Lauraine Snelling Books

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Lauraine Snelling is an American author that writes Christian fiction. In the beginning, Snelling wanted to write novels about horses for young female readers, and she fulfilled that dream. But later on, she took an interest in stories with important themes like cancer, loss, and domestic violence.

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Order of Dakota Plains Series

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1 Dakota Dream (Short Story) 1993 Description / Buy
2 Dakota Dusk (Short Story) 1994 Description / Buy
3 Dakota December 1996 Description / Buy
4 Dakota Dawn (Short Story) 1997 Description / Buy
5 Dakota 1998 Description / Buy
6 Dakota Destiny 2012 Description / Buy

Order of Dakotah Treasures Series

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1 Ruby 2003 Description / Buy
2 Pearl 2004 Description / Buy
3 Opal 2005 Description / Buy
4 Amethyst 2005 Description / Buy

Order of Daughters Of Blessing Series

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1 A Promise for Ellie 2006 Description / Buy
2 Sophie's Dilemma 2007 Description / Buy
3 A Touch of Grace 2007 Description / Buy
4 Rebecca's Reward 2008 Description / Buy

Order of Golden Filly Series

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1 The Race 1991 Description / Buy
2 Eagle's Wings 1991 Description / Buy
3 Go for the Glory 1991 Description / Buy
4 Call for Courage 1992 Description / Buy
5 Kentucky Dreamer 1992 Description / Buy
6 Shadow Over San Mateo 1993 Description / Buy
7 Out of the Mist 1993 Description / Buy
8 Second Wind 1994 Description / Buy
9 Close Call 1994 Description / Buy
10 The Winner's Circle 1995 Description / Buy

Order of High Hurdles Series

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1 Olympic Dreams 1995 Description / Buy
2 DJ's Challenge 1995 Description / Buy
3 Setting the Pace 1996 Description / Buy
4 Out of the Blue 1996 Description / Buy
5 Storm Clouds 1997 Description / Buy
6 Close Quarters 1998 Description / Buy
7 Moving Up 1998 Description / Buy
8 Letting Go 1999 Description / Buy
9 Raising the Bar 1999 Description / Buy
10 Class Act 2000 Description / Buy

Order of Home To Blessing Series

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1 A Measure of Mercy 2009 Description / Buy
2 No Distance Too Far 2010 Description / Buy
3 A Heart for Home 2011 Description / Buy

Order of Leah's Garden Series

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1 The Seeds of Change 2021 Description / Buy
2 A Time to Bloom 2022 Description / Buy
3 Fields of Bounty 2023 Description / Buy
4 A Season of Harvest 2024 Description / Buy

Order of Red River Of The North Series

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1 An Untamed Land 1995 Description / Buy
2 A New Day Rising 1996 Description / Buy
3 A Land to Call Home 1997 Description / Buy
4 The Reapers' Song 1998 Description / Buy
5 Tender Mercies 1999 Description / Buy
6 Blessing in Disguise 1999 Description / Buy
7 An Untamed Heart 2013 Description / Buy
8 A Blessing to Cherish 2020 Description / Buy

Order of Return To Red River Series

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1 A Dream to Follow 2001 Description / Buy
2 Believing the Dream 2002 Description / Buy
3 More Than a Dream 2003 Description / Buy

Order of S.A.V.E. Squad Series with Kathleen Damp Wright

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1 Dog Daze ( With: Kathleen Damp Wright) 2012 Description / Buy
2 The Great Cat Caper ( With: Kathleen Damp Wright) 2012 Description / Buy
3 Secondhand Horses ( With: Kathleen Damp Wright) 2013 Description / Buy
4 No Ordinary Owl ( With: Kathleen Damp Wright) 2013 Description / Buy

Order of Secret Refuge Series

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1 Daughter of Twin Oaks 2000 Description / Buy
2 Sisters of the Confederacy 2000 Description / Buy
3 The Long Way Home 2001 Description / Buy

Order of Song Of Blessing Series

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1 To Everything a Season 2014 Description / Buy
2 A Harvest of Hope 2015 Description / Buy
3 Streams of Mercy 2015 Description / Buy
4 From This Day Forward 2016 Description / Buy

Order of Under Northern Skies Series

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1 The Promise of Dawn 2017 Description / Buy
2 A Breath of Hope 2018 Description / Buy
3 A Season of Grace 2018 Description / Buy
4 A Song of Joy 2019 Description / Buy

Order of Washington Series

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1 Song of Laughter 1986 Description / Buy
2 Race for the Roses 1999 Description / Buy
3 Talking for Two ( By: Wanda E. Brunstetter) 2001 Description / Buy
4 The Neighborly Thing ( By: Wanda E. Brunstetter) 2002 Description / Buy

Order of Wild West Wind Series

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1 Valley of Dreams 2011 Description / Buy
2 Whispers in the Wind 2012 Description / Buy
3 A Place to Belong 2013 Description / Buy

Order of Lauraine Snelling Standalone Novels

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1 Tragedy on the Toutle 1982 Description / Buy
2 Hawaiian Sunrise 1999 Description / Buy
3 The Healing Quilt 2002 Description / Buy
4 The Gift (Short Story) 2002 Description / Buy
5 The Way of Women 2004 Description / Buy
6 Saturday Morning 2005 Description / Buy
7 Breaking Free 2006 Description / Buy
8 The Brushstroke Legacy 2006 Description / Buy
9 What About Cimmaron? (Short Story) 2008 Description / Buy
10 One Perfect Day 2008 Description / Buy
11 On Hummingbird Wings 2011 Description / Buy
12 Reunion 2012 Description / Buy
13 Wake the Dawn 2013 Description / Buy
14 Heaven Sent Rain 2014 Description / Buy
15 Someday Home 2015 Description / Buy
16 The Second Half 2016 Description / Buy
17 Half Finished 2019 Description / Buy
18 Beginning Again 2019 Description / Buy
19 The Florence Legacy 2022 Description / Buy

