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In the aftermath of her husband’s murder, Marilee Blackwell is tempted to crawl into a rut and stay there. But she has two teenage sons to raise, a housecleaning business to run, and a mortgage to pay off, so she plods along in her “poor me” state of mind, despondent and fractious.

Saul Abeyta sees through her anger, endures her rebuffs, and waits. But when Marilee resurrects her faith and begins a journey to becoming the woman God wants her to be, Saul is caught off guard because he has absolutely no use for “praying and Bible thumping,” as he calls it.

Now Marilee faces the biggest challenge of her life. Must she walk away from the man who offers security and happiness, or will they find the shared faith to forge a love as rare and elusive as thundersnow?

Colorado’s San Luis Valley holds a special place in Ruby Depuy’s heart. In the shadow of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, she and her husband raised their two children on a cattle ranch. Ruby taught fourth grade in a small rural elementary school. It was a juggling act—cows, calves, and hay on the one hand; lesson plans, papers to grade, and frigid morning playground duties on the other—but she wouldn’t trade those years for anything. Now retired, Ruby has time to pursue her passion for writing, crafting stories of hope and faith set in this beautiful high mountain valley. Thundersnow is a sequel to her first novel, Thunderbird.