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Heartache and regret, boldness and sacrifice. What will restoration cost the beloved Norgaard family?
Aven Norgaard understands courage. Orphaned within an Irish workhouse, then widowed at just nineteen, she voyaged to America where she was wooed and wed by Thor Norgaard, a Deaf man in rural Appalachia. That the Lord saw her along the winding journey and that Aven now carries Thor’s child are blessings beyond measure. Yet while Thor holds her heart, it is his younger brother and rival who haunts her memories. Haakon—whose selfish choices shattered her trust in him.
Having fled the farm after trying to take Aven as his own, Haakon sails on the North Atlantic ice trade where his soul is plagued with regrets that distance cannot heal. Not even the beautiful Norwegian woman he’s pursued can ease the torment. When the winds bear him home after four years away, Haakon finds the family on the brink of tragedy. A decades-old feud with the neighboring farm has wrenched them into the fiercest confrontation on Blackbird Mountain since the Civil War. Haakon’s cunning and strength hold the power to seal many fates, including Thor’s which is already at stake through a grave illness brought to him as the first prick of warfare. |
Now Haakon faces the hardest choice of his life. One that shapes a battlefield where pride must be broken enough to be restored, and where a prodigal son may finally know the healing peace of surrender and the boundless gift of forgiveness. And when it comes to the woman he left behind in Norway, he just might discover that while his heart belongs to a daughter of the north, she’s been awaiting him on shores more distant than the land he’s fighting for.
From Christy Award–winning author Joanne Bischof comes Daughters of Northern Shores: the highly anticipated sequel to her moving novel Sons of Blackbird Mountain.
From Christy Award–winning author Joanne Bischof comes Daughters of Northern Shores: the highly anticipated sequel to her moving novel Sons of Blackbird Mountain.
“The Norgaard brothers and their families will steal your heart.” --Catherine West, author of Where Hope Begins
Christian Historical Romance
Paperback & ebook, 368 Pages
March 12th 2019 by Thomas Nelson
Paperback & ebook, 368 Pages
March 12th 2019 by Thomas Nelson
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"VERDICT Christy- and Carol Award-winning author Bischof (The Lady and the Lionheart) creates endearing characters and a heartwarming story line in this unforgettable novel about the power of family, love, and the true meaning of home. Fans of Kristy Cambron, Julie Klassen, and Susan Meissner will love this one." - Library Journal
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Excerpt
The air inside was dim and stagnant. Ripe with the scent of musty wood. A fresh leak had blossomed in the far corner, and sunlight hadn’t been kind to the curtains hanging on the windows. Aven stepped to them and fingered a hem just as she’d done when Haakon had stood beside her. He’d raised the curtain rod into place, giving her that boyish smile as he did. Just before the back of his hand had touched her arm. A coaxing—a pleading—for her to choose him.
A would-be lover who had lost her to Thor, losing his own way in the aftermath.
With a shuddering breath, Aven set the map on a wobbly table and turned away. Not wanting to linger, she stepped out and bolted the door before pressing the key back from sight.
Turning, she spotted a flash of white overhead and shielded her eyes to spy the lone herring gull dipping beneath the spread of clouds. She walked back toward Jorgan, still watching the sea bird that arced down to soar over the treetops of this land. It let out an urgent call, a cry for waters to rest upon, as it curved in a slow circle above towering pines.
“You are far from home, little one.” Chilled, she wrapped her arms around herself, thankful for the earthy scent of Thor’s shirt as she stepped farther down the lane. “But I do believe you’ll fare just fine,” she whispered.
As Aven neared Jorgan, the bird dipped and turned back the way it had come, wings spread sure and steady. Not so much as a falter in the steady pump, pump, pump as it rose higher. A determination. A steady climbing. And a reminder that just like a bird seeking a haven, the lost would do all they could to find their way home.
A would-be lover who had lost her to Thor, losing his own way in the aftermath.
With a shuddering breath, Aven set the map on a wobbly table and turned away. Not wanting to linger, she stepped out and bolted the door before pressing the key back from sight.
Turning, she spotted a flash of white overhead and shielded her eyes to spy the lone herring gull dipping beneath the spread of clouds. She walked back toward Jorgan, still watching the sea bird that arced down to soar over the treetops of this land. It let out an urgent call, a cry for waters to rest upon, as it curved in a slow circle above towering pines.
“You are far from home, little one.” Chilled, she wrapped her arms around herself, thankful for the earthy scent of Thor’s shirt as she stepped farther down the lane. “But I do believe you’ll fare just fine,” she whispered.
As Aven neared Jorgan, the bird dipped and turned back the way it had come, wings spread sure and steady. Not so much as a falter in the steady pump, pump, pump as it rose higher. A determination. A steady climbing. And a reminder that just like a bird seeking a haven, the lost would do all they could to find their way home.
Taken from “Daughters of Northern Shores” by Joanne Bischof.
Copyright © 2019 by Joanne Bischof. Used by permission of http://www.thomasnelson.com/.
Copyright © 2019 by Joanne Bischof. Used by permission of http://www.thomasnelson.com/.
Joanne Bischof
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Joanne Bischof is an ACFW Carol Award and ECPA Christy Award-winning author. She writes deeply layered fiction that tugs at the heartstrings. She was honored to receive the San Diego Christian Writers Guild Novel of the Year Award in 2014 and in 2015 was named Author of the Year by the Mount Hermon conference. Joanne’s 2016 novel, The Lady and the Lionheart, received an extraordinary 5 Star TOP PICK! from RT Book Reviews, among other critical acclaim. She lives in the mountains of Southern California with her three children.
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One winner will receive a print copy of DAUGHTERS OF NORTHERN SHORES and a Thomas Nelson/Zondervan custom tote bag (book and bag shown are examples, not actual prize)
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Ends March 20, 2019
Ends March 20, 2019
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