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Come Unto Me by Gerald N. Lund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the Galilee to Jerusalem to the great city of Rome, Come Unto Me continues the story of the people whose lives are forever changed by the teachings of a simple carpenter from Nazareth. Award-winning author Gerald N. Lund masterfully blends the biblical account of the greatest story ever told with unforgettable fictional characters in this dramatic epic...Categorized as:
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For Love or Honor by Sarah M. Eden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the moment they met, Marjie’s heart has belonged to handsome Captain Stanley Jonquil, younger brother of the Earl of Lampton. But six long months ago, when Stanley’s sense of honor required that he do as he had sworn and return to the Continent to fight in defense of King and country, neither Stanley nor Marjie could have dreamed what the cost of his service would be...Categorized as:
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The Lady and the Lionheart by Joanne Bischof
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo worlds collide when the circus comes to Victorian-era Virginia.Raised amid the fame and mystique of the Big Top, Charlie Lionheart holds the audience in the palm of his hand. But while his act captivates thousands, it’s away from the spotlight where his true heart lies...Categorized as:
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This Courageous Journey by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Christian Historical Romance Novel As the fifth daughter in a family of nine, Noelle Grant spent her life striving to be unique. Her love of telling stories helps define her goal—to be known around the country as one of the top news correspondents of her time... -
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Fishers of Men by Gerald N. Lund
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFishers of Men is a sweeping epic filled with memorable characters who bring to life an extraordinary time in the history of the world. It is a story about the importance of family, the power of faith, the miracle of forgiveness, and the strength needed to follow your heart...Categorized as:
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New Day Rising, A by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSpring of 1884 in Dakota Territory brings the promise of ... A New Day Rising The dream of a farmstead and a good life in America had led Roald and Inegborg Bjorklund to cross the Atlantic and pioneer the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. But Roald's tragic disappearance in a winter storm had turned Ingeborg's dreams into a living nightmare...Categorized as:
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All is Well by Gerald N. Lund
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGerald Lund's magnificent historical novels have sold millions of copies and stand as a monument to the struggles and the trials of the early saints. The reader will follow and fall in love with the fictional Steed family as the wonderful characters come vividly to life...Categorized as:
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Mac's Way by Reg Quist
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRaised in poverty in Missouri, Mac is determined to find a better life for himself and the girl who is still a vague vision in his mind. Work on the Santa Fe Trail, and on a Mississippi River boat give him a start, but the years of Civil War leave him broke and footloose in South Texas. There he discovers more cattle running loose than he ever knew existed... -
The Lady and the Mountain Fire by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Christian Historical Romance Novel Claire Sullivan has a soft spot for helping those in need. So when her widowed grandmother becomes blind, Claire is determined to travel to the Montana Territory to care for her. But she never imagined the country would be so wild compared to her North Carolina home. Even the local doctor doesn't seem to have a kind bone in his body... -
This Homeward Journey by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s desperate for a new life in the Canadian mountains…He’s the last person she should trust to get her there.After her husband’s death, Rachel Gray is finally free from the turmoil his addictions caused. She wants nothing more than a new life with her twelve-year-old son. If she can reach her brother in the wilderness of the Canadian territories, they’ll have help to start over in peace...Categorized as:
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So Great a Cause by Gerald N. Lund
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsGerald Lund's magnificent historical novels have sold millions of copies and stand as a monument to the struggles and the trials of the early saints. The reader will follow and fall in love with the fictional Steed family as the wonderful characters come vividly to life. In volume 8, the pioneer trek begins. The Steed family is scattered among the different groups heading to Zion...Categorized as:
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Pillar of Light by Gerald N. Lund
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"You believe me, don't you, Nathan." It was not a question, but a statement, filled with wonder.It stunned Nathan."You believe it all. I can see it on your face."For a moment, time seemed suspended as Nathan probed the inward recesses of his soul. There was still the incredulousness, still the sense of hearing something that couldn't possibly be true. And yet he knew it was...Categorized as:
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Like a Fire Burning by Gerald N. Lund
