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Author
Series
Under Northern skies volume 4
Language
English
Description
"In Minnesota in 1911, Nilda Carlson is torn between society life in the city of Blackduck and spending time with her family back home on the farm. Her employer, Mrs. Schoenleber, gives her more and more responsibility and experience, including recommending new opportunities for her philanthropy. Still new to America herself, Nilda focuses on the area's immigrant community, but she'll have to fight to get her ideas accepted by the locals and donors...
Author
Series
Under northern skies volume Book 1
Under northern skies volume 1
Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
Under northern skies volume 1
Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
Language
English
Description
"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?"--
Author
Series
Under northern skies volume 2
Language
English
Description
Though Aunt Gerd has softened towards them, Uncle Einar remains a harsh landlord as two more Carlsons, Nilda and Ivar, join Signe and Rune at the farm in Minnesota. When tragedy lays a dark secret bare, the Carlsons and Strands will have to come together and become a true family.
4) The newcomer
Author
Series
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
In 1737, Anna Konig and her fellow church members stagger off a small wooden ship after ten weeks at sea, eager to start a new life in the vibrant but raw Pennsylvania frontier. On the docks of Port Philadelphia waits bishop Jacob Bauer, founder of the settlement and father to ship carpenter Bairn. It's a time of new beginnings for the reunited Bauer family, and for Anna and Bairn's shipboard romance to blossom. But this perfect moment cannot last....
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
Orphaned in the cholera epidemic of 1833, Adria Starr was cared for by a slave named Louis, a man who stayed in Springfield, Kentucky, when anyone with means had fled. A man who passed up the opportunity to escape his bondage and instead tended to the sick and buried the dead. A man who, twelve years later, is being sold by his owners despite his heroic actions. Now nineteen, Adria has never forgotten what Louis did for her. She's determined to find...
Author
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
"Evidence from a mysterious death takes Benjamin to an island on the Thames. There, Isabelle is trapped by fear and a recurring dream about a man's death. Or is it a memory? When a second death brings everyone under suspicion, she realizes her island sanctuary will never be the same"--
Author
Series
Home to blessing volume 3
Language
English
Description
Astrid Bjorklund tries to stop the horrific epidemic that is ravaging the Red Bud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, but when the man she loves cannot accept her calling to become a doctor, she faces a difficult choice.
8) Lady maybe
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Berkley trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"One final cry. God almighty, help us! and suddenly her world shifted violently, until a blinding collision scattered her mind and shook her bones. Then, the pain. The freezing water. And as all sensation drifted away, a hand reached for hers, before all faded to darkness. Now she has awakened as though from some strange, suffocating dream in a warm and welcoming room she has never seen before, and tended to by kind, unfamiliar faces. But not all...
9) Finding us
Author
Series
Pictures of the heart volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"While taking photos at an exposition in Seattle, camera girl Eleanor Bennett meets a handsome stranger, Bill Reed, who recognizes the subjects in one of her portraits as a missing woman and her child. As they hunt for the truth, Eleanor and Bill will have to band together to face the danger that follows"--
Author
Series
Tales from Ivy Hill volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Physical Desc
444 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gentlewoman of reduced circumstances Miss Rachel Ashford decides to earn a living by using inherited books to start a circulating library, but as she processes books with the help of a man from her past, they encounter mysteries to be solved.
11) The orchard
Author
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"For generations, Ellie Hostetler's family has tended their orchard, a tradition her twin brother, Evan, will someday continue. But when Evan is drafted for the Vietnam War, the family is shocked to learn he has not sought conscientious objector status. Can Ellie, with the support of a new beau, find the courage to face a future unlike the one she imagined?"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1941, beautiful Irvel Holland is too focused on her secret to take much notice of the war raging overseas. She's dating Sam but in love with his younger brother, Hank--her longtime best friend--and Irvel has no idea how to break the news. Then the unthinkable happens--Pearl Harbor is attacked. With their lives turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted, and Hank wants to enlist. But Sam insists Hank stay home, where he and Irvel take up the...
13) With you always
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a financial crisis in 1850s New York leaves three orphaned sisters nearly destitute, the oldest, Elise Neumann, knows she must take action. She's had experience as a seamstress, and the New York Children's Aid Society has established a special service: placing out seamstresses and trade girls. Even though Elise doesn't want to leave her sisters for a job in Illinois, she realizes this may be their last chance. The son of one of New York City's...
Author
Series
Song of Blessing volume 2
Language
English
Description
In the early 1900s, Miriam Hastings leaves Chicago after burying her mother and returns to Blessing, North Dakota, to carry on her nursing studies, where, despite her continued resistance, Trygve Knutson continues his pursuit of her heart.
15) Legacy of mercy
Author
Series
Legacy of mercy volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
"In 1890s Chicago, socialite Anna Nicholson can't seem to focus on her upcoming marriage. When she learns new information about her past, she hires Pinkerton detectives. But when unflattering stories threaten her reputation and engagement, she discovers that God's purpose for her life isn't as simple as she had hoped"--
16) The spice king
Author
Series
Hope and Glory volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1900, Gray Delacroix has built a successful global spice empire and is tasked with gaining access to the private Delacroix plant collection. Botanist Annabelle Larkin steps into a web of political danger and will be forced to choose between her heart and her loyalty to her country.
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jacci Reed loves her life on the Ohio River in 1896 as part of the Kingston showboat family, but shadows of her past and the death of her mother linger in her memory. With the help of the showboat owners' son, can she find answers before those shadows overtake her and threaten her life?"--
Author
Series
Song of Alaska) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Britta Lindquist must choose between the love of her life, Yuri Belikov, or a coveted first chair violin position offered by the English conductor, Brenton Maltese.
Author
Series
Land of shining water volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
Description
"Historical romance series Land of Shining Water is set in 1890s Minnesota; Emmalyne and Tavin are separated by duty yet bonded by love, daring to dream that God could change the hearts of those keeping them apart"--Provided by publisher.
20) Endless mercy
Author
Series
The treasures of Nome volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Madysen Powell has always been a forgiving person, but when her supposedly dead father shows up in Nome, Alaska, her gift for forgiveness is tested. With the recent loss of her mother, she searches for answers, leaning on Granny Beaufort, a neighbor in town, who listens with a kind heart. Still, Madysen is restless and dreams of performing her music around the world. The arrival of a traveling show could prove just the chance she needs, and the manager...