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Land of Dreams
Christian historical romance
Land of Dreams
Book 1 of the Home to Green Creek series
Norwegian immigrant Amalia Gunderson loses her parents on the voyage to America and promises a dying mother that she will care for five-year-old Ruth. In Iowa, the pair discover that Ruth has inherited a farm and former boardinghouse whose current occupant has no intention of surrendering control. Reopening the boardinghouse, caring for a growing collection of orphans, and accepting help from aspiring lawyer Absalom Karlsson give Amalia a new life she never planned. This frontier historical novel begins the Home to Green Creek series with immigration, found family, faith, and a gentle thread of romance.
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Cholera epidemic during Atlantic voyage; deaths of the heroine's parents and a child's mother; orphanhood and guardianship; poverty/scarce resources; hostile inheritance dispute and threats to their home; Christian faith and gentle romance.
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