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A Writer's Day322: Lauraine Snelling and Kiersti and Giron InterviewLet me know what you think of this episode!In this episode, I chat with Lauraine Snelling and Kiersti Giron about their new book: At Morning's Light.Music:"Inspiring Emotions - Epic Dramatic Trailer" by Rafael Krux (https://www.orchestralis.net/)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)A Journey For Successful Winners by MusicLFilesLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/8105-a-journey-for-successful-winnersLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic from https://filmmusic.iocinema-blockbuster-trailer-17-by-sascha-ende-from-filmmusic-io License: CC BY (http...
2025-12-1725 min
Christian Faith and FictionNew Christian Fiction Books Releasing in December (E245)Here are some Christian fiction books that are releasing in December 2025. These are books that are listed on Amazon as Christian fiction. I have not read them myself so I can’t tell you what the content is like, how much Christian faith they contain or whether they contain any content that is not appropriate. If you know of any more Christian fiction books releasing in December please add them down in the comments below.You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/VuNRRv6lcZIYou can comment on the blog post here: https://lo...
2025-11-2713 min
Significant Women with Carol McLeod | Carol Mcleod MinistriesCreating Stories of Hope with Lauraine Snelling & Kiersti GironIn this episode of the Significant Women podcast, Carol McLeod talks with bestselling author Lauraine Snelling and her co-writer Kiersti Giron about their partnership in creating inspiring Christian historical fiction. Together, they share the heart behind their novel Land of Dreams, a story set in frontier America that celebrates faith, courage, and new beginnings. Lauraine and Kiersti reflect on how storytelling can deepen our understanding of God’s faithfulness and remind readers that hope can flourish even in the most challenging seasons of life. Order both books in the Home to Green Creek Series: https://www.ama...
2025-11-2148 min
Historical BookwormWriting Through Life’s Seasons: Conversations with Lorraine SnellingIn this captivating interview on the Historical Bookworm Show, hosts KyLee and Darcy delve into the remarkable career of Lauraine Snelling, an award-winning and bestselling author known for her historical novels that vividly bring past eras to life.
An Author’s Dream
Lauraine Snelling began her writing journey with Tragedy on the Toutle her first young adult novel, published in 1982. Since then, she has authored over 140 books, with more than five million copies in print. Living her lifelong dream, she has crafted novels deeply rooted in historical narratives, including her beloved Red River se...
2025-05-0100 min
Ignite A Transformative Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Land of Dreams by Kiersti Giron, Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/218689to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Land of Dreams
Series: Home to Green Creek, Book 1
Author: Kiersti Giron, Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Libby McKnight
Format: mp3
Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
Release date: 04-01-25
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 44 ratings
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
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...
2025-04-0111h 12
The Two-World PodcastLauraine Snelling & Kiersti Giron: Writing Together as Mentor and FriendsIn this episode, Barney and Ken talk with authors Lauraine Snelling and Kiersti Giron about their journey as mentor and friend in the writing world. Lauraine reflects on her early publishing experiences, the role of editors, and the historical research behind her novels, while Kiersti shares how teaching internationally and living near the Navajo reservation shaped her storytelling. Together, they discuss their collaboration, the themes of Land of Dreams, and the challenges of crafting complex characters. Throughout, they explore how faith influences their writing and the power of stories to connect past and present.
2025-04-0146 minChristian Faith and FictionNew Christian Fiction Books Releasing in April 2025!! (Episode 229)Here are the Christian fiction books that I could find that are releasing in April 2025. These are books that are listed on Amazon as Christian fiction. I have not read them myself so I can’t tell you what the content is like, how much Christian faith they contain or whether they contain any content that is not appropriate.You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/bOQEvwDG5xwYou can comment on the blog post here: https://louallenwriter.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/new-christian-fiction-books-releasing-in-april-2025/Books Mentioned:Hidden Colorado Danger by Carol NewhouseTempest at Annabel’s Li...
2025-03-2040 min
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2024-10-0500 minChristian Faith and FictionEpisode 177: New Christian Fiction Books Releasing in January 2024Here are the new Christian fiction books that I could find that are releasing in January 2024.
Which of these books would you like to read?
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/amv6eiWExLw
You can comment on the blog post here: https://louallenwriter.wordpress.com/2023/12/21/new-christian-fiction-releasing-in-january-2024/
Books mentioned:
Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble
Double Take by Lynette Eason
The Rare Jewel of Everleigh Wheaton by Susan L Tuttle
Cold Threat by Nancy Mehl
Alaskan Wilderness Rescue by Sarah Varland
Dangerous Texas Hideout by Virginia Vaughan
Deadly Mountain Escape by Mary Alford
Silencing...
