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Shifted By The Winds by Ginny Dye
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShifted By The Winds is the eighth book in the Bregdan Chronicles historical fiction series. As of today, there are 10 books in the series. Make sure you start reading with # 1 – Storm Clouds Rolling In. It's readers like you who have turned the series into a world-wide best-seller...Categorized as:
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Promises by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIndigo Hamilton was a lovely bride and the day was perfect as she walked down the aisle toward her smiling groom, Thomas Brewster. She was the absolute center of attention and loved being there - until the priest asked if anyone had any objections to the marriage. Then the doors of the church swung open and Indigo's world fell apart. Flannon Sullivan chose to sit at the back of the church... -
Absolution by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Irish are hardheaded so Elspeth Hamilton doesn't like them. The Mexicans are hotheaded so likewise, she doesn't think much of them either. Since Rebels burned her family home, killing both her parents in the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania fire, it stands to reason she surely doesn't waste affection on Rebels. Colum Sullivan is all three: Irish, Mexican and Rebel...Categorized as:
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Nate's Destiny by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNate’s Destiny, Book Six, MacLarens of Boundary Mountain Historical Western Romance Series Nate Hollis had everything, until a Confederate cannonball changed the course of his life. His job as a deputy in Conviction and his love for a beautiful woman allows him to dream of a future he once thought lost...Categorized as:
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Wild, Beautiful, and Free by Sophfronia Scott
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom award-winning author Sophfronia Scott comes the story of one young woman’s bold journey to reclaim her birthright and carve out her own place in a world that tells her she doesn’t belong. Born the daughter of an enslaved woman and a Louisiana plantation owner, Jeannette Bébinn is raised alongside her white half sister―until her father suddenly dies... -
The Woodcutter's Wife by David Johnson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSet against the backdrop of the Civil War comes a tale of love lost and found. Mary Thomson is no ordinary woman. She works alongside her husband William cutting firewood to sell in the city, earning the nickname “The Woodcutter’s Wife.” She kills a bear with her bare hands. And she prefers plowing a field to cooking a meal... -
Sister of Mine by Sabra Waldfogel
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen two Union soldiers stumble onto a plantation in northern Georgia on a warm May day in 1864, the last thing they expect is to see the Union flag flying high—or to be greeted by a group of freed slaves and their Jewish mistress. Little do they know that this place has an unusual history...Categorized as:
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Miss Katie's Rosewood by Michael R. Phillips
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDescription: The Stirring Conclusion to the Carolina Cousins Series! A lone rider galloped through the night. He could not slow down or it would be too late. Many lives, and his own future, depended on his getting there in time.... Winds of change are blowing over the Carolina cotton fields....changes that will rock the lives of all those who live at the Rosewood Plantation...Categorized as:
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Yankee Stranger by Elswyth Thane
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn the eve of the Civil War, Eden Day encounters Cabot Murray on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg. As they shelter together from a passing thunderstorm, they fall in love. The obstacles to their future are instantly obvious. Hers is a prominent Virginia family, and he is a Yankee newspaperman. Their country is about to split apart, and they will be on opposite sides...Categorized as:
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The Whistle Walk by Stephenia H. McGee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Mississippi Plantation: Civil War pits country men against one another and tears a nation asunder. Life and death are held in the balance where everyone is a slave to something. One is born free, yet lives as a soul in bondage… Lydia Harper never intended to purchase a slave. But when she witnesses a woman being beaten in the street, all her pretenses begin to unravel...Categorized as:
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Between Two Shores by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe daughter of a Mohawk mother and French father in 1759 Montreal, Catherine Duval finds it is easier to remain neutral in a world that is tearing itself apart. Content to trade with both the French and the British, Catherine is pulled into the fray against her wishes when her British ex- fiance, Samuel Crane, is taken prisoner by her father... -
To Tame a Cowboy by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBrody McQuaid is a broken man, and he knows it. While his body survived the war, his soul did not. Besides loving his little niece, his only other sense of purpose comes from saving the wild horses that roam South Park. Ranchers in the area have taken to killing the horses, which are competing with their cattle to feed on the open grass...Categorized as:
