Standalone Archives - Lauraine Snelling

The Gift

wpx_ — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:39:49 +0000

Turner McNeally’s daughter has gone off to college, and her horse is demonstrating signs of lonelinesss.

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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Race for the Roses

wpx_ — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:41:23 +0000

As 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 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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Song of Laughter

wpx_ — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:42:46 +0000

Lareana Amundson can almost always find something to smile about. Almost always.

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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The Cowboy’s Angel

wpx_ — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:39:45 +0000

Caught in a snowstorm on his way through Dakota territory, Jeremiah Jensen can’t ignore a dog demanding he follow to a meager camp where a man lay dying. With his last breath he pleads with the cowboy to take care of his family. After Jeremiah cares for the body, the dog leads him to a sod house where a little boy and a woman with a bundled baby welcome him. Over his first hot meal since Fargo, he breaks the news about her husband and says when the storm passes he will go and help bring the body home.

Belle Stedman agrees for Jeremiah to stable his horse in the barn and sleep in the lean-to himself. Though grieving for her husband, she is grateful to know what happened and comforted by the memory of the mysterious man who appeared to help when her baby was born and told her to name the baby Angel. And now God has sent a human man to give the help they desperately need. But what will the neighbors and pastor think of Jeremiah? Is propriety more important than staying alive?

And what is a cowboy to do when he was contracted to manage a cattle ranch farther north, yet now he is far more needed here.

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