2024-01-1327 minChristian Faith and FictionEpisode 138: New Christian fiction books releasing in March 2023Hi everyone. Here are the Christian fiction books that I could find that are releasing in March 2023. There are some historical fiction, romance, mystery and suspense and sci-fi.
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/PASX5odTJek
You can comment on the blog post here: https://louallenwriter.wordpress.com/2023/03/07/new-christian-fiction-books-releasing-march-2023/
Here is the list of books mentioned:
The Escape Game by Marilyn Turk
Remember Me by Tracie Peterson
Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem
The Metropolitan Affair by Jocelyn Green
Fields of Bounty by Lauraine Snelling
After the Shadows by Amanda...
2023-12-1911 minChristian Faith and FictionEpisode 102: New Christian fiction books releasing in June 2022Here are some new Christian fiction books that I’ve found that release in June 2022 and are listed as Christian fiction on Amazon.
If you know of any more, please add them in the comments.
Which of these books would you read?
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/bfKaBcxt6bA
You can read the full book descriptions and leave a comment on my blog here: https://louallenwriter.wordpress.com/2022/05/19/christian-fiction-new-releases-june-2022/
Books Mentioned:
The Apostle’s Sister by Angela Hunt
Elysium Tide by James R. Hannibal
Sunburst by S...
2023-12-0109 minChristian Faith and FictionEpisode 55: New Christian Fiction Books Releasing in June 2021Here are some of the Christian fiction books and Christian fiction audiobooks that are coming out in June 2021. I’ve separated them into genres — historical fiction, mystery and suspense, romantic fiction, contemporary fiction, Biblical fiction, Fantasy and Sci-fi.
I hope you find some new book recommendations amongst them.
You can comment on the blog post here: https://louallenwriter.wordpress.com/2021/05/21/christian-fiction-new-releases-june-2021/
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/kr-k8NI5IWk
Books mentioned:
Along a Storied Trail by Ann H Gabhart
Sustaining Faith by Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan
Come Back to Me by Jody Hedlund
The...
2023-11-1214 min
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2023-08-1000 min
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2023-08-0500 min
LiteraryScapeEpisode 50: 2023 Kickoff!Welcome back from the holidays! I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas and a beautiful start to your new year! In this episode I will be kicking off our 2023 book club for historical Christian romance novels. Check out what we will be reading and learn about some new and exciting events coming your way! I am so excited to share the list of series we will be reading this year! If you want to purchase these, read along with us, and support the show; use the links in our Book Buyi...
2023-01-0614 min
The Book ReturnThe Inspirational EpisodeWe discuss inspirational authors Lauraine Snelling and Colleen Coble before talking about what we like (and hate) about book covers.
2022-11-2955 min
Embark On The Most Edge-Of-Your-Seat Full Audiobook Today!The Dog Who Came to Christmas by Callie Smith Grant - editorPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/31319to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Dog Who Came to Christmas
Author: Callie Smith Grant - editor
Narrator: Jean Ann Douglass
Format: mp3
Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
Release date: 10-12-21
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings
Genres: Pets & Animal Care
Publisher's Summary:
This collection of true, feel-good holiday stories celebrates the gift of dogs. It's the perfect companion for those magical Christmas evenings in front of the fireplace with your favorite canine companion. It also makes a heartfelt gift for dog-loving friends. Contributors include Lauraine Snelling, Melody Carlson, Amy Shojai, and many more.
2021-10-124h 50
AmongthestacksFall Break Reading, Baking, Bigfoot Sightings in Allen County, Bat Boy, and MoreJoin Ms. Mariah and Ms. Shelia as we talk about what we're reading, Big Foot sightings in Allen County, and more. Books discussed include: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony DoerrAll the Light You Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny WingfieldThe Seeds of Change by Lauraine SnellingThe Silent Wife – Will Trent Series – Karin Slaughter
2021-10-0121 min
Download New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+More than a Dream by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455203to listen full audiobooks.
Title: More than a Dream
Series: #3 of Return to Red River
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Stina Nielsen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes
Release date: April 27, 2021
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Thorliff and Elizabeth have given long-held ambitions to God, and everything seems to be falling into place … until tragedy strikes. Thorliff Bjorklund’s dream of becoming a writer is within reach. Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, he is busy writing articles and stories to pay his way through college. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when...
