Melody Carlson
The Christmas Blessing
It’s November 1944, and Amelia Richards is an unwed mother working as a hairdresser, barely making ends meet in California,…
Delia and the Drifter
Part cowboy and part historical romance, I found my first Melody Carlson story pleasant reading. Delia Blackstone is a university…
Your Heart’s Desire
In 1946, widowed Caroline Marshall and her son, Joe, move to California to start a new life on their own.…
A Home at Trail’s End
This third book in the Homeward on the Oregon Trail series continues, without introduction, the story of Elizabeth Martin, a…
A Dream for Tomorrow
This is the second book in the Home on the Oregon Trail series. Although there is a slight feeling at…
Westward Hearts
Since her husband’s death three years before, in 1851, Elizabeth Martin and her two children have continued running their farm…
Three Days: A Mother’s Story
Melody Carlson has taken up the difficult task of telling the story of Jesus through the eyes of his mother,…
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