Lauraine Snelling
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Home to blessing novels volume 1
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English
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Eighteen-year-old Astrid Bjorklund has always dreamed of becoming a doctor. She had intended to study medicine in Chicago or Grand Forks, but when a disaster wiped out a major portion of her family's income, Astrid stayed home instead, receiving hands-on training from Dr. Elizabeth. Joshua Landsverk left Blessing two years ago, but he's never forgotten Astrid. Returning to town, he seeks to court her. Astrid is attracted to him, and when the opportunity...
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As the Civil War rages across the land, courageous young Jesselynn Highwood promises her dying father that she'll take her younger brother and their Thoroughbred horses to Missouri for safekeeping during the war. Dodging both Confederate and Union troops, enduring sickness and hunger, they arrive at their destination only to encounter even greater danger. But Jesselynn will stop at nothing to save her family, the horses, and whatever remains of Twin...
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English
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While her sister fights to hold on to the family legacy, Louisa Highwood works tirelessly to save the lives of wounded soldiers. Putting her own safety on the line, she covertly ventures behind enemy lines to procure desperately needed supplies for the army hospital. Meanwhile, with no place of refuge left, Jesselynn and a ragtag band of freed slaves and Thoroughbreds head west on the Oregon Trail, unable to imagine what awaits them.
Author
Series
Home to blessing novels volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When she is called home unexpectedly to help in a family medical emergency, physician Astrid Bjorklund learns of a deadly measles outbreak on the nearby Indian reservation. She immediately senses the Spirit tugging her to help the Indians and wonders if her "mission field" is not so far away as she had imagined. But if she follows God's call, will love pass her by?