2021-04-2711h 40Stream Popular Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalMore than a Dream by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455203to listen full audiobooks.
Title: More than a Dream
Series: #3 of Return to Red River
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Stina Nielsen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes
Release date: April 27, 2021
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Thorliff and Elizabeth have given long-held ambitions to God, and everything seems to be falling into place … until tragedy strikes. Thorliff Bjorklund’s dream of becoming a writer is within reach. Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, he is busy writing articles and stories to pay his way through college. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when...
2021-04-2711h 40
Download New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Believing the Dream by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455204to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Believing the Dream
Series: #2 of Return to Red River
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Stina Nielsen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 53 minutes
Release date: February 16, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Pursuing his lifelong ambition brings heartrending decisions. … A passion for writing has burned brightly in Thorliff Bjorklund’s heart for as long as he can remember. But college life is not as he had imagined, and he finds himself longing for things familiar and loved ones back home. The distance has even created a rift betwe...
2021-02-1611h 53Stream Popular Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalBelieving the Dream by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455204to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Believing the Dream
Series: #2 of Return to Red River
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Stina Nielsen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 53 minutes
Release date: February 16, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Pursuing his lifelong ambition brings heartrending decisions. … A passion for writing has burned brightly in Thorliff Bjorklund’s heart for as long as he can remember. But college life is not as he had imagined, and he finds himself longing for things familiar and loved ones back home. The distance has even created a rift betwe...
2021-02-1611h 53
Historical Fiction: UnpackedHistory Offers Encouragement for Today–with Sarah SundinSarah Sundin's latest book, When Twilight Breaks, released this past Tuesday, February 2, 2021. This novel portrays Nazi Germany before WWII, and I absolutely loved it!
Sarah Sundin enjoys writing about the adventure and romance of the World War II era. She is the bestselling author of historical novels, including When Twilight Breaks and the Sunrise at Normandy series. Her book The Sky Above Us received the 2020 Carol Award, The Sea Before Us received the 2019 Reader’s Choice Award from Faith, Hope, and Love, and both When Tides Turn and Through Waters Deep were named to Booklist’s “101 Best Romance Novels of the Las...
2021-02-0439 min
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+A Dream to Follow by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444269to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Dream to Follow
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Daniel Henning
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
Release date: August 4, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
His dream is to become a journalist. Will his father give his blessing? Thorliff Bjorklund has been writing since he was a young boy and now longs to attend college to study journalism. But his father has other plans for him and refuses to agree. To make matters worse, the threat of crop failure may mean there’ll be no mo...
2020-08-049h 10Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalA Dream to Follow by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444269to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Dream to Follow
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Daniel Henning
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
Release date: August 4, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
His dream is to become a journalist. Will his father give his blessing? Thorliff Bjorklund has been writing since he was a young boy and now longs to attend college to study journalism. But his father has other plans for him and refuses to agree. To make matters worse, the threat of crop failure may mean there’ll be no mo...
2020-08-049h 10
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+A Blessing to Cherish by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399109to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Blessing to Cherish
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes
Release date: July 21, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
A Sweet Final Chapter to the Bjorklund Family Saga After several years of widowhood and hard work, Ingeborg Bjorklund has reached a place of contentment with her life. She enjoys watching Blessing, North Dakota, thrive and grow, filled not only with her extended family, but also newcomers like David Gould. Though a high-society businessman from New York City, David has...
2020-07-2111h 22Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalA Blessing to Cherish by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399109to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Blessing to Cherish
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes
Release date: July 21, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A Sweet Final Chapter to the Bjorklund Family Saga After several years of widowhood and hard work, Ingeborg Bjorklund has reached a place of contentment with her life. She enjoys watching Blessing, North Dakota, thrive and grow, filled not only with her extended family, but also newcomers like David Gould. Though a high-society businessman from New York City, David has...
2020-07-2111h 22
Book BistroThe Immigration ExperienceIn this episode, Amber, Shannon, Minh, and Natalia are discussing some of their favorite books about immigration. Books mentioned in this episode include:
Dohra Ahmad, The Penguin Book of Migration Literature: Departures, Arrivals, Generations, and returns
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings
Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton
Eugenia Kim, The Kinship of Secrets
Azadeh Moaveni, Guest house for Young Widows: Among the Women of Isis
Samira Ahmed, Internment
Anne Fadiman, The spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and...
2019-10-1850 min
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalA Song of Joy by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386994to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Song of Joy
Series: #4 of Under Northern Skies
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Christina Moore
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Release date: August 6, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Surrounded by Opportunity, She Will Have to Choose a Path In Minnesota in 1911, Nilda Carlson is torn between 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, including leading an exciting new p...
