An Untamed Heart, Lauraine Snelling
An Untamed Heart, Lauraine Snelling
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An Untamed Heart

Author: Lauraine Snelling

Narrator: Rachel Botchan

Unabridged: 10 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/15/2013


Synopsis

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

About Lauraine Snelling

Lauraine Snelling is the award-winning author of over fifty books, including Blessing in Disguise, Song of Laughter, and Believing the Dream. She won a Silver Angel Award for An Untamed Land and a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart for Song of Laughter. She also writes for a wide range of magazines and teaches at writers' conferences across the country. Lauraine lives in California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristin on August 05, 2016

I’ve really liked other works by this author and I wanted to like this book because the cover is absolutely stunning. Unfortunately, my expectations really fell short. I've actually put off writing this review because I was hoping that maybe I would come to view it differently. I’m kind of disappoint......more

Goodreads review by Sarah Grace on April 24, 2018

I loved this prequel to the Red River of the North series! So amazing! You find out all the backstory behind the characters of Ingeborg, Roald, and their families. 5 stars! A must read, whether you have read the Red River of the North series yet, or not.......more

Goodreads review by Sonya on August 20, 2015

Lauraine Snelling researches thoroughly the aspects that she presents. I enjoyed the development of the plot, setting and historical time frame. I had trouble keeping track of the people. I don't know she could do it better, with the big families intermingling, with cousins, siblings and second cous......more

Goodreads review by Art on December 08, 2013

I enjoyed it. I like Lauraine Snelling's style of writing and I enjoy reading about folks coming from the old world and to the New World. My Wife's Mothers side of the Family came from this part of the world to the Dakota's roughly same time as Ingeborg Strand/Bjorklund. I grew up on the farm and miss......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on November 27, 2014

I loved the thought of this story: How a girl falls in love, but an accident happens and she loses her love, and then she must make a decision of whether or not to marry another man who she doesn't love. All of that really fascinated me. I really liked how the siblings and friends helped each other......more