Love Comes Softly · Book 1
Love Comes Softly
- Published
- 1 January 1979
- Pages
- 237
- ISBN-13
- 9781581650655
- Type
- novel
About this book
Dated 1979, Love Comes Softly is the first entry in Janette Oke's series and launched the modern inspirational prairie-romance genre. It follows young widow Marty Davis, stranded and pregnant on the 1860s American frontier, entering a marriage of convenience with widowed farmer Clark Davis so each can survive a winter neither could face alone. It spans 237 pages.
Its place in Love Comes Softly
Love Comes Softly is book 1 in the Love Comes Softly series. It is followed by Love's Enduring Promise. See the full Love Comes Softly reading order.
Love Comes Softly is the series that launched Janette Oke's career and, with it, the modern inspirational prairie-romance genre. It opens with young widow Marty Davis, stranded and pregnant on the 1860s American frontier after her husband dies in a wagon accident, entering a marriage of convenience with widowed farmer Clark Davis so that each can survive a winter neither could face alone. What begins as a practical arrangement becomes, over the following volumes, a lifelong love story, and the series widens…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781581650655