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Singing and dancing, rejoicing and praising. Fields of Bounty, book three in the Leah’s Garden series, has been released on March 21, 2023. Lilac Nielsen’s dream has come true: handsome young Reverend Ethan Pritchard has finally noticed her. Yet she must balance this new courtship with the pursuit of another dream–the publication of her artwork…

Lauraine was recently interviewed by Lola Weinreis on “The Coffee Break,” the daily Christian talk and local events program featured on Hope Radio KCMI 97.1FM of the Scottsbluff, Nebraska area. Lots of talk about the “Blessing” series and lots of fun! You can listen to the interview on “The Coffee Break” website, here.

The North Dakota State Library recently released a video called “A Day in the Life of a Talking Book.” This video shows the process the library uses to record and share ‘Talking Books’ for North Dakota’s blind residents. What a great idea! I was beyond excited to learn that the video features my novel, “A…

Reachout & Solid Grounds, Fond du Lac, WI Half Finished was released in March and since I don’t do the Midwest before spring weather–I know, I know, call me names if you will! We’ve held off on the release party because Fond du Lac, WI was where I set the book and where I wanted…

I had the chance to be interviewed by author and friend Roseanna M. White on her “Roseanna White Live” online show just this last week! The technology is amazing to allow us all to connect together like this! We discussed my writing career’s beginnings, my latest works, and laughed quite a lot! You can view…

Faithworks / March 2019 Welcome my latest publication, Half Finished: “Recognizing how common it is for crafters to start many projects and finish few, a group of women join together to form a guild -Unfinished Projects Anonymous-to keep each other on track and accountable. As life unexpectedly changes for one of the members, this ensemble…

Bethany House / August 2019 In Minnesota in 1911, Nilda Carlson is torn between society 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 responsibility and experience, including recommending new opportunities for her philanthropy. Still new to America…

Happy holidays to you and yours! I hope it is a special time for your family, with a little downtime to curl up next to the fire with a great book, too. Let me add my own holiday greeting to the stack of Christmas cards and gifts growing next to the tree. Click here to…

Bethany House / November 2018 / Paperback Nilda Carlson’s dreams are coming true. Though her first few months in America were difficult, her life now resembles the images that filled her daydreams in Norway. Together, she and her family work their farm and fell trees for lumber. Everything is finally going right. When Nilda is…

October 18, 2018, 6:30pm, Vancouver WA It’s not every day a little ACFW chapter can host an international bestselling author of over 80 books who has had a career spanning three decades–a speaker of such repute that she was the keynoter at one of the ACFW conferences. As a sought-after speaker, Lauraine encourages others to…