Vikki Kestell
Author
Series
Prairie Heritage volume 1
Pub. Date
2012, 1988.
Description
Rose Brownlee has lost more than most can endure. Now she must find a way to move on with her life. Will she bow to conventional wisdom or will she, like Abraham of old, choose to follow where God leads her ... even to a wild and strange land she does not know? Set in the American prairie of the late 1800s, this story of loss, disillusionment, rebirth, and love will inspire, challenge, and encourage you.
Author
Series
Prairie heritage volume 6
Pub. Date
[2014], ©2014
Description
Joy Thoresen Michaels has lost the two most precious people in her life: her husband and her only child. She cannot receive her husband back from the dead, but she has hope for her son--hope that he will be recovered: "I spoke a moment ago about my prairie heritage--the enduring faith my papa and mama lived as an example for me. It is because of their faith that I have such hope for Edmund even though he is, today, lost to us. You see, what is lost...
Author
Series
Prairie heritage volume 7
Pub. Date
[2016], ©2016
Description
Who am I really? Kari wondered again. I am not Kari Hillyer. Not Kari Granger. They tell me my real name is Kari Thoresen Michaels. But who is that person? She frowned. And where are my sister and brother? Who took them? Where are they now? "Lord, my uncle and my cousins urge me to trust you. They say that you will help me through this difficult transition. And they say that you know where Elaine and Samuel are, that I can trust you--that in you the...
4) Tabitha
Author
Series
Girls from the mountain volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015], ©2015
Description
As this tenacious, redeemed woman perseveres toward her vocation, her temper and stubborn independence threaten to derail her aspirations. Will Tabitha pass the trial by fire that is necessary for God to truly use her? And what is Tabitha to do with her feelings for Mason Carpenter, the man who simply refuses to give up on her? Is it even possible for God to ordain a shared future for two such different people, both with fervent callings upon their...
Author
Series
Prairie heritage volume 4
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Description
The Captive Within opens the day after Joy on This Mountain ends. The two infamous houses of Corinth, Colorado, are closed and the young women who had been imprisoned there have been released. Soon after, Rose and Joy leave Corinth to establish a home and a haven for "their" girls in Denver. Before long, Rose and Joy face a heartrending challenge: What does it take to unlock and free the soul of a defiled woman? And as they wrestle for a foothold...
Author
Series
Girls from the mountain volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018], ©2018
Description
Martha Palmer, the generous benefactor of Palmer House—a most extraordinary refuge for young women rescued from prostitution—has died. Denver society turns out in strength to honor the elderly woman, as do many of the young women who have lived, at some point during the past decade, under the roof of Palmer House and under the steady and godly leadership of Rose Thoresen. For Sarah Ellinger, Rose’s trusted right hand, an invitation to the reading...
Author
Series
Prairie Heritage volume 9
Description
The poignant and unforgettable conclusion to the series, A Prairie Heritage
Fall 1923. After a thirteen-year absence, Rose Thoresen is returning to her beloved RiverBend. It may well be her final visit.
Edmund O’Dell, Rose’s son-in-law, has accepted the job as head of the Chicago Pinkerton office. As he prepares to move his family from Denver to Chicago, Rose faces a difficult Will she continue at Palmer House where she has led many fallen women...
Author
Series
Prairie Heritage volume 2
Pub. Date
2014
Description
After braving an ocean crossing and an arduous journey west, Jan Thoresen and his family encounter a land so vast and wide that it defies mastery. Will Jan find a way to overcome this wild land?
9) Tory
Author
Series
Girls from the mountain volume 2
Description
Victoria Washington—sophisticated and elegant, owner of Victoria’s House of Fashion, designer of haute couture gowns for the wealthy and elite of Denver, a brilliant and successful business woman in her own right. Tory, as she is known to her friends, is also a supporter of Palmer House—a most extraordinary refuge for young women rescued from prostitution.
Deceived, kidnapped, and beaten into submission, the girls of Palmer House had been held...
Author
Series
Prairie Heritage volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
"The little town of Corinth, Colorado, lies in the gateway to the majestic Rocky Mountains, just west of Denver ... just far enough from the city to avoid close scrutiny. Few know of the wickedness hidden in the small town, set so picturesquely in the foothills of the mountains."--Back cover.
11) Stolen
Author
Series
Prairie Heritage volume 5
Pub. Date
[2014], ©2014
Description
"Stolen returns to Denver and Palmer House—a most extraordinary refuge for young women rescued from prostitution—and to the lives of Rose Thoresen, Joy Thoresen Michaels, and their unorthodox “family.” Taking up where The Captive Within leaves off, Stolen finds Mei-Xing safe, but after six harrowing months of captivity, Mei-Xing stuns those who love her when she returns to Palmer House with child. If Su-Chong’s mother, Fang-Hua Chen, discovers...
12) The heart of joy
Author
Series
Prairie heritage volume 8
Pub. Date
2020, 2016.
Description
"Joy Michaels, grieving mother and widow, resides in an aging but remarkable Denver home: a beautiful, three-story Victorian/Queen Anne mansion resplendent with towers, turrets, peaks, and gables and known locally as Palmer House. Palmer House--a most extraordinary refuge for young women rescued from prostitution. Joy and her mother, Rose Thoresen, share the responsibilities of ministering to and mentoring the young women who live under Palmer House's...
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