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Engraved on the Heart by Tara Johnson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReluctant debutante Keziah Montgomery lives beneath the weighty expectations of her staunch Confederate family, forced to keep her epilepsy secret for fear of a scandal. As the tensions of the Civil War arrive on their doorstep in Savannah, Keziah sees little cause for balls and courting...Categorized as:
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Daughters of War by Lizzie Page
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn emotional tale of wartime love and sacrifice, inspired by an incredible true story… As a teenager in Chicago, May always dreamed of travelling the world. So when she meets handsome George Turner, she jumps at the chance to return to London as his wife. Ten years later, May is wondering if she’s made a terrible mistake. It’s 1914 and war has been declared in Europe... -
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One for the Blackbird and One for the Crow by Olivia Hawker
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of The Ragged Edge of Night comes a powerful and poetic novel of survival and sacrifice on the American frontier.Wyoming, 1870. For as long as they have lived on the frontier, the Bemis and Webber families have relied on each other. With no other settlers for miles, it is a matter of survival... -
Within My Heart by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSometimes the greatest step of faith is taken neck-deep in feat. Determined to fulfill her late husband’s dream, Rachel Boyd struggles to keep her ranch afloat with the help of her two young sons. But some days it feels as though her every effort is sabotaged. When faced with a loss she cannot afford, she’s forced to trust Rand Brookston, the one man in Timber Ridge she wishes to avoid...Categorized as:
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Montana Woman by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA NATION DIVIDED ONE WOMAN’S UNBRIDLED SPIRIT A Civil War widow, young Joline Masters leaves “bleeding” Kansas for Montana to settle under the Homestead Act. Mountain man Clint Reeves knows Montana well, having lost a wife and child there to an Indian attack. He has come home to Kansas, but his father-in-law and others blame him for his wife’s and he child’s deaths...Categorized as:
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Embers of the Heart by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the aftermath of America’s bloody Civil War, young Anna Kelley waits for her husband, Darryl, to come home. When he finally returns, he is a changed man who no longer loves her and has become cruel and unforgiving because of his war experiences. Anna decides that, for her own safety, she needs to get away from Darryl... -
The Valentine's Curse by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas takes you back to the Old West, where two strangers find love in the least likely place, with the least likely person, just in the nick of time . . -
A Wild Heart: An epic and emotional historical novel by Celeste De Blasis
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSweeping through history-from the lush Maryland horse country to the thunder of Gettysburg-the epic sage of Wild Swan continues. The unforgettable story of a family whose lives mirror their country's turbulent growth...a vibrant authentic panorama of its times...Categorized as:
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Miss Dauntless by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMatilda Merridew, former hoyden of the first water, finds herself widowed, weary, and in want of coin. Along comes Marcus, Lord Tremont, with an interesting–and decent–proposition. Tremont will provide Matilda a handsome salary and keep a commodious roof over her head if she will relieve him of the burden of managing a houseful of unruly former soldiers... -
Where Dandelions Bloom by Tara Johnson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCassie Kendrick is on the run. Her abusive father arranged her marriage to a despicable man, but she’s discovered an escape. Disguised as a man, Cassie enlists in the Union army, taking the name Thomas Turner. On the battlefields of the Civil War, keeping her identity a secret is only the beginning of her problems, especially after she meets Gabriel Avery, a handsome young photographer...Categorized as:
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The German Daughter by Marius Gabriel
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe band new absolutely gripping and heartbreaking World War II historical novel from master storyteller Marius Gabriel. What readers are saying about Marius 'A must read for fans of WW2 books , it not only educates you... but also breaks your heart .... Five stars for this book... I loved it and cried at the end' Reader review, 5 stars'A wonderful, unputdownable book.. -
The Long Way Home by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWill the War's End Bring the Highwood Family Together Again? When a disastrous decision by the new wagon master forces Jesselynn Highwood and her companions to separate from the wagon train, she races back to Fort Laramie to find a guide to take them to Oregon. But the guide has a far different plan, and following her heart, Jesselyn agrees to join him, her rag-tag band in tow... -
