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Shift: Elin's Story 2
Dalsland, Sweden, 1869.
She’s carrying more than memories.
He’s waiting on the far side of the sea.
And the future is asking for everything.
Seventeen-year-old Elin has always done what’s expected.
She peels the potatoes. Scrubs the floors. Keeps her head down.
But beneath the stillness, a quiet longing grows.
Jonas has already crossed the ocean — chasing the promise of land and freedom in America. Elin stayed behind, tending the life she knows, holding onto the dream of one day joining him. Now, with a secret stirring beneath her apron and a letter pressed to her chest, she must stay safe in the life she’s been given… or risk everything for the life she dares to imagine.
From the moss-covered farms of 1860s Sweden to the bustling docks of Liverpool and the endless skies of Minnesota, Shift is a tender, evocative journey of love, courage, and a young woman learning to carry herself — and her future — across an ocean.
For readers of gentle historical fiction, Scandinavian heritage stories, and anyone who’s ever felt the quiet ache of leaving one world to build another. Perfect for fans of gentle, poetic, character-driven fiction and for readers of Kristin Hannah, Linda Holeman, or Vilhelm Moberg.
She’s carrying more than memories.
He’s waiting on the far side of the sea.
And the future is asking for everything.
Seventeen-year-old Elin has always done what’s expected.
She peels the potatoes. Scrubs the floors. Keeps her head down.
But beneath the stillness, a quiet longing grows.
Jonas has already crossed the ocean — chasing the promise of land and freedom in America. Elin stayed behind, tending the life she knows, holding onto the dream of one day joining him. Now, with a secret stirring beneath her apron and a letter pressed to her chest, she must stay safe in the life she’s been given… or risk everything for the life she dares to imagine.
From the moss-covered farms of 1860s Sweden to the bustling docks of Liverpool and the endless skies of Minnesota, Shift is a tender, evocative journey of love, courage, and a young woman learning to carry herself — and her future — across an ocean.
For readers of gentle historical fiction, Scandinavian heritage stories, and anyone who’s ever felt the quiet ache of leaving one world to build another. Perfect for fans of gentle, poetic, character-driven fiction and for readers of Kristin Hannah, Linda Holeman, or Vilhelm Moberg.
145 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 16, 2025
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