
A Promise for Ellie
Daughters of Blessing, Book 1
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Stina Nielsen
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Lauraine Snelling, an award-winning author of over 50 inspiring books, set this compelling novel in Blessing, North Dakota, circa 1900.
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Thorliff's dream of becoming a writer is within reach. Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, he is busy writing articles and stories to pay his way through college. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when a catastrophe hits the town of Blessing, North Dakota. While waiting to hear if any of her applications to medical schools are accepted, Elizabeth takes a nursing position in Chicago. Then a devastating experience on the hospital ward puts her faith in God and her very life on the line.
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Good listen!
- By Niece on 01-21-25
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The Debutante's Code
- Thorndike & Swann Regency Mysteries Series, Book 1
- By: Erica Vetsch
- Narrated by: Kim Bretton
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Newly returned from finishing school, Lady Juliette Thorndike is ready to debut in London society. Due to her years away, she hasn't spent much time with her parents, and sees them only as the flighty, dilettante couple the other nobles love. But when they disappear, she discovers she never really knew them at all. They've been living double lives as government spies-and they're only the latest in a long history of espionage that is the family's legacy.
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Satisfying
- By April Game on 05-14-24
By: Erica Vetsch
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A Tailor-Made Bride
- By: Karen Witemeyer
- Narrated by: Nicole Poole
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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A rising star in Christian fiction, Karen Witemeyer brilliantly blends humor and romance in this compelling debut novel. Texas liveryman Jericho “J.T.” Tucker wants nothing to do with the town’s new dressmaker, Hannah Richardson. He’s all too familiar with her kind - shallow, more devoted to fashion than true beauty. Except for her well-tailored clothing, however, she’s not at all what he expected.
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Very glad I checked this one out!
- By Candace on 05-03-12
By: Karen Witemeyer
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Valley of Dreams
- Wild West Wind
- By: Lauraine Snelling
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning author Lauraine Snelling has written more than 60 books - and over two million copies have been snapped up by devoted fans. In Valley of Dreams, Addy Lockwood suffers the death of her father, her mother having passed years before. With nowhere to go, she stays on with her dad’s Wild West Show - until its new manager runs it into the ground. Setting out to locate the hidden valley of her father’s dreams, Addy is soon swept up in a life-changing adventure.
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Left shaking my head...
- By Amanda on 03-05-15
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The Tutor's Daughter
- By: Julie Klassen
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
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RITA finalist and Christy Award winner Julie Klassen draws high marks from fans for her meticulous attention to detail in her inspirational historical romances. With The Tutor’s Daughter, Klassen sweeps listeners away to the blustery Cornwall coast, where Emma Smallwood and her widowed father take up residence with a baronet and his four sons. As Emma begins teaching the two youngest boys, she becomes plagued by mysterious events.
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I don't care for mysteries, however...
- By susan on 06-04-15
By: Julie Klassen
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A Warrior's Heart
- Brides of Laurent, Book 1
- By: Misty M. Beller
- Narrated by: Melissa Hurst
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Brielle Durand is a key defender and hunter for her people's peace-loving French settlement in the Canadian mountains. When a foreigner wanders too near to their secret homes, she has no choice but to disarm and capture him. She won't allow another massacre like the one that killed her mother a dozen years before. But now, what to do with this man who looks at her in a strange way?
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Love Will Find a Way
- By Kathy on 04-17-25
By: Misty M. Beller
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All That Really Matters
- By: Nicole Deese
- Narrated by: Justis Bolding, Michael Braun, James Babson
- Length: 14 hrs
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Molly McKenzie's bright personality and on-trend fashion and beauty advice have earned her an impressive social-media following, as well as a shiny monthly paycheck. When her manager-turned-boyfriend tells her of an upcoming audition to host a makeover show for America's underprivileged youth, all her dreams finally seem to be coming true. There's just one catch: She has little experience interacting with people in need.
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Deese is amazing!!
- By Deb on 02-20-23
By: Nicole Deese
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Aiming for Love
- Brides of Hope Mountain, Book 1
- By: Mary Connealy
- Narrated by: Barbara McCulloh
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Josephine Nordegren is one of three sisters who grew up nearly wild in southwestern Colorado. She has the archery skills of Robin Hood and the curiosity of the Little Mermaid, fascinated by but locked away from the forbidden outside world - a world she's been raised to believe killed her parents. When David Warden, a rancher, brings in a herd much too close to the girls' secret home, her older sister especially is frightened, but Jo is too interested to stay away.
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Clean read
- By ChrisL1970 on 10-23-19
By: Mary Connealy
Great Book
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Would you listen to A Promise for Ellie again? Why?
Yes. I always seem to hear something I missed in the first listening.Who was your favorite character and why?
The mother. She sees herself through the struggles of her son and his fiance.Which scene was your favorite?
When Peter discovered why his nemesis was in the barn before it burned. Humbling.Enjoyed the book and characters!
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Amazing book!
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Excellent book!
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What did you love best about A Promise for Ellie?
Another good, clean, Christian novel! Stina Nielsen was a very good reader and the story kept me interested. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it highly.What does Stina Nielsen bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I loved her accent!Really Good Book!
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What about Stina Nielsen’s performance did you like?
Stina Nielsen is a very talented narrator, changes her voice for each characterWho was the most memorable character of A Promise for Ellie and why?
Ellie was my heart went out to her.Great Book
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Enjoyable story real people’s problems
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But this did not take away from my enjoyment of the novel. Andrew especially needs to grow up and mature some before he can marry his Ellie, and some very hard life lessons and difficult circumstances serve to help him do so.
Amazing story! But there are glitches in the audio
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Not the 1st in the Series
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Gripping tale
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