Thorn in My Heart

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unforgettable saga .as multilayered, mysterious, and joyous as
love and faith can be."—SUSAN WIGGS, New York Times best-selling author
"Wise, heart wrenching, and ultimately triumphant. I couldn't put it down." -FRANCINE withoioi Redeeming Love ^
n the autumn of 1788, amid the moors and glens of the
Scottish Lowlands, two brothers fight to claim one father's blessing, two sisters long to claim one man's heart.
Leana slipped beneath the woolen covers, leaving one taper burning high on the dresser where it would not disturb her slumber. Clouds had moved in and blotted out the moon, for the window was dark, and her whole room, except for the tiny flame, remained pitch black. "As dark as a Yule midnight," Neda would say.
Darkness was nothing to fear. Far greater fears gnawed on Leanas soul. A life without love, without a husband, without children. For her it was no life at all. But what if that was the life the Almighty had chosen for her? If it pleased him, could she bear it?... Tovább

Fülszöveg

unforgettable saga .as multilayered, mysterious, and joyous as
love and faith can be."—SUSAN WIGGS, New York Times best-selling author
"Wise, heart wrenching, and ultimately triumphant. I couldn't put it down." -FRANCINE withoioi Redeeming Love ^
n the autumn of 1788, amid the moors and glens of the
Scottish Lowlands, two brothers fight to claim one father's blessing, two sisters long to claim one man's heart.
Leana slipped beneath the woolen covers, leaving one taper burning high on the dresser where it would not disturb her slumber. Clouds had moved in and blotted out the moon, for the window was dark, and her whole room, except for the tiny flame, remained pitch black. "As dark as a Yule midnight," Neda would say.
Darkness was nothing to fear. Far greater fears gnawed on Leanas soul. A life without love, without a husband, without children. For her it was no life at all. But what if that was the life the Almighty had chosen for her? If it pleased him, could she bear it?
"A moving account of love, deception, redemption, and hope. I was hooked from the first page."
—TRACIE PETERSON, author of Treasures ofthe North
liz curtis higgs is the author of twenty books, including her best-selling nonfiction book. Bad Girls of the Bible; a Gold Medallion award-winning series for children, and two contemporary novels: Mixed Signals, a rita Award Finalist, and
Bookends; a CHRISTY Award Finalist. She is
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