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSwept up in the drama of an infant Church expanding westward into Ohio and Missouri, the fictional Steed family members become eyewitnesses to miracles as well as the horror of mob violence. This groundbreaking historical fiction series is filled with little known historical information that will captivate the reader...Categorized as:
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Courage in the Mountain Wilderness by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeeping her son safe on this epic journey may be harder than she imagined. Caleb Jackson is on a journey. And not just the mission he and his friends have embarked on to fetch the Nez Perce chief’s runaway daughter. Maybe someday, he could also find God’s plan for his life...Categorized as:
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An Untamed Land by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShe had promised herself that once they left the fjords of Norway, she would never look back. The promise of free land lures Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund from their beloved home high above the fjords of Norway, and after three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America, they finally arrive at the docks of New York City...Categorized as:
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Brogan: Cowboy Pride by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristian Historical Western Romance Special Price until 1/31/20 Cowboy Brogan Kavanagh wants nothing better than to be left alone. Unfortunately, he’s left with no option and helps two women travelers. The Oldest spitfire, Ciara doesn’t trust him one bit and is constantly on her guard. Brogan is both amused and insulted by her attempts to keep him at arm’s length...Categorized as:
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Fitzpatrick: Cowboy Reluctant by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings...Categorized as:
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Sir Quinlan and the Swords of Valor by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo friends face the Dark Knight’s deadliest scheme, but only one knight has the courage to overcome.Sir Quinlan leaves his boyhood friend to serve the Prince, fighting a battle darker and more intense than any he’s ever known...Categorized as:
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Sword and Serpent by Taylor R. Marshall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn A.D. 299, the Roman oracles ceased to prophesy for the Emperor Diocletian. The silence of the gods sparks a bloody storm of persecution that sweeps across the Roman Empire. As the fires of suspicion and hatred ignite all around them, a young man and a young woman are united by a prophecy from the catacombs of Rome...one that will set them on a journey to battle an evil beyond imagining...Categorized as:
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An Officer, Not a Gentleman by Elizabeth Johns
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDespite Tobin O'Neill's humble origins, he finds himself a lieutenant in His Majesty's army, serving on Wellington's staff. When the roguish Irishman strikes up an unlikely friendship with a General's daughter, they somehow become enmeshed in navigating the perils of the greatest battle of their age.Bridget Murphy had grown up following the drum...Categorized as:
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Oregon Dreams by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJohanna Thompson and her family are traveling on the infamous Oregon Trail with high hopes of a better life waiting for them on the other side of the mountains. Johanna wants to become a school teacher but her Pa has a different idea of an appropriate future for his daughter. Rick Hughes has inherited two small children, a wagon and a dream to go to Oregon. Problem is, it wasn’t his dream... -
Under the Midnight Sun by Tracie Peterson, Kimberley Woodhouse
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTayler Hale is ahead of her time as one of the first women naturalists. She has always loved adventure and the great outdoors, and her remote job location also helps keep her away from the clutches of the man to whom she once made a foolish promise. It seems she must keep running, however, and in secret, her boss from Yellowstone arranges for a new job . . . in Alaska...Categorized as:
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The Heart of a Cowboy by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrilliant scientist Linnea Newberry is on the adventure of a lifetime, traveling the Santa Fe Trail with her grandfather, Dr. Powell, on a botanical expedition to Colorado Territory. She longs to be taken seriously by the other team members, but at every calamity she faces, her grandfather threatens to send her home...Categorized as:
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The Runaway Bride by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHaunted by mistakes in her past, will she ever again trust her heart to another?Wealthy Arabella Lawrence flees to British Columbia on a bride ship, still bearing the scars of past mistakes. One of the few single women in the boomtown, she immediately attracts suitors, but she is determined not to find herself trapped again by making a poor choice.Vying for her hand are two very different men...Categorized as:
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The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Hollisters, a bright, spirited, wholesome family, are compelled to move into the country. After many efforts to secure a home, Shirley, eldest of the Hollisters, contrives a way out by renting a magnificent old stone barn at a ridiculously low price, transforming it into a house...Categorized as:
