Alaskan Waters Series by AnnaLee Conti

“Mommy! Wake up!” a little girl screams. But the woman on the beach lies cold and wet and still. Evie Parker is plagued by a recurring nightmare from her childhood – who is the woman in her dream? What does it mean? A deathbed confession compels Evie to leave her home in Rhode Island and travel to the Territory of Alaska, where she struggles to unravel a past shrouded in mystery... more“Mommy! Wake up!” a little girl screams. But the woman on the beach lies cold and wet and still. Evie Parker is plagued by a recurring nightmare from her childhood – who is the woman in her dream? What does it mean? A deathbed confession compels Evie to leave her home in Rhode Island and travel to the Territory of Alaska, where she struggles to unravel a past shrouded in mystery. Can she come through storms, both physical and emotional, to open her heart to true love? Author AnnaLee Conti’s gripping story explores the power of secrets, love, and forgiveness. less

“Oh, Kristina, what have I done? No matter what you hear about me, you’re the one I love.” Norman Pedersen hunches his body into the biting wind as he stands at the bow of the seiner. Even that discomfort does not distract him from the relentless, crushing pain in his heart. Full of hope and ambition, he had come to Alaska to make his fortune and return to Norway to marry Kristina Michelsen, the love of his life. The future had looked so promising... more“Oh, Kristina, what have I done? No matter what you hear about me, you’re the one I love.” Norman Pedersen hunches his body into the biting wind as he stands at the bow of the seiner. Even that discomfort does not distract him from the relentless, crushing pain in his heart. Full of hope and ambition, he had come to Alaska to make his fortune and return to Norway to marry Kristina Michelsen, the love of his life. The future had looked so promising. Charmed by the beautiful but conniving Cecilia, he now feels like a man condemned to a life sentence. He’s let down everyone he loves. Will Norman ever find his true “star to steer by” in this exciting sequel to Till the Storm Passes By? less

Is she jumping from a city firetrap into a wilderness icebox? Violet Channing, orphaned at a young age, is tossed about by life’s turbulent waters when the aunt who raised her dies. She wants nothing more than to be a schoolteacher. Living in a Boston tenement in 1915, barely able to survive, she accepts a job as a live-in teacher for a sick child in the harsh Yukon Territory. Sailing up the Inside Passage of Alaska, she falls in love with a dashing Yukon riverboat captain... moreIs she jumping from a city firetrap into a wilderness icebox? Violet Channing, orphaned at a young age, is tossed about by life’s turbulent waters when the aunt who raised her dies. She wants nothing more than to be a schoolteacher. Living in a Boston tenement in 1915, barely able to survive, she accepts a job as a live-in teacher for a sick child in the harsh Yukon Territory. Sailing up the Inside Passage of Alaska, she falls in love with a dashing Yukon riverboat captain. Just when her life feels as beautiful as her new surroundings, tragedy strikes again. Can Violet allow her losses to make her better not bitter and learn to love again in this continuing saga of the loves, tragedies, and second chances of a Norwegian immigrant family who must battle the beautiful but often dangerous waters of early twentieth century Southeast Alaska? less