2019-08-069h 51
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenHalf Finished by Lauraine SnellingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/373944 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half Finished Author: Lauraine Snelling Narrator: Suzie Althens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 26, 2019 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 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. Three friends are tasked with the job of home visits for their guild. They are laughingly called the Cartel as they do visits to snoop around craft rooms and knitting baskets to r...
2019-03-2603 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+A Season of Grace by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359464to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Season of Grace
Series: #3 of Under Northern Skies
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Christina Moore
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes
Release date: November 6, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Just as Opportunities Unfold, a Danger from Her Past Returns 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 rig...
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Title: A Season of Grace
Series: #3 of Under Northern Skies
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Christina Moore
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes
Release date: November 6, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Just as Opportunities Unfold, a Danger from Her Past Returns 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 rig...
2018-11-069h 17
Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+A Breath of Hope by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330434to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Breath of Hope
Series: #2 of Under Northern Skies
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Christina Moore
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Release date: April 3, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.88 of Total 8
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
One man’s past could affect all of their futures. With her younger brother Ivar in tow, Nilda Carlson is on her way to America to join her older brother Rune and his family in the northeast forests of Minnesota. While she sees this as a golden opportunity, she has eno...
2018-04-039h 30Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalA Breath of Hope by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330434to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Breath of Hope
Series: #2 of Under Northern Skies
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Christina Moore
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Release date: April 3, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.88 of Total 8
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
One man’s past could affect all of their futures. With her younger brother Ivar in tow, Nilda Carlson is on her way to America to join her older brother Rune and his family in the northeast forests of Minnesota. While she sees this as a golden opportunity, she has eno...
2018-04-039h 30
WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast: Write a Book, Change the World with Kitty Bucholtz032I – Creating Characters Readers Adore: An Interview with Lauraine SnellingAward-winning and bestselling author Lauraine Snelling has over 80 books published. She writes inspirational adult novels about real issues centered on themes like forgiveness, loss, domestic violence, and cancer in both contemporary and historical genres. Today, she's talking to us about creating amazing characters, one of her favorite topics.Two of her favorite books as she got started writing were by Robert Newton Peck - Fiction Is Folks and The Secrets of Successful Fiction. She shows us an example of how she teaches writing classes using one of Peck's ideas.Lauraine believes all stories are character-driven, e...
2018-03-0145 minWRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast: Write a Book, Change the World with Kitty Bucholtz005I – Making Research Fun: An Interview with Kathleen Damp WrightToday's guest, Kathleen Damp Wright, shares her stories about how doing in-person research for her novels is more fun and yields more interesting results. It also leads to more focused online research later.Kathleen Damp Wright is the co-author, along with Lauraine Snelling, of The S.A.V.E. Squad series for middle grade readers (Dog Daze, The Great Cat Caper, Secondhand Horses, and No Ordinary Owl), and Waiting for Sparks, a Harlequin Heartwarming series title. She also enjoys her online adjunct position teaching refresher business writing. You can find her on Twitter at @Kathy_Damp and...
2017-12-2839 min
Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenThe Second Half: A Novel by Lauraine SnellingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Second Half: A Novel Author: Lauraine Snelling Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Bestselling author Lauraine Snelling shares a heartfelt story of a couple who put their plans for a peaceful retirement on hold to assume guardianship of their young grandchildren. Mona and Ken Sorenson are approaching the best years of their lives. Mona's greatest concern is that Ken will learn of the surprise party she's planning for his retirement...
2016-07-0503 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Blessing in Disguise by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314120to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Blessing in Disguise
Series: #6 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Release date: January 21, 2016
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
The Bjorklund family has received word that Augusta Bjorklund is on her way from Norway to join them in North Dakota. When the train arrives in the town of Blessing with no Augusta aboard, the worried family hopes that she will be on the train in the morning. However, o...
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Title: Blessing in Disguise
Series: #6 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Release date: January 21, 2016
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
The Bjorklund family has received word that Augusta Bjorklund is on her way from Norway to join them in North Dakota. When the train arrives in the town of Blessing with no Augusta aboard, the worried family hopes that she will be on the train in the morning. However, o...
2016-01-218h 53
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Tender Mercies by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314119to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Tender Mercies
Series: #5 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Release date: December 29, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
The rich farmlands of the Dakota Territory in 1887 are finally beginning to yield the abundant harvest the pioneers had dreamed about so long. The establishment of the railroad has brought significant changes to the small town of Blessing as well as prosperity to the Bjorklund family and their neighbors. Among t...