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Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeth and Alex survive a stage coach accident. Beth realizes the derelict in the stagecoach with her is a doctor and she forces him to help tend the injured. Alex finds he can care for the patients as long as Beth is right beside him... yelling at him. Alex saves Beth's sister’s life, but he only has the courage to treat patients as long as Beth is there...Categorized as:
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Hope Within, The by Tracie Peterson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings1886 Montana stands on the brink of statehood, and Dianne Selby finds her world turned upside down. Cole takes her and the children to Kansas to care for his dying father, but after the funeral, Cole's mother insists he stay and take over his inheritance. Unable to deal with her mother-in-law's cruel treatment, Dianne takes the children back to Montana alone...Categorized as:
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Sharpshooter in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMandy McClellen Grey, has become the focus of a feud thanks to her husband, who made this mess and then died. Far from home, Mandy, the best little rifle woman in the west, has resigned herself to a lonely life under siege rather than call for help and endanger her family...Categorized as:
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Aiming for Love by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJosephine Nordegren is one of three sisters who grew up nearly wild in southwestern Colorado. She has the archery skills of Robin Hood and the curiosity of the Little Mermaid, fascinated by but locked away from the forbidden outside world--a world she's been raised to believe killed her parents...Categorized as:
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The Coming Storm by Tracie Peterson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHeirs of Montana book 2, the sequel to the bestselling Land of My Heart . With the love of her life missing in the Montana wilderness, a young woman must manage a ranch on her own. 1870 Montana ranching proves to be a hard life for Dianne Chadwick. Her &supl;ancé, Cole Selby, has yet to return from his journey east...Categorized as:
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The Gospel According to Todd by R.A. Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTodd Heller is an arrogant ER physician who stubbornly denies the existence of God. A ministering angel forces him back in time to the harsh, primitive culture of ancient Israel so he can witness the miracles of Jesus with his own eyes. Meticulously researched for historical accuracy, this plot is woven into the gospel account of the final year of Christ’s ministry...Categorized as:
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A Crown in the Stars by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Crown in the Stars follows the growing rebellion of mankind as the tribes of the earth continue building the great tower begun by Nimr-Rada (commonly known as Nimrod). After the Most High Himself thwarts their plans by confounding human speech, He comforts His followers by revealing to them the identity of Avram, father of the tribe that will bring forth their savior, the Promised One...Categorized as:
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Donnell: Cowboy Scrutiny by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat Woman in Her Right Mind Would be Trusting Enough to Become a Mail-Order Bride?Having no other options Clarissa Plunkett makes a terrifying decision to become a Mail-Order Bride. She's never been anyplace other than her boarding school in Pennsylvania. Worried and unsure she agrees to marry, Joe Kingsley of Texas.She exits the stagecoach and to her dismay no one knows Joe Kingsley... -
Deadlier Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A passionate, heartwarming story of the iconic MacLarens of Fire Mountain. This captivating historical western romance grabs your attention from the start with an engrossing story encompassing two romances set against the rugged backdrop of the burgeoning western frontier.” Connor MacLaren’s search has already stolen eight years of his life...Categorized as:
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Stronger than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Smart, tough, and capable, the MacLarens protect their own no matter the odds. Set against America’s rugged frontier, the stories of the men from Fire Mountain are complex, fast-paced, and a must read for anyone who enjoys non-stop action and romance.” Drew MacLaren is focused and strong...Categorized as:
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From Cairo, With Love (Timeless Romance Single) by Nancy Campbell Allen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the publisher of the USA TODAY bestselling & #1 Amazon bestselling Timeless Romance Anthology series in Clean & Wholesome Romance, comes the Timeless Romance Singles line. FROM CAIRO, WITH LOVE: A brand new historical romance novella from bestselling author Nancy Campbell Allen...Categorized as:
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The Lord: The Tenth Day by Danica Favorite
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... Desperately trying to avoid an arranged marriage to a cruel lord, an heiress takes on Minnie Gold’s identity to marry a man she hopes will be kind. He has to be better than what her parents have planned...Categorized as:
