Hidden in a Whisper

  
Hidden in a Whisper
  

  
W E S T W A R D  C H R O N I C L E S
  

TRACIE
PETERSON

  
Hidden in a Whisper
  

Hidden in a Whisper
Copyright © 1999
Tracie Peterson

Cover design by Melinda Schumacher

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Published by Bethany House Publishers
11400 Hampshire Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55438

Bethany House Publishers is a division of
Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN 978-0-7642-0049-6 (2005 edition)

Library of Congress Cataloging has catalogued the original edition as follows:

Peterson, Tracie.
        Hidden in a whisper / by Tracie Peterson.
            p. cm. — (Westward chronicles; 2)
        ISBN 0-7642-2113-2
        I. Title. II. Series: Peterson, Tracie. Westward chronicles; 2.
PS3566.E7717      H53         1999
813′.54—dc21                                                                                                 99–6413
                                                                                                                               CIP

Dedicated to

  
R
amona
  

With thanks for the years of friendship—
for walking through dark valleys with me—
for celebrating in the sun.
You are truly a gift from God.

Books by Tracie Peterson
www.traciepeterson.com
A Slender Thread
•
What She Left for Me
Where My Heart Belongs
A
LASKAN
Q
UEST
Summer of the Midnight Sun
Under the Northern Lights
•
Whispers of Winter
B
RIDES OF
G
ALLATIN
C
OUNTY
A Promise to Believe In
•
ALove to Last Forever
A Dream to Call My Own
T
HE
B
ROADMOOR
L
EGACY
*
A Daughter's Inheritance
•
An Unexpected Love
A Surrendered Heart
B
ELLS
OF
L
OWELL
*
Daughter of the Loom
•
A Fragile Design
These Tangled Threads
Bells of Lowell
(3 in 1)
L
IGHTS
OF
L
OWELL
*
A Tapestry of Hope
•
A Love Woven True
The Pattern of Her Heart
D
ESERT
R
OSES
Shadows of the Canyon
•
Across the Years
Beneath a Harvest Sky
H
EIRS OF
M
ONTANA
Land of My Heart
•
The Coming Storm
To Dream Anew
•
The Hope Within
L
ADIES OF
L
IBERTY
A Lady of High Regard
•
A Lady of Hidden Intent
A Lady of Secret Devotion
W
ESTWARD
C
HRONICLES
A Shelter of Hope
•
Hidden in a Whisper
A Veiled Reflection
YUKON QUEST
Treasures of the North
•
Ashes and Ice
•
Rivers of Gold

*
with Judith Miller

TRACIE PETERSON is a popular speaker and bestselling author who has written more than sixty books, both historical and contemporary fiction. Tracie and her family make their home in Montana.

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