An Untamed Heart

by Lauraine Snelling

Publisher:

Bethany House

, 2013

Overview

The Long-Awaited Prequel to the RED RIVER OF THE NORTH Series

Twenty-year-old Ingeborg Strand is certain she is destined to be an old maid. She’s had several suitors but none she deemed worthy of spending her life with. That is, until she meets a university student from Oslo, and feelings stronger than friendship begin to develop between them. But tragedy strikes, and the future begins to look bleaker than ever.

Grief settles heavily over Ingeborg, and her mother suggests that she leave Norway and start afresh in America, as so many others have done before her. But how will she accomplish that with little money and no one to accompany her?

It isn’t long before she meets Roald Bjorklund, a widower who has been planning to go to America for some time, lured by the promise of free land. He’s a good man, a hard-working man--and he has a young son who desperately needs a mother. He’s clearly interested in Ingeborg, but is he the answer to her prayers? And what about love? This isn’t how she’s always imagined it.

Ingeborg Strand has a heartrending decision to make...

From the Back Cover

The Long-Awaited Prequel to the Red River of the North Series

Twenty-year-old Ingeborg Strand is certain she is destined to be an old maid. It’s not that she’s lacked suitors, but now she no longer can have the one she loved.

With the future looking bleak, her mother suggests that she leave Norway and start afresh in America, as so many others have done before her. But how will she accomplish that with little money and no one to accompany her?

Roald Bjorklund is a widower who has been planning to go to America, lured by the promise of free land. He’s a good man, a hard-working man--with a young son who desperately needs a mother. Ingeborg can tell Roald is interested in her, but what about love? This isn’t how she’s always imagined it.

Ingeborg Strand has a heartrending decision to make...

“A wonderful prequel to the Red River of the North series with carefully thought-out characters... Snelling brings to life Ingeborg in her 20s and answers many questions for readers.” --RT Book Reviews

“This faith-based novel of a strong woman made even stronger by surviving a tragedy will appeal to a broad audience.” --Booklist

Contents

Top Highlights

“will sort through them this afternoon.’ He shook his head. ‘I am sure he mentioned a will” (source)

Product Details

• Title : An Untamed Heart
• Author: Snelling, Lauraine
• Publisher: Bethany House
• Publication Date: 2013
• ISBN: 9781441262813

About Lauraine Snelling

Lauraine Snelling is an author of Christian fiction. She is married to Wayne and they have 3 children and live north of Los Angeles, CA in Tehachapi. She lived in Vancouver, Washington during the eruption of Mount St. Helens, which inspired several book. Her favorite book growing up was Little Women.