A Measure of Mercy

by Lauraine Snelling

Published 1 September 2009
Eighteen-year-old Astrid Bjorklund has always dreamed of becoming a doctor. She had intended to study medicine in Chicago or Grand Forks, but when a disaster wiped out a major portion of her family's income, Astrid stayed home instead, receiving hands-on training from Dr. Elizabeth.

Joshua Landsverk left Blessing two years ago, but he's never forgotten Astrid. Returning to town, he seeks to court her. Astrid is attracted to him, and when the opportunity unexpectedly opens for her to go to Chicago for medical training, she finds it difficult to leave. Love blossoms through their letters, but upon arriving back home, she makes a heartbreaking discovery. Will she have to give up love to pursue her dream?

No Distance Too Far

by Lauraine Snelling

Published 1 April 2010
Astrid Bjorklund wants to use her medical training to serve God and feels that He might be leading her in the direction of missionary work. Smarting from a misunderstanding with Joshua Landsverk, the young man she thought she loved, she heads east to a missionary training school, hoping to eventually use her skills in some remote outpost in Africa.

When she is called home unexpectedly to help in a family medical emergency, Astrid learns of a deadly measles outbreak on the nearby Indian reservation. She immediately senses the Spirit tugging her to help the Indians and wonders if her "mission field" is not so far away as she had imagined. But if she follows God's call, will love pass her by?

One Perfect Day

by Lauraine Snelling

Published 1 January 2008
This is the story of two mothers who are strangers to one another. The first has two children - twins, a boy and a girl who are seniors in high school. She wants their last Christmas as a family living in the same home to be perfect, but her husband is delayed returning form a business trip abroad. And then there's an accident - a fatal one involving a drunk driver. Meanwhile, the other mother has a daughter who needs a new heart and so the loss of one woman, becomes the miracle the other has desperately prayed for. While one mother grieves, and pulls away from her family, the other is determined to find and thank the woman who returned her daughter to the living.