When the Avalanche Roared (A Day to Remember, #5) by Lauralee Bliss

 

 

Lillian Hartwick is in Wellington, Washington, caring for her cousin and assisting the postmaster when February snows bring all train traffic to a halt. Slow-witted but kind Griffin Jones, who works odd jobs while enduring taunts from rail workers, tries to gain Lillian's interest, but she is awaiting her fiancé's arrival from California. Predawn thunderstorms on Tuesday, March 1, 1910, trigger a devasting avalanche, sweeping two trains down Stevens Pass. Lillian and Griffin work together to help survivors, including Griffin's tormentors, and their feelings for each other grow. But is it enough when Lillian's fiancé finally arrives in the spring, ready to claim her as his own?

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About The Author

 

Lauralee Bliss has always liked to dream big dreams. Since 1997 she's published over thirty books in historical, contemporary, and nonfiction. Lauralee desires that readers will come away with an entertaining story and a lesson that ministers to the heart.

Lauralee (also known as Blissful) is a noted long-distance hiker, completing the Appalachian Trail both north and south and chronicled in "Mountains, Madness, and Miracles - 4000 Miles Along the Appalachian Trail and The Florida Trail in "Gators, Guts and Glory - Adventures Along the Florida Trail" with a total 11,000 career miles. Lauralee continues to enjoy hiking, speaking, and traveling while looking for her next book to write. 

My Review

This is the 5th book in the Day To Remember Series, and this is Lillian Hartwick's story. She is a newly engaged woman, and rather bored, so decides to go to Wellington WA to stay with her cousin, whom is awaiting the birth of her first child, and is about to step into a new world for her. She has been born with the silver spoon, and now she is really about to rough it.

There are a lot of sad happening in this story, but then there are those whom come to faith, or have it renewed.

The avalanche really did happen, but the story and characters are fictional. The author does a good job of bringing the read alive.

There are a lot of life lessons that are given, and then the surprises!

I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Barbour, and was not required to give a positive review.