2015-12-298h 56Download New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalTender Mercies by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314119to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Tender Mercies
Series: #5 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Release date: December 29, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
The rich farmlands of the Dakota Territory in 1887 are finally beginning to yield the abundant harvest the pioneers had dreamed about so long. The establishment of the railroad has brought significant changes to the small town of Blessing as well as prosperity to the Bjorklund family and their neighbors. Among t...
2015-12-298h 56
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+The Reaper’s Song by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314118to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Reaper’s Song
Series: #4 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
Release date: December 8, 2015
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Ever so slowly Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmland. With the coming of the railroad, the small town of Blessing begins to prosper, and the Bjorklund family is reaping the promised harvest that had lured them from their beloved home in Norway. But for Ingeborg and Haakan, realizing their dreams will not come wit...
2015-12-0810h 15Download New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalThe Reaper’s Song by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314118to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Reaper’s Song
Series: #4 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
Release date: December 8, 2015
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Ever so slowly Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmland. With the coming of the railroad, the small town of Blessing begins to prosper, and the Bjorklund family is reaping the promised harvest that had lured them from their beloved home in Norway. But for Ingeborg and Haakan, realizing their dreams will not come wit...
2015-12-0810h 15
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Land to Call Home by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314117to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Land to Call Home
Series: #3 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes
Release date: November 17, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
It had taken four long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. Looking back through all the heartache and the body-breaking labor, Ingeborg Bjorklund knew that God had been with them every step of the way. Dreams that had turned into veritable nightmares had been r...
2015-11-1711h 20Download New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalLand to Call Home by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314117to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Land to Call Home
Series: #3 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes
Release date: November 17, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
It had taken four long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. Looking back through all the heartache and the body-breaking labor, Ingeborg Bjorklund knew that God had been with them every step of the way. Dreams that had turned into veritable nightmares had been r...
2015-11-1711h 20
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+A New Day Rising by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314116to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A New Day Rising
Series: #2 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
Release date: October 27, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
The dream of their own farmstead and a good life in America had brought Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund across the Atlantic to pioneer the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. But Roald's tragic disappearance in a winter storm turned Ingeborg's dreams into a living nightmare. Against nearly impossible circumstances a...
2015-10-2710h 44Download New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalA New Day Rising by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314116to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A New Day Rising
Series: #2 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
Release date: October 27, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
The dream of their own farmstead and a good life in America had brought Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund across the Atlantic to pioneer the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. But Roald's tragic disappearance in a winter storm turned Ingeborg's dreams into a living nightmare. Against nearly impossible circumstances a...
2015-10-2710h 44
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+An Untamed Land by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314115to listen full audiobooks.
Title: An Untamed Land
Series: #1 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 14 minutes
Release date: September 29, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
After three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America, Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund, along with their son, Thorliff, finally arrive at the docks of New York City. It was the promise of free land that fed their dream and lured them from t...
2015-09-2912h 14Download New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalAn Untamed Land by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314115to listen full audiobooks.
Title: An Untamed Land
Series: #1 of Red River of the North
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Callie Beaulieu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 14 minutes
Release date: September 29, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
After three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America, Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund, along with their son, Thorliff, finally arrive at the docks of New York City. It was the promise of free land that fed their dream and lured them from t...
2015-09-2912h 14
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenSomeday Home: A Novel by Lauraine SnellingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236983 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Someday Home: A Novel Author: Lauraine Snelling Narrator: Kristin Kalbli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A heartwarming story that celebrates how life-changing friendships can be found in all seasons of life. The sprawling lake home Lynn Lundberg built with her husband has been an epicenter of joyful family life, from summer holidays spent around the water, to cookies baked in the kitchen with grandchildren in the fall. But...
2015-07-0703 min
Discover the Best Audio Stories in Romance, ModernHeaven Sent Rain: A Novel by Lauraine SnellingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213462 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heaven Sent Rain: A Novel Author: Lauraine Snelling Narrator: Kristin Kalbli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: July 1, 2014 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Dinah Taylor has an orderly life that is just how she likes it. A perfectly furnished luxury apartment, a satisfying career as a scientist and CEO of her own company, and an uncomplicated personal life. But all of that changes when she meets seven-year-old Jonah. The boy shows up one day, a scruffy dog by his side, in front of her office building. Dinah...
