She Had Told Him She Was Headed for Blessing. Why Would He Not
Take Her There?
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 she will be on the train in the morning. But only her
trunk arrives, so Bridget Bjorklund insists that Hjelmer, Augusta’s
brother, go find her.
Augusta, after discovering her intended bridegroom had married
someone else, decided to leave her broken heart in Norway and start
a new life in America helping her mother run her boardinghouse. But
knowing no English, Augusta misunderstands a ticket agent’s
directions in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in the harried confusion,
she boards the wrong train. When she arrives at the end of the
line, she is met by a handsome young rancher, Kane Moyer, waiting
for his Norwegian mail-order bride....
Lauraine Snelling is an award winning author of over 30 books,
both fiction and non fiction for adults and young adults. She has
two horse series for young teen girls, the GOLDEN FILLY SERIES
which is completed and HIGH HURDLES. Lauraine is also the author of
the popular RED RIVER OF THE NORTH series set in North Dakota in
the past part of the 19th century. The Bjorklund brothers bring
their families from Norway to begin a new life on the land they
will turn from prairie to fertile farms.
Besides writing both books and articles, Lauraine teaches at
writer's conferences across the country and has an active speaking
career. She and husband Wayne have two grown sons, four grand dogs
and live in the country where Lauraine can garden, sew, do crafts,
cross stitch, enjoy her birds and eventually have a horse
again.