A young Swedish immigrant determined to survive.
A mountain guide haunted by his past.

In the Pacific Northwest, their lives collide in a faith-filled historical romance of courage, forgiveness, and second chances.

Johanna Amalia Nilsdotter Oman has left everything she knows behind. By crossing an ocean and a continent, she now faces the two-hundred-mile journey up the Columbia River into Washington Territory. Her father purchased land near Lyle with dreams of building a sawmill, and Johanna is determined that nothing -- not distance, danger, or loneliness -- will stop her from reaching their new home.

John is a man running from everything. Haunted by shame and regret, he has chosen the wilderness as his grave, determined to vanish into the Washington mountains and die alone.

But before he can disappear, he accepts one final job: guiding a Swedish settler named Nils Oman into the rugged foothills above the Columbia River. The promised twenty dollars will buy him freedom -- or so he believes.

But God has other plans. When Johanna's path collides with John's, both must face the truth they've been running from. In the shadow of towering evergreens and the roar of the Columbia, they will discover that even in the darkest wilderness, God's love brings redemption, healing, and the courage to begin again.

Fans of Christian historical romance, frontier love stories, and faith-filled pioneer fiction will be swept away by this tender story of hope, forgiveness, and second chances in the wild beauty of the Pacific Northwest.

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• Publication Date: December 10, 2023
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• Print Length: 434 Pages
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