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.
Key facts about Love Comes Softly
Love Comes Softly is a novel by Janette Oke. Readers have had it since 1979. It runs to 237 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Love Comes Softly. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781581650655 to find the main one.
Love Comes Softly is book 1 of 8 in the Love Comes Softly series. The series has 8 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Janette Oke writes Seasons of the Heart, Canadian West and Women of the West, plus 5 more series. Those series sit on our inspirational fiction, historical inspirational fiction and biblical historical fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Unfailing Love is the latest published Janette Oke book on file, from 2022.
About Janette Oke
Janette Oke (born February 18, 1935, in Champion, Alberta, as Janette Steeves) is a Canadian author widely credited with founding the modern inspirational prairie-romance genre. A graduate of Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury, Alberta, where she met her husband Edward, she raised four children before publishing her debut novel, Love Comes Softly, in 1979. See every Janette Oke book in order.
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