Destiny's Road

The Alaska Collection #2

by Janelle Jamison (pen name), Tracie Peterson

Paterson's novels A Light in the Window, Destiny's Road and Iditarod Dream are collected in this one volume--with Christmas Dream as a bonus. The bleak wilderness of Alaska challenges three women in different eras: Julie, a nurse during the diphtheria epidemic of 1925; Beth, whose Canadian-born husband is killed in World War II; and Rita, who takes on the Iditarod, the ultimate test of endurance.

Genres: Romance, Christian, Historical

227 pages, Hardcover

First published September 23, 2005

About the author

pen name of Tracie Peterson

Reviews

[Margaret Chind]

[Laurie D'ghent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice, light read with nothing inappropriate.

[Carol]

This story starts with Bethany Hogan receiving "the" telegram from the Royal Canadian Air Force in the spring. She remembered how she first met JB when he took her for an airplane ride. Her older son, Gerald, asked if they'd see their daddy again, & she responded that they'd see him in heaven. That night she went over the things in the house, deciding what to keep to help the children remember their father. In the morning she made breakfast for them, oatmeal & cream. Over breakfast they discussed I John 2:28 & their how their daddy loved God so would now be in heaven. Looking at their daddy's picture, she told her younger son, Philip, that his daddy wouldn't want them to be sad, but they didn't know how long it would be until they saw him in heaven. A neighbor visited & gave Beth a chance to refresh herself with a bath while she looked after the boys, making Beth feel like a new woman. Since JB had been gone for months, Beth didn't feel like much had changed, but her friend hoped she'd never find out how Beth felt. In the summer Beth took her sons to Alaska to start a new life.

[Amanda Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this story. It's the second book I've read by Peterson, so I'm pleased to find that I liked this one as well as I did the other (Where My Heart Belongs).