When the Avalanche Roared

Résumé du livre

"While Lillian Hartwick awaits news of her fiancé's arrival to Wellington, Washington, she cares for her cousin and serves as assistant postmistress. But snows that envelop the Cascades and his work in the busy timber industry in California keep them apart. The simple-minded but kind Griffin Jones, who works odd jobs for the railway, tries his best to gain Lillian's interest as he accepts her offer to educate him. But soon the relentless snows paralyze the town, including a passenger train and mail train halted for days at Wellington. Life takes a deadly turn in the middle of the night when an avalanche sweeps the trains off the tracks and into a deep ravine. Trying desperately to care for the injured, Lillian and Griffin struggle to come terms with this sudden tragedy. In the midst of the catastrophe, their love for each other grows. But will it be enough when Lillian's fiancé finally arrives in the spring, ready to claim her as his own?"--