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Losing Lincoln by Stephenia H. McGee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The time has come when I must change my plan...." She thought she'd saved them all, but now a more nefarious plot emerges, increasing the stakes and threatening to bring a nation to its knees. Displaced, rejected, forsaken… Annabelle finds herself pulled farther from home and ever closer to the malicious repercussions of war...Categorized as:
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Tad's Treasure by Shanna Hatfield, Grandma's Wedding Quilts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe never intended to fall in love with her A sweet, historic western novella (Book 12, Grandma's Wedding Quilts series) Tad Palmer makes a promise to his dying friend to watch over the man’s wife and child. Years later, he continues to keep an eye on Posey Jacobs and her precocious little boy...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Wilhelmina by Sophie Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWilhelmina Cutler had wanted to be a Pinkerton agent ever since she moved in with her aunt and uncle who was an agent himself. Now’s her chance. They are hiring women in the Denver Pinkerton Detective Agency. Already trained in most of the skills needed, Mina is confident she can handle any case they assign her...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Audrey by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen heiress Audrey Hardwick is given the opportunity to become a Pinkerton Agent, she wholeheartedly leaves her life in Cincinnati behind and sets out for a new adventure. But her mission turns into mayhem when she meets Agent Warren Rockwell, a former gunslinger, who is too stubborn – and handsome – for his own good...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Belle by Nerys Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarriage is the last thing Belle wants, but she’ll have to get married to avoid it.When Isabelle Wood answers a newspaper advertisement for female Pinkerton detectives, it seems the perfect way to avoid her parents’ desire for her to wed… until she discovers she has to marry her training agent for the duration of her first case...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Victoria by Kate Marie Clark
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA desperate woman, determined to prove her worth to the agency. An ex-outlaw and seasoned agent who only works alone. When Mr...Categorized as:
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Self-Raised by E.D.E.N. Southworth
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this suspenseful sequel to Ishmael, you will follow the valiant perseverance of our hero, Ishmael Worth. From the sultry heat of Cuba to the gloomy crags of northern Scotland, Ishmael stands resolute in his commitment to those he loves. Whether he is wrestling with the icy hand of death or carefully mending broken hearts, Ishmael is ever thinking of the welfare of those around him...Categorized as:
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Sophie's Daughters Trilogy by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSaddle up for sure-fire fun when three sisters meet their opposites in a collection of Old West romances: Alex Buchanan is a wanted man. Beth McClellan is an idealistic nurse. When the two cross paths, will they find enough common ground for a future together? Sally McClellan is a tomboy through-and-through... until she's rescued by Logan McKenzie...Categorized as:
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Baron of Emberly by Tamara Leigh
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA WARRIOR DANGEROUSLY IN CONTROL England, 1334 ~ In the second book of The Feud series, Baron Magnus Verdun is a warrior whose handsome face gives little indication of the darkness he struggles to contain...Categorized as:
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The Rancher Takes a Cowgirl by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrace Harper is in hiding. When her father died six months before, she never imagined her unexpected inheritance would threaten her life. What better place to disappear than on a cattle ranch, doing the work she spent the last nine years helping her father with? And surely she’ll be safe hidden in Texas, thousands of miles from her trouble... -
Across the Blue by Carrie Turansky
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet in Edwardian England and ideal for readers who enjoy Julie Klassen novels, this romance about an English aviation pioneer and the girl who falls in love with him is filled with adventure and faith. Isabella Grayson, the eldest daughter of a wealthy, English newspaper magnate, longs to become a journalist, but her parents don't approve...Categorized as:
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Saved by the Scoundrel by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlthough she never thought of herself as one of the lucky ones, Caroline Devonshire’s life could have been in a much dire state than it was at the age of 18. Orphaned when young, her older brother managed to secure her a home under the watchful eye of the widowed tavern owner, Mrs. Beeson, before setting off for war in France...Categorized as:
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A Rocky Mountain Romance by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Christian Historical Romance Novel Zeche Reid is on a journey to find himself, and the Wyoming mountain country seems like the perfect place. But when he stumbles upon a lady and her professor father holed up in a remote cabin, his protective instincts won't let him leave them alone. Especially when the father’s haunting memories from the War of Succession put his daughter’s safety at risk...
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