2014-07-0103 min
Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenHeaven Sent Rain: A Novel by Lauraine SnellingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213462 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heaven Sent Rain: A Novel Author: Lauraine Snelling Narrator: Kristin Kalbli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: July 1, 2014 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Dinah Taylor has an orderly life that is just how she likes it. A perfectly furnished luxury apartment, a satisfying career as a scientist and CEO of her own company, and an uncomplicated personal life. But all of that changes when she meets seven-year-old Jonah. The boy shows up one day, a scruffy dog by his side, in front of her office building...
2014-07-0103 min
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenDakota December and Dakota Destiny by Lauraine SnellingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/196608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dakota December and Dakota Destiny Series: #4 of Dakota (Snelling) Author: Lauraine Snelling Narrator: Stina Nielsen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 20, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: ''Help.'' A weak voice moaned from the horse's back. Sheriff Caleb Stenesrude climbed over the gate in a blizzard and reached up in time to catch the woman as she fell. To his astonishment, a small child, hanging on for dear life, fell with her. Under his b...
2013-09-2003 min
Begin A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Breakthrough.A Hand to Hold by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/227263to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Hand to Hold
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Pam Ward
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
Release date: 08-29-13
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 12 ratings
Genres: Death & Grief
Publisher's Summary:
2013-08-291h 39
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Romance, ModernWake the Dawn: A Novel by Lauraine SnellingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/194467 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wake the Dawn: A Novel Author: Lauraine Snelling Narrator: Kristin Kalbli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 20, 2013 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: National bestselling author Lauraine Snelling brings a small mountain town to thrilling life when a natural disaster threatens to destroy lives. U.S. Border Patrol agent Ben James' life is in tatters. A tragic accident stole the love of his life and he never finished grieving. Turning to the bottle for support, he lost sight of what was important. While making his last patrol...
2013-08-2003 min
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenWake the Dawn: A Novel by Lauraine SnellingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/194467 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wake the Dawn: A Novel Author: Lauraine Snelling Narrator: Kristin Kalbli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 20, 2013 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: National bestselling author Lauraine Snelling brings a small mountain town to thrilling life when a natural disaster threatens to destroy lives. U.S. Border Patrol agent Ben James' life is in tatters. A tragic accident stole the love of his life and he never finished grieving. Turning to the bottle for support, he lost sight of what was important. While making his last...
2013-08-2003 min
Get New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenDakota Dawn, Dakota Dream, Dakota Dusk by Lauraine SnellingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177048 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dakota Dawn, Dakota Dream, Dakota Dusk Series: #1 of Dakota (Snelling) Author: Lauraine Snelling Narrator: Stina Nielsen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 24, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.44 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Best-selling author Lauraine Snelling crafts tales of forgiveness and love that listeners adore. This volume combines the first three novels in Snelling's inspiring Dakota series, which follows the intertwining lives of five women living in the early 1900s farming community of Soldahl, North Dakota. All arrive expecting a...
2013-05-2403 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenReunion: A Novel by Lauraine SnellingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reunion: A Novel Author: Lauraine Snelling Narrator: Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 17, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Keira Johnston, a 50-year-old mother of two grown sons, believes she lives a good Christian life without secrets -- until she discovers a life-jarring fact her late mother kept hidden all her life. Kiera was born out of wedlock, and the man she had always known as her father had adopted her as an infant. Meanwhile, Keira's beloved 17-year-old...
2012-07-1703 min
Download Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+A Measure of Mercy by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340603to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Measure of Mercy
Series: #1 of Home to Blessing
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Renee Ertl
Format: Abridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Release date: September 24, 2009
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Beloved author Lauraine Snelling returns again to her popular Red River Valley setting. Eighteen-year-old Astrid Bjorklund has been studying medicine under Dr. Elizabeth Bjorklund’s direction and dreams of joining her practice in Blessing. But when a missionary arrives and tells of the need for medical ministry in Africa, he seems to look directly at her. Could God be calling her to g...
2009-09-248h 01Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalA Measure of Mercy by Lauraine SnellingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340603to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Measure of Mercy
Series: #1 of Home to Blessing
Author: Lauraine Snelling
Narrator: Renee Ertl
Format: Abridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Release date: September 24, 2009
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Beloved author Lauraine Snelling returns again to her popular Red River Valley setting. Eighteen-year-old Astrid Bjorklund has been studying medicine under Dr. Elizabeth Bjorklund’s direction and dreams of joining her practice in Blessing. But when a missionary arrives and tells of the need for medical ministry in Africa, he seems to look directly at her. Could God be calling her to g...
2009-09-248h 01