Order of Lauraine Snelling Children's Books

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1 The Lonely Donkey 2021 Description / Buy
2 The Adventures of TC 2021 Description / Buy

Order of Lauraine Snelling Non-Fiction Books

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1 Start Your Own Business After 50 - Or 60 - Or 70! 1990 Description / Buy
2 100 Good Things That Happen as You Grow Older 1992 Description / Buy
3 A Hand to Hold: Helping Someone Through Grief 2004 Description / Buy
4 Ingeborg Bjorklund's Red River Cookbook 2006 Description / Buy

Order of Lauraine Snelling Collections

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1 The Blessing of Animals (Short Story) 2020 Description / Buy

Order of Lauraine Snelling Short Stories/Novellas

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1 The Cowboy's Angel (Short Story) 2021 Description / Buy

Lauraine Snelling Anthologies

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1 Christmas Treasures 1996 Description / Buy
2 Once Upon a Christmas 2005 Description / Buy
3 Washington 2005 Description / Buy
4 Yuletide Treasure 2008 Description / Buy
5 A Pioneer Christmas Collection 2013 Description / Buy
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Her bibliography includes historical fiction, contemporary fiction, nonfiction for adults, and novels for young readers. Snelling knew from an early age that she wanted to write fiction.

By the time she left high school, the author was already dreaming about all the horse books she would eventually write for girls. Unfortunately, the demands of life kept getting in her way.

She went to college and pursued an education major. Later on, her husband and children entered the picture. Snelling was still determined to pursue her publishing dreams. In fact, she did a lot of writing during this period. But she couldn’t find the time to write her first manuscript.

Her opportunity came when she least expected it. Snelling’s children were teenagers when her mother brought a writing conference in Portland, OR to the author’s attention. Snelling had no intention of attending the conference, and she only changed her mind when her mother offered to pay for the trip.

The author did not regret the experience. First of all, her mind was blown by all the lessons she learned. Secondly, she met several wonderful people. Two of those people agreed to form a writing critique group with Snelling.

That critique group changed the author’s life because the members met once a week to critique one another’s work. This placed the author on a strict deadline. She had to put something on paper every single week.

This instilled in Snelling the discipline she needed to write her first manuscript. However, she admits that finding the time and strength to sit down and write is not easy.

Even though she has written dozens of novels over the years, the author’s struggles in this area have remained largely unchanged because she has so many things to do on any given day, and they keep tempting her to abandon her manuscripts.

Snelling has to fight to remain seated long enough to write. Fortunately, she loves what she does. Even though she identifies as a Christian author, Snelling’s primary objective is to entertain.

She wants to take her readers on an exciting and emotional journey that makes them cry and laugh.
Her books have a solid Christian message, but she disagrees with Christian authors who place so much emphasis on their message that the story suffers. Snelling believes that God guides her to write words that touch her readers in ways they do not anticipate.

They squeeze inspiration from her books that the author doesn’t always intend. She takes a lot of encouragement from the messages she receives from readers, many of whom have been moved by her novels.

Lauraine Snelling Awards

Snelling’s accolades include The Romantic Times Career Achievement, Silver Angel, and Romantic Writers of America (Golden Heart for Song of Laughter) Awards.

Best Lauraine Snelling Books

The most influential books the author has ever read include ‘Walking on Water’ by Madeleine L ‘Engle, ‘Fiction is Folks’ from Robert Newton Peck and the Bible. Snelling’s best books include:

Ruby: Ruby Torvald and Opal lost their father a long time ago. He went to the Black Hills to seek his fortune. All these years later, Ruby and her younger sister have learned that their father left them an inheritance.

When they leave Chicago for Medora, they do not expect the mining town to surprise them with a bequest from their father.

Untamed Land: Roald and Ingeborg couldn’t wait to reap the treasures their new home had to offer. It took the couple three years to save the money needed to pay for their journey from Norway to New York City.

Once they arrived, they had to travel to Dakota Territory by train and then wagon. The couple was optimistic. They wanted to build a decent life for their family and create a rich heritage for their children.

But their new home on the banks of the Red River had no intention of surrendering its wealth, not without a fight. Their first winter will show the couple whether or not they have the strength to survive.

When Does The Next Lauraine Snelling book come out?

Lauraine Snelling doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is A Season of Harvest and was released on January, 30th 2024. It is the newest book in the Leah's Garden Series.

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  1. I just relocated and needed to get some books from the Christian bookstore as all of my books were in a shipping container and no longer accessible to me—still aren’t. Lo and behold they only had five Christian historical fiction books on their shelves and they were your books—the 4 volume set about the Carlson family and the book where Haaken dies. I loved volume 1 about Signe and because I don’t have access to any other books, I just reread it; loved the way you developed the storyline; felt too much time devoted to volumes 2-4. Wish you had developed the Carlson’s three sons and Kirsten into adulthood etc. For a long time I had all of your books; probably my all time favorite was Daughter of Twin Oaks which I read over and over again several times. I will try somehow to get the last one concluding the life story of Ingeborg.

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