LAURAINE SNELLING

In Minnesota in 1911, Nilda Carlson is torn between life in the city of Blackduck and spending time with her family back home on the farm. Her employer, Mrs. Schoenleber, gives her more and more responsibilty, including leading an exciting new project to help the community’s immigrants. Nilda tries to focus on raising money to build afforable homes for Blackduck’s newcomers, but a provate detective in town keeps stirring up trouble.

Nilda finds herself being distracted by her piano teacher, Fritz Larsson, and she looks forward to his increasingly frequent visits to Blackduck. The more she learns about him, the more she falls for him. Except the man who wants to court her is not Fitz, but a man from Minneapolis whose wealthy background feels like a foreign world to her. Nilda must decide what the future holds for her.

384 pages

9780764232923

BETHANY HOUSE