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BOOK REVIEW: Minnesoa Brothers
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by: Barbara Warren Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: Minnesota Brothers Author: Lena Nelson Dooley Publisher: Barbour ISBN: 1-59789-108-8 Genre: Inspirational/Romance
Four stories of romance set in the Minnesota farmland.
The Other Brother
Olina Sandstrom left her home in Sweden to marry Lars Nilsson. It had been a long hard journey, made even more heartbreaking by her father’s threat to disown her if she went to America. Olina knew it would be all right when she was reunited with Lars. Except Lars didn’t meet the ship. Instead his older brother Gustaf was there with the news that Lars had moved to Denver and was married. Frightened and alone, Olina was grateful to the Nilson family for taking her in and giving her a home. Although she was angry and hurt by Lars betrayal she found herself strangely attracted to Gustaf, who was strong, steady and dependable. All the things Lars wasn’t. But did Gustaf only see her a friend?
His Brother’s Castoff
August Nilsson had always loved Anna Jenson, but his brother, Gustaf, won her affection. However, Gustaf fell in love with Olina Sandstrum and broke Anna’s heart. Then before August could bring himself to approach Anna, she fell in love with Olaf Johanson and it looked like he had lost again. Olaf died on a hunting trip and Anna decided God didn’t plan for her to marry. Could God heal August from the dark sin of jealousy? Could shy, quiet August Nilsson teach Anna to love again?
Double Deception
Ollie and Lowell Jenson, Anna’s brothers, are in love with the same woman. Pierre Le Blanc and his daughter Rissa, arrive in town and while the Jenson brothers don’t like Pierre, they both want to get better acquainted with the daughter. The trouble is they never know how Rissa will behave. Can the two brothers resolve their hard feelings over a woman who seems to be attracted to first Ollie and then to Lowell? Does Rissa love either of them or is she just playing with their emotions? Was Rissa Le Blanc all she claimed to be?
Gerda’s Lawman
Gerda Nilsson’s brothers had each found love and although she loved their wives, she couldn’t help feeling envious. Would there never be a romance for her? Then Frank Daggett, a former lawman rode into town hot on the trail of a lawless gang. Frank fell in love with Gerda the first time he saw her, but where she was concerned, he couldn’t do anything right. Her family accepted Frank as a friend, her brothers liked him, but Gerda knew she could not allow herself to fall in love with an unbeliever. Could Frank break down the wall Gerda erected between them?
Minnesota Brothers is four stories of young immigrants who found love in their new homeland. |
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