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Land to Call Home, A by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
First the Land, Then Fire Nearly Destroys Them. Will They Still Hold to their Dream? It had taken four long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. Looking back through all the heartache and the body-breaking labor, Ingeborg Bjorkland knew that God had been with them every step of the way...

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The Reapers Song by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Ever so slowly Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmland. With the coming of the railroad, the small town of Blessing begins to prosper, and the Bjorklund family is reaping the promised harvest that had lured them from their beloved home in Norway. But for Ingeborg and Haakan, realizing their dreams will not come without a struggle...

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Honor in the Mountain Refuge by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
This epic journey is his last chance to start a new life.After being cast out of his Blackfoot village for his kindness to the Nez Perce captives, Chogan travels west in search of meaning for his life. Meaning that doesn’t require killing or torturing innocent people. Though the lovely face of Telípe, a Nez Perce woman, is imprinted on his heart, he avoids her village...

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A Passionate Hope: Hannah's Story by Jill Eileen Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Hannah and her husband, Elkanah, share a deep and abiding love, for each other, for their God, and for his tabernacle at Shiloh. Greatly disturbed by the corruption of the priests, they long for restoration and pray for a deliverer. But nothing changes as the years pass. Years that also reveal Hannah to be barren...

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A Heart's Yearning: Hearts of Willow Creek by Linda Ford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
From a fan favorite author with more than one million books sold: Four women chase their dreams of love in this western historical series.Jenny has a secret dream that she’s nurtured since childhood. It’s a simple dream. She longs to have a family of her own. But Jenny has always been told she’s far too pretty to make a good wife...

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The Homesteader's Sweetheart by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
To escape a dreaded arranged marriage, Penny Castlerock will face anything—even life on her grandfather's farm. But it isn't the rustic lifestyle that's got the Philadelphia socialite tied in knots. It's the handsome homesteader and his eight adopted children next door...…. With seven boys and a girl to raise, transplanted farmer Jonas White could sure use some help...

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Rebecca's Reward by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Nineteen-year-old Rebecca Baard has experienced more than her share of sorrow, and now she is afraid to open her heart to love. Besides, no man has ever shown enough interest in her to come courting. So Rebecca's friends set out to remedy the situation, concocting social events to attract all the eligible bachelors in Blessing and advising her in the use of feminine wiles...

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Tender Mercies by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
She never intended to stay. So why is leaving so hard? The fertile prairies of Dakota Territory have finally begun to yield the bountiful harvests the pioneers have dreamed about since leaving their homes in Norway. The tiny community of Blessing is beginning to expand and thrive, its hardy citizens at last enjoying a measure of prosperity...

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The Matchmaker's Request by Ashtyn Newbold
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
His new challenge: Keep himself from falling in love again at all costs.At odds with love, Matthew Northcott has firmly decided that he will never marry, much to the dismay of his relatives...and nearly every young lady he meets. Rather than seek a marriage for himself, he attempts to find matches for others, grateful to see that love is not entirely cruel—just cruel to him...

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The Message in a Bottle Romance Collection: Hope Reaches Across the Centuries Through One Single Bottle, Inspiring Five Romances by Joanne Bischof, Amanda Dykes
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Join the journey as one word etched in Latin on an ancient bronze bottle travels through the centuries to reach five young women who are struggling to maintain their faith in God and love. An Irish princess, a Scottish story weaver, a Post-Colonial nurse, a cotton mill worker, and a maid who nearly drowned each receive a message from the bottle just when they need their hope restored...

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On Eagles' Wings by Lynnette Bonner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Boardinghouse owner Dixie Pottinger has done her best to avoid the attractive Dr. Griffin. But now that her mother-in-law is sick and he’s going to be coming around more to care for her, Dixie knows she must inform him about her past. She works up her courage and feels great relief when she finally tells Dr...

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Violet's Wish by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it. Violet did. After her husband died, she swore off lackluster men and a dull life. She wished for someone to put a sparkle in her eyes and excitement in her life, like an old love did year ago in Blue Ridge, Texas. Little did she realize that when she made the wish it was already in the process of being granted. Orrin Wilde did...

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Montana Marriages Trilogy by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Mary Connealy's complete Montana Marriages series all under one cover. One volume encases three acclaimed novels by Mary Connealy...

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Corsets and Cuffs: by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Sheriff Tully Barrett never knew trouble had such a pretty face. Brianna Dumont never knew the law could be so handsome and hardheaded. Pampered and privileged, Brianna Dumont escapes the life she’s always known in an effort to clear her father’s good name. She arrives in Baker City, Oregon, intent on selling her father’s shares in a mine...

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Miss Serena's Secret by Carolyn Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
With devastating scars in her past, Serena Winthrop is sure no man can be trusted—especially not men like the far-too-smooth Viscount Charmichael. His reputation as a charmer and a gambler is everything she despises. And the young artist makes sure that this disreputable heir to an Earldom knows of her deep disapproval whenever they encounter one another...

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Caterina by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
On the run from the Italian mafia in New York City, feisty Caterina Campanelli travels across the country to the small town of Pendleton, Oregon, trying to hide her past