Lauraine Snelling crafts novels for adults that delve into real-world struggles, exploring themes of forgiveness, loss, domestic violence, and cancer. Her inspirational contemporary women's fiction and historical series often examine these complex human experiences. Snelling is known for her hopeful and healing approach, with her works offering readers both solace and reflection. Through her storytelling, she aims to help readers navigate life's challenges with fragile yet profound faith.
The characters are faced with the challenge of prioritizing their faith over personal ambitions, as they navigate a journey toward discovering their true destinies. Through this struggle, themes of trust, sacrifice, and the search for purpose emerge, highlighting the importance of relying on a higher power and the collective strength of their beliefs.
After several years of widowhood and hardship, Ingeborg focuses on the good she's been given while she watches her widowed stepson fall in love once again. But not everything is comfortable for Ingeborg; one of her dearest friendships is changing--and she will have to decide if her settled life is worth more to her than a future she hardly dares t
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, they finally arrive at the docks of New York City. This new land promises a rich heritage for their children, and here they hope to build a good life.After a long journey by train and then by covered wagon, the Bjorklunds finally arrive in Dakota Territory, where they settle on the banks of the Red River of the North. But the virgin prairie refuses to yield its treasure without a struggle. Will Roald and Ingeborg be strong enough to overcome the hardships of that first winter?Proud of their heritage and sustained by their faith, they came to tame a new land.
The Long-Awaited Prequel to the Red River Of The North SeriesTwenty-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, and the future begins to look bleaker than ever.Grief settles heavily over Ingeborg, and her mother suggests that she leave Norway and start afresh in America, as so many others have done before her. But how will she accomplish that with little money and no one to accompany her?It isn't long before she meets Roald Bjorklund, a widower who has been planning to go to America for some time, lured by the promise of free land. He's a good man, a hard-working man--and he has a young son who desperately needs a mother. He's clearly interested in Ingeborg, but is he the answer to her prayers? And what about love? This isn't how she's always imagined it.Ingeborg Strand has a heartrending decision to make...
After turning the tables on a crooked gambler, Larkspur Nielsen flees her home with her sisters on a wagon train bound for Oregon. Knowing four women will draw unwanted attention, she dons a disguise as a man. But maintaining the ruse is harder than she imagined, as is protecting her sisters from difficult circumstances and eligible young men.
In this novel filled with friendship, grief, and travel gone awry, three friends take their dream trip to Florence, Italy in memory of a beloved woman who has passed away.
When the Lonely Donkey is sold to a stranger amazing things happen. He is taken to a new town and introduced to the stranger's pregnant wife. How could the little donkey help this young couple? He soon found out. He was to help carry the young woman, Mary, to Bethlehem. The couple treated the Lonely Donkey with kindness, but he still felt alone. When the tired family reached their destination they could not find a place to stay. Thankfully, a kind innkeeper provided room in his stable. That was where the tiny baby was born. Jesus.
Acclaimed author Lauraine Snelling originally wrote this short story as a gift for her family and close friends. Now she shares the delightful tale of three kittens who lived in her mother's barn with her readers. Three kittens quickly learn that there is a big world outside the haymow where they were born. Join TC, Mittens, and Big Boy as they experience life on a farm, how to treat each other, and the value of knowing that they are special no matter what color or size they happen to be.
