We’re delighted to share some exciting news! Land of Dreams, the first book in the Home to Green Creek series, is set to release on April 1, 2025. Get ready for a brand-new journey!

On the ship to America, Norwegian immigrant Amalia Gunderson makes a solemn promise to a dying mother, vowing to watch over her five-year-old daughter, Ruth. Together, Amalia and Ruth trek to Iowa to claim the farm and former boardinghouse that Ruth has inherited, despite opposition from a difficult cousin. Struggling with an empty house and scarce resources, Amalia resolves to return the boardinghouse to its former purpose, aided by the kindness of strangers and the resilient spirit of her young charge.

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Lilac Nielsen’s dream has come true: handsome young Reverend Ethan Pritchard has finally noticed her. Yet she must balance this new courtship with the pursuit of another dream–the publication of her artwork in a New York paper. She has secretly been submitting a series of drawings under a pen name, and if anyone traces the drawings back to her and finds out where Lilac and her sisters settled, the entire Nielsen family could be in danger.

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Half Finished was released in March and since I don’t do the Midwest before spring weather–I know, I know, call me names if you will! We’ve held off on the release party because Fond du Lac, WI was where I set the book and where I wanted to hold the party! So we are having a grand event at Reachout & Solid Grounds in Fond du Lac.

Come celebrate with us! I’ll be speaking and signing books, and we have drawings for prizes. I’m looking forward to seeing and hugging all who can come.

Half Finished Launch Party
June 15, 2019, 11am-1pm
Reachout & Solid Grounds,
221 N Peters Ave,
Fond du Lac, WI

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Welcome my latest publication, Half Finished:

“Recognizing how common it is for crafters to start many projects and finish few, a group of women join together to form a guild -Unfinished Projects Anonymous-to keep each other on track and accountable.

As life unexpectedly changes for one of the members, this ensemble of women discovers that much of life is half-finished-projects, friendships, the raising of children, even our very relationship with the Lord. And that may be perfectly fine.”

I was very pleased to have a great first review appear for Half Finished on BookBub, as well. You can read that review right here.

– Lauraine

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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 alike.

In the meantime, one of her greatest joys is her weekly piano lesson with the handsome schoolteacher, Fritz. But just as Nilda is beginning to realize she has feelings for him, a stylish, affluent young woman moves to Blackduck and monopolizes Fritz’s attention. With her humble background, how can Nilda hope to compete with such a sophisticated beauty?

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In addition to hardcover, paperback, and e-book formats, Recorded Books, an organization based in Maryland, has officially signed on for an audiobook edition of A Song of Joy.

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Let me add my own holiday greeting to the stack of Christmas cards and gifts growing next to the tree. Click here to read my Christmas Newsletter – and please join my mailing list to receive it in your email inbox next year, as well. Blessings to you all!

-Lauraine

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Nilda Carlson’s dreams are coming true. Though her first few months in America were difficult, her life now resembles the images that filled her daydreams in Norway. Together, she and her family work their farm and fell trees for lumber. Everything is finally going right.

When Nilda is offered a job by a wealthy businesswoman in the nearby town of Blackduck, she can’t believe her luck. Here is an opportunity to learn how to navigate the worlds of commerce and high society. But life in town comes with a catch: the man who tried to assault Nilda in Norway has arrived in Blackduck. He claims to have turned over a new leaf, but every time she sees him, her fears come flooding back. Can she learn to forgive him and move on, or will she always be stuck in the past? And can he truly be trusted?

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