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Victor's Blessing by Barbara Sontheimer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAmerican Legacy Book Awards - Finalist Romance General For fans of Kristen Hannah, Jodi Picoult and Shana Abe, Victor's Blessing offers an interwoven love triangle of passion, torment, betrayal and the most challenging of all human emotions, forgiveness.Victor Gant 6'5",the son of an Osage slave, is an unexpected hero for a Civil War tale. A self-made man he prospers In Ste. Genevieve Missouri... -
The Bastard by John Jakes
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne man’s quest for his destiny leads him to the New World and into the heart of the American Revolution. Meet Phillipe Charboneau: the illegitimate son and unrecognized heir of the Duke of Kentland. Upon the Duke’s death, Phillipe is denied his birthright and left to build a life of his own...Categorized as:
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Savage Conquest by Janelle Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere was no Virginia belle more irresistible than ebon-haired Miranda Lawrence. Though the willful beauty had her pick of handsome beaux, she felt a wild need deep within her for the kind of man she'd never meet in polite society. Heeding the call of her destiny, Miranda stole away from her plantation home, back to the land of her mother's people... -
The Question by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1898 - Late Victorian/Edwardian; the Second Boer War; Automobiles; the Suffragettes On the brink of a new century, the great stability of Victorian England is under threat. Europe is dividing into armed camps, while at home socialism and the suffragette movement challenge traditional values... -
Trail of Longing by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmma Sutton fell in love with Dr. Dean Meyers on the very first day of their journey west on the Oregon Trail. Dean is handsome, caring, and noble. If only she could tell him! But between her crippling shyness and the marital machinations of her mother, she despairs of ever being able to say what’s in her heart... -
Emma: Bride of Kentucky by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmma: Bride of Kentucky is fifteenth in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series. Emma Waterston is determined, headstrong, and comes from a lifestyle where class structure determines one’s associations. Left destitute after the death of her mother, she takes a job at a textile factory... -
Mercy: Bride of Idaho by Jacquie Rogers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMERCY, BRIDE OF IDAHO American Mail-Order Brides #43 One woman bent on saving her family. One rancher determined to save his own heart. Is her love enough to save them all? Mercy Eaton has come to Idaho to marry the man of her father’s choosing in order to help her family make ends meet back home. She just knows it’ll all work out... -
Plains Of Promise by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Emma Croftner’s “husband” is killed, she realizes he was already married to someone else. The house and life she thought she had belongs to someone else. She joins the Campbell at Fort Laramie and must learn to trust God with her security. And only kind Lt. Isaac Liddle can break through the wall she’s erected against ever loving again... -
Patience: Bride of Washington by Caroline Clemmons
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTravel to Victorian America in 1890 with award winning and bestselling western romance author Caroline Clemmons for a humorous novel about two people destined for one another after a turbulent getting acquainted period. This book is sweet and suitable for readers over 18... -
Della: Bride of Texas by Trinity Ford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDella, Bride of Texas, is 28th in the unprecedented 50-book, American Mail-Order Brides series. If there's one thing life has taught Della Owens, it's that well-laid plans fall through. When faced with a dire situation where choices are limited, she puts her fate in the hands of a matchmaker and braces for the surprises her future holds... -
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Now and Forever by Cecelia M. Chittenden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnder Louisiana laws in 1865, an unmarried woman could neither own nor inherit property, which leaves Roseanna Ravenna, at the mercy of her uncle, Ben Ravenna. His intent is to claim the plantation, Pelicans Haven, which was left to Roseanna and her brothers on the death of their father. Both brothers are missing after the Civil War...Categorized as:
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A Season of Swans by Celeste De Blasis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe conclusion to the "Swan saga", completing a trilogy of novels that spans 100 years of American history and brings to life a memorable family. Seared by the firestorm of the Civil War, the Swan dynasty, led by Alexandra Carrington, struggle to rebuild their lives and their dreams... -
Separate Roads by Judith Pella, Tracie Peterson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook Two in repackaged RIBBONS WEST Series While the Civil War is raging, Brenton Baldwin has promised to provide a safe escort to California for Caitlan O'Connor. But now that his heart is totally hers, how can he leave her once they finally arrive? Meanwhile, Kiernan and Victoria O'Connor struggle as his work on the Central Pacific Railroad keeps them separated for long periods of time... -
