Rane: “Jody Hedlund works always show the strength in the human spirit.

Chesney: “The author has a way of pulling you in and never wanting to leave.

New issues are brought to light, and left unsolved, and I am anticipating that we will have more to come from the Neumann sisters as the series continues.”

So many twists and turns and surprises along the way. It is a wonderful read for fans of Elizabeth Camden.”

Christian Market: “This book is a powerful and historically grounded story about finding your own strength and worth through faith.

RT Book Reviews: “The first book in the Orphan Train series features a sweet yet intense romance that builds between a young woman devoted to truth and honor and a rich man just learning the reality that exists outside of his comfortable life.

Booklist: “Hedlund has effectively captured the hopelessness, volatility, and uncertainty of the times in the first book in her Orphan Train series, a heart-stirring story of survival and love filled with memorable characters.” - Shelley Mosley, Starred review.

Hedlund’s Cinderella story, shedding light on the hardships women faced in both the East Coast cities and the developing West in the 1850s, is a pleasant romance with plenty of twists to keep readers engaged until the final page.”

Publisher’s Weekly: “Christy Award–winner Hedlund ( For Love and Honor) crafts an enjoyable first installment of the Orphan Train Series, about the women involved with the 19th-century movement to resettle orphaned children from the crowded East Coast slums to the Midwest.

He doesn’t plan on meeting a feisty young woman on his way west, though. Thornton is tired of standing in his twin brother’s shadow and is determined to win his father’s challenge. His father is dying, and in order to decide which of his sons will inherit everything, he is requiring them to do two things in six months: build a sustainable town along the Illinois Central Railroad, and get married.

The son of one of New York City’s wealthiest entrepreneurs, Thornton Quincy faces a dilemma. Even though Elise doesn’t want to leave her sisters for a job in Illinois, she realizes this may be their last chance. She’s had experience as a seamstress, and the New York Children’s Aid Society has established a special service: placing out seamstresses and trade girls. When a financial crisis in 1850s New York leaves three orphaned sisters nearly destitute, the oldest, Elise Neumann, knows she must take action.

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