Janette Oke
Janette Oke has written at least 70 books. Their most popular book is Love Comes Softly with 26 saves with an average rating of 4.2⭐.
Author Bio
(born 18 February 1935) is a Canadian author and pioneer of inspirational fiction. Her books are often set in a pioneer time period and centered around female protagonists. She is a committed Evangelical Christian.
Janette Steeves was born in the Depression years in Champion, Alberta, to a Canadian prairie farmer and his wife, Fred and Amy Steeves.
She graduated from Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury, Alberta. Janette met her husband Edward Oke (pronounced "oak") while they both attended college. They were married in 1957 and have pastored churches in Indiana, and Calgary and Edmonton, Canada. He later became the president of the college. Janette and Edward had 4 children, including a set of twins. Her daughter, Laurel Oke Logan, has co-written books with Janette.
Her first novel, titled Love Comes Softly, was published by Bethany House in 1979. This book was followed by more than 75 others.
She received the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for her significant contribution to Christian fiction, the 1999 CBA Life Impact Award and has been awarded the Gold Medallion Award for fiction.
 Love Comes Softly
| 4.2 | 18 reads | |
 When Calls the Heart
| 4.1 | 13 reads | |
 Love's Enduring Promise
| 3.6 | 11 reads | |
 The Centurion's Wife
| 4 | 6 reads | |
 Love's Long Journey
| 3.67 | 10 reads | |
 When Comes the Spring
| 2.7 | 7 reads | |
 Love's Abiding Joy
| 3.5 | 8 reads | |
 Love's Unending Legacy
| 3.67 | 7 reads | |
 Love takes wing
| 3.5 | 6 reads | |
 Where Courage Calls
| 4 | 3 reads | |
 The Winds of Autumn
| 3.33 | 4 reads | |
 The Damascus Way The Damascus Way
| 0 | 2 reads | |
 Love's Unfolding Dream
| 3.67 | 5 reads | |
 Love Finds A Home
| 4 | 4 reads | |
The Bluebird and the Sparrow The Bluebird and the Sparrow
| 3 | 2 reads | |
 The Meeting Place
| 3.67 | 3 reads | |
 A Gown of Spanish Lace
| 3 | 3 reads | |
 The Tender Years
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 A Bride for Donnigan A Bride for Donnigan
| 4.5 | 2 reads | |
 Heart of the Wilderness
| 2 | 1 read | |
 The Hidden Flame
| 0 | 1 read | |
 A Woman Named Damaris
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Spring's Gentle Promise
| 3.5 | 2 reads | |
 They Called Her Mrs. Doc
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Another Homecoming
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 When Tomorrow Comes
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Too Long a Stranger
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Where Hope Prevails
| 4 | 1 read | |
 When Hope Springs New (Canadian West #4)
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 Roses for Mama
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Like Gold Refined
| 5 | 1 read | |
 When Breaks the Dawn (Canadian West #3)
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 Return to Harmony
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 Nana's gift
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 Beyond the Gathering Storm
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 Love Finds a Home
| 3 | 1 read | |
 Once Upon a Summer (Seasons of the Heart #1)
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Ducktails
| 0 | 1 read | |
 The Measure of a Heart (Women of the West #6)
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 Drums of Change Drums of Change
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 Dana's Valley Dana's Valley
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 The Matchmakers The Matchmakers
| 3 | 1 read | |
 The Distant Beacon
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The Sacred Shore The Sacred Shore
| 3 | 1 read | |
Once upon a Summer Once upon a Summer
| 3 | 1 read | |
 A Searching Heart
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Where Trust Lies
| 2 | 1 read | |
 The Beloved Land
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The Birthright
| 5 | 1 read | |
 Unyielding Hope
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 The Love Comes Softly: Love's Abiding Joy/Love's Long Journey/Love's Enduring Promise/Love Comes Softly
| 5 | 1 read | |
 Trouble in a fur coat
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 This little pig
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 Love's Unfolding Dream
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 A Quiet Strength
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 The prodigal cat
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 Spunky's first Christmas
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 Spunky's Diary
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 Sustaining Faith
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 What does love look like?
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 When Tomorrow Comes
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 Making memories
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 New kid in town
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 Cote of Many Colors
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 Prairie dog town
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 The impatient turtle
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 Spunky's camping adventure
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 Pordy's prickly problem
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 Maury had a little lamb
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 Who's New at the Zoo?
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