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Award-winning and bestselling author Lauraine Snelling has over 80 books published with sales of over 4.5 million. Her original dream was to write horse books for children. Today, she writes adult novels about real issues centered on forgiveness, loss, domestic violence and cancer in her inspirational contemporary women’s fiction titles and historical series, including the favorite, Blessing books about Ingeborg Bjorklund and family.

Lauraine enjoys helping others reach their writing dreams by teaching at writer’s conferences across the county. She and her husband Wayne have two grown sons, and a daughter in Heaven. They live in the Tehachapi Mountains with a Basset named Sir Winston ob de Mountains, Lapcat, and “The Girls” (three golden he ...more

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	Ruby (Dakotah Treasures, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 6,961 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Untamed Land (Red River of the North, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 6,334 ratings — published 1995 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of Twin Oaks (A Secret Refuge, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 4,176 ratings — published 2000 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A New Day Rising (Red River of the North, #2) 4.47 avg rating — 3,819 ratings — published 1996 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Promise for Ellie (Daughters of Blessing, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 3,954 ratings — published 2006 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Land to Call Home (Red River of the North, #3) 4.48 avg rating — 3,372 ratings — published 1997 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pearl (Dakotah Treasures, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 3,549 ratings — published 2001 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Measure of Mercy (Home to Blessing, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 3,276 ratings — published 2009 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blessing in Disguise (Red River of the North, #6) 4.44 avg rating — 2,790 ratings — published 1999 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reapers Song (Red River of the North, #4) 4.43 avg rating — 2,788 ratings — published 1982 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Blessing, ND (22 books)
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Red River of the North (7 books)
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Anchored in Misty Lake (Misty Lake, #4)

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“Yes, she believed God loved her. But if this whole fiasco was His idea of love . . .”
― Lauraine Snelling, Valley of Dreams

tags: faith, god, love, trials

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“Gran was just being polite. Southern people are supposed to be polite and gracious. She's trying to show me how to be the same way.”
― Lauraine Snelling, Olympic Dreams

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“Father, I leave them in your hands, for mine are far too small and weak. You are God, and I thank you.”
― Lauraine Snelling, A Land to Call Home

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The Christmas Joy Ride by Melody Carlson

7 votes 13.7%

The Christmas Shoppe by Melody Carlson

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Snow Sometimes Falls by Brian Ming

5 votes 9.8%

The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury

5 votes 9.8%

An Irish Christmas by Melody Carlson

5 votes 9.8%

The Christmas Box (The Christmas Box, #1) by Richard Paul Evans

The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans

5 votes 9.8%

A Lancaster County Christmas by Suzanne Woods Fisher

4 votes 7.8%

The Doctor's Christmas Quilt (Quilt #2) by Kathi Macias

The Doctor's Christmas Quilt by Kathi Macias

4 votes 7.8%

A Pioneer Christmas Collection by Lauraine Snelling

4 votes 7.8%

The 13th Gift A True Story of a Christmas Miracle by Joanne Huist Smith

The 13th Gift by Joanne Huist Smith

3 votes 5.9%

The Mistletoe Promise (Mistletoe #1) by Richard Paul Evans

The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans

2 votes 3.9%

Romance at the Christmas Tree Lot by Marcia Lynn McClure

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