Valley of the Shadow by Stephanie Grace Whitson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMama had been gone for several years, now, but Gen could still hear her voice. Someday someone is going to call you a stupid squaw. When they do, you must remember who you are. You are the daughter of a French nobleman. Your father speaks four languages. He has studied at schools most whites could never hope to enter... -
No Greater Glory by Cindy Nord
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmid the carnage of war, he commandeers far more than just her home. Widowed plantation owner Emaline McDaniels has struggled to hold on to her late husband’s dreams. Despite the responsibilities resting on her slender shoulders, she’ll not let anyone wrest away what’s left of her way of life—particularly a Yankee officer who wants to set up winter camp on her land...Categorized as:
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Tattered Hearts by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmid the aftermath of the Civil War, Georgie O'Rourke the last surviving member of her family decides her only choice is the leave her beloved state of Tennessee by answering a Mail Order Bride Advertisement. With only a few items of rag like clothing she travels the Southwest Trail by covered wagon to meet up with her Groom in Texas...Categorized as:
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Ever My Love by Gretchen Craig
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn the eve of Civil War, the daughter of Southern planters finds her loyalties tested in a magnificent saga of family pride and forbidden love...Brought up amid the luxury of plantation life, Marianne Johnston never questions her sheltered life until, driven by her conscience, she joins the Underground Railroad... -
Always & Forever: A Saga of Slavery and Deliverance by Gretchen Craig
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSince they were children running barefoot about Toulouse Plantation, Josie and Cleo have been as close as sisters, forging an unbreakable bond that defies their roles as mistress and slave. Together, the two have shared secrets and protected each other through happiness and heartbreak... -
Mail Order Mystery by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCivil war devastated the country and left Rachel Sawyer stranded in a dead-end job as a seamstress with no prospects for marriage. Men are thin on the ground in Massachusetts, so Rachel and her best friend travel west, to Seattle, with the handsome Talbot brothers...Categorized as:
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And One Wore Gray by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the sequel to One Wore Blue, the other Cameron brother, Daniel, is bewitched by Callie Michaelson, a wild beauty who hates the South but who could make him forget the horrors of the war...Categorized as:
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Widow of Gettysburg by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor all who have suffered great loss of heart, home, health or family; true home and genuine lasting love can be found. When a horrific battle rips through Gettysburg, the farm of Union widow Liberty Holloway is disfigured into a Confederate field hospital, bringing her face to face with unspeakable suffering-and a Confederate scout who awakens her long dormant heart...Categorized as:
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Touching the Sky by Tracie Peterson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Laura Marquardt first meets Brandon Reid, their encounter is anything but pleasant. But when the two are seated together at a dinner party, they soon find that they share similar interests--Laura desires to educate blacks, and Brandon, as a white officer over colored troops, eagerly supports her cause... -
Tried and True by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSaddle up for a wildly fun ride with the Wilde sisters! Kylie Wilde is the youngest sister—and the most civilized. Her older sisters might be happy dressing in trousers and posing as men, but Kylie has grown her hair long and wears skirts every chance she gets...Categorized as:
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Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTending to the army's sick and wounded meant leading a life her mother does not understand and giving up a handsome and approved suitor. Yet Charlotte chooses a life of service over privilege, just as her childhood friend had done when he became a military doctor. She soon discovers that she's combatting more than just the rebellion by becoming a nurse...Categorized as:
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A Cowboy for Keeps by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGreta Nilsson's trip west to save her ailing little sister, Astrid, could not have gone more wrong. First, bandits hold up her stagecoach, stealing all her money. Then, upon arriving in Fairplay, Colorado, she learns the man she was betrothed to as a mail-order bride has died. Homeless, penniless, and jobless, Greta and her sister are worse off than when they started...Categorized as:
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The Girl Under the Olive Tree by Leah Fleming
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMay 1941 and the island of Crete is invaded by paratroopers from the air. After a lengthy fight, thousands of British and Commonwealth soldiers are forced to take to the hills or become escaping PoWs, sheltered by the Cretan villagers...
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