daughters of denmark
PERIL AND PROVIDENCE
An historical fiction book series set in eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway, woven with war, romance, and a thread of Norse myth and folklore.
Nine no-spice novels with temporary titles under construction.
Original art created for this website by @kris_tinsart.
Karen Nyenhuis
Author
A particular soldier in the Norwegian artillery inspired six years of research and a mostly fictional story world of nine novels. The stories stand alone with connected characters.
All writing in my books is my own, with no AI generation or revision. Writing is an art and needs errors to enable a writer’s voice.
I learned to write decades ago at Wellesley College, where I wept over paper essays covered in red ink, studied French, and met women with myriad world views. I have read widely on military and religious history prior to 1750 in Northern Europe.
I will ponder publication when all books have 75,000 word second drafts and the story world is set. As of June 2026, I’ve written 342,000 of 675,000 words. This is a full historical epic that spans forty years, so I need a few more years to finish it.
Books in Progress
Book One
Summer in Sweden
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Partial first draft.
Book Two
Summer in Copenhagen
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Partial plot.
Book Three
Winter in Norway
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First draft complete.
Book Four
Autumn in Copenhagen
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Second draft complete.
Book Five
Winter in Bergen
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First draft complete.
Book Six
Christmas in Copenhagen
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First draft halfway.
Book Seven
Winter in Brest
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Second draft complete.
Book Eight
Summer in Bergen
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Third draft halfway.
Book Nine
An Arctic Summer
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First draft halfway.
The old man lifted the watch in his gnarled hands, reverently pressing the crown until the case popped open. “Retournez,” he whispered.
-WINTER IN BREST