Spring Thaw

by Tammy Fish

Overview

When an unforeseen accident tramples her dreams, Selena trudges through a desert of loneliness caring for an invalid husband. Finding herself a widow at twenty-eight, she grasps at the chance to experience a new life. Answering an advertisement for a marriage of convenience, she agrees to the platonic arrangement in order to care for the man’s young son. Leaving her home in Illinois, she travels by train to Oregon to discover a very different world from the one she left behind. Mesmerized by the beauty of this new land, she finds faith and fulfillment, but she never expects to find love.

Dirk lost his wife long before his son’s birth. Bitterness and pain solidified his emotions like the snowpack on Mt. Hood. He needs a mother for his son, but nothing more, so he places his request: No pictures necessary, references only. Selena agrees to the arrangement, but her heart interferes. Will Selena’s patient endurance be enough to melt her husband’s frozen heart?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940152525571
Publisher:	Tammy Fish
Publication date:	12/21/2015
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	324 KB

About the Author

Marriages of convenience have fascinated me ever since I received Love Comes Softly as a gift in 1978. When I married my husband years later and found out that his grandmother traveled from Italy in 1923 to wed a man she never met, I was intrigued. What prompts a woman to leave everything, travel half-way around the world, and marry a stranger? The concept planted seeds of curiosity, but it took years for those ideas to germinate. Over the progression of time, I moved from my New England roots to Oregon, my husband’s birthplace. Like Selena, I traveled along the mesmerizing Columbia River as we drove the final miles to our new home. I identified with the distinct wonders of this new land, and I fell in love with its beauty. Spring Thaw is not Grandma Serafin’s story any more than it is mine, but snippets of our lives permeate the pages.

Hours of fastidious research into Portland’s history, even to the selected idioms used throughout the storyline, add to the authenticity of my novel. I do ask that you accept my apology for digressing from that strict code to use the NIV version for my scripture references within the text. I felt this translation best captured the intent of my thoughts.

I hope after reading this novel you too will fall in love with the beauty of God's majesty and love.