When Nora Johanson hears the conductor’s words, her heart begins to race. At last she will be in the arms of the man she 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 beloved homeland, Norway, she wonders. . . .

When Hans fails to arrive at the train station, Nora finds herself thrown into a life she never expected– with Reverend and Mrs. Moen, and Carl Detschman, a grieving German immigrant.

Was this really what God had planned for her?

Dakota Dawn is the first book of the Dakota Series that features the intertwining lives of five inspiring women, all who live in the early 1900s in the farming community of Soldahl, North Dakota.

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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 could receive.

In The Gift, beloved author Lauraine Snelling weaves a story of holiday romance in which a simple advertisement for a horse’s companion creates a family bond and sparks unexpected love.

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Journey 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 readers will enjoy a peek into life before commercialism took over the sacred day, distracting us from the true blessings of faith, hope, and love.

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Clara Johanson has a ticket to America and a photograph of a blond, curly-haired, blue-eyed man to prove her point. But when she arrives in Soldahl, North Dakota, the man who meets her at the train station, Dag Weinlander, is definitely not blond and, to make matters worse, he obviously hasn’t bathed in days! At least she knows she will see the joy in her sister’s face when she surprises her by arriving at her Soldahl home.

As Clara begins her unexpected life as a single, Norwegian immigrant, she experiences the truth of God’s Word that “weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Along the way, she helps others, even Dag Weinlander, experience that truth too, as she steps into a new Dakota Dream far different than the one that brought her all the way from Bergen, Norway.

Dakota Dream is the second book of the Dakota Series that features the intertwining lives of five inspiring women, all who live in the early 1900s in the immigrant community of Soldahl, North Dakota.

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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 to win Robynn’s heart, despite his own fears and hurts.

Will these two wounded people learn to risk being vulnerable, or will fear keep them from discovering what God has prepared for them?

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In The Finest Gift, a 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 door unexpectedly brings Arley a gift of her own: love.

Then in A Blessed Season, an abandoned girl asks bounty hunter Rafe Jones to track down her long-lost mother for Christmas. The holiday wish breaks through his hardened heart, and he easily finds Cora Sims in Montana Territory. She’s definitely the woman Rafe has been looking for. But is she actually the girl’s mother?

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Jude Weinlander has the face of an angel . . . but the heart of a bully and a cheat.

When fire rages through his childhood home one night, Jude, full of anger and guilt, turns his back on family who could help him heal. He leaves Soldahl, North Dakota, and takes up wandering from town to town.

When he arrives in the small, fire-ravaged town of Willowford, North Dakota, he agrees to help schoolmarm Rebekka Stenesrude by rebuilding the schoolhouse before he moves on again.

But God keeps Jude in Willowford to work on his heart, teaching him that for every dusk there is a sunrise.

Dakota Dusk is the third book of the Dakota Series that features the intertwining lives of five inspiring women, all who live in the early 1900s in the immigrant community of Soldahl, North Dakota.

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Those days when a smile comes slowly start with remembering her husband’s accident at the hands of a drunken driver. Now she must raise her infant son alone and manage the mounting bills and responsibilities of their large dairy farm. Can she ever know real joy again?

And what about Trey Bennett? He delivers hay to the farm but who is he really? And why is he offering to buy a parcel of her farmland?

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Romance blooms between Blythe Stensrude and Thane Davidson after their dogs tangle leashes in the park—until Thane becomes guardian to his three-year-old niece. Blythe doesn’t think she’s mother material, but how can she refuse Thane’s request to give a neglected little girl the best Christmas ever?

‘Twas the Week Before Christmas by Lenora Worth

Upon arrival at her grandmother’s Louisiana plantation for the holidays, socialite Elise Melancon is confronted with a shocking request—her grandmother wants her to “reform” a handsome man so he can date another woman! Perhaps Elise will discover that life’s greatest gifts don’t always come in a box.

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When the woman lets out a piercing cry of labor, Caleb realizes this will be a Christmas Eve like no other.

Caleb and the town of Soldahl take Johanna Carlson and her two children into their hearts, but Johanna keeps her distance, afraid to tell anyone the truth about her life.

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