she would never look back. The promise of free land lures Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund from their beloved home high above the Fjords of Norway, and after three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America,… |
 A New Day Rising (Red River of the North #2)The dream of their own farmstead and a good life in America had brought Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund across the Atlantic to pioneer the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. But Roald's tragic disappearance in a winter storm had turned Ingeborg's dreams into a living nightmare. Against nearly impossible… |
 Amethyst (Dakotah Treasures #4)Dakotah Treasures Book 4- Major Jeremiah McHenry is retiring from the army and returns to Medora to make a new life and find a wife. Will he be able to convince feisty newcomer Amethyst O'Shaunasy that he is the kind of man she's been looking for? Jacob Chandler, meanwhile, is still waiting until he… |
 Opal (Dakotah Treasures #3)Book 3 in the bestselling Dakotah Treasures series. Dove House has burned to the ground, Ruby and Rand have married, and now Rand's ranch is home for them all. Ruby's younger sister, Opal, is taking to ranch life like a hummingbird to sugar water. She can outshoot, outride, and work as hard as any cowboy… |
 The Way of WomenOn the verge of Mt. St. Helens’ historic eruption, three women must face the mountain: two to search for their missing husbands; the third, to rediscover her life…After a local mountain becomes a deadly and imminent threat, three strikingly different women become linked in a desperate mission. Children’s… |
 Pearl (Dakotah Treasures #2)Book 2 of Dakotah Treasures. Author Lauraine Snelling takes readers further forward in Ruby Torvald's story as Dove House becomes a well-known establishment. Ruby plays matchmaker between the lovely but hidden Pearl and the carpenter Soren, who longs to uncover the beauty in Pearl that seems to be damaged… |
 Ruby (Dakotah Treasures #1)A New Dakotah Territory Saga From Bestselling Author Lauraine Snelling!Book 1 of Dakotah Treasures. Author Lauraine Snelling once again takes readers west to the untamed land of Dakota Territory, introducing new characters both unique and appealing. Ruby Torvald and her young sister, Opal, have received… |
 The Healing QuiltAfter her Aunt Teza’s test results turn out to be inconclusive, Dot Cooper resolves to raise money for a new mammogram machine, through the creation and auction of a magnificent, king-sized quilt to be sewn by the women of Jefferson City. Dot’s efforts quickly draw the support of disparate members… |
 The Long Way Home (A Secret Refuge Series #3)When a disastrous decision by the trainmaster forces Jesselynn Highwood and her companions to separate from the wagon train, she races back to Fort Laramie to find a guide to take them to Oregon. But the guide has a far different plan, and following her heart, Jesselynn agrees to join him, her ragtag… |
 Sisters of the Confederacy (Secret Refuge, Book 2)Book Two in Lauraine Snelling's Repackaged Civil War Series When her sister fights to hold on to the family legacy, Louisa Highwood works tirelessly to save the lives of wounded soldiers. Putting her own safety n the line, she covertly ventures behind enemy lines to procure desperately needed supplies… |
 Daughter of Twin Oaks (A Secret Refuge Series, No. 1)Seeking to fulfill the promise she made to her dying father, eighteen-year-old Jesselynn Highwood determines to take her little brother and the family's remaining Thoroughbreds from Twin Oaks plantation in Kentucky to her uncle's farm in Missouri, where they will be safe for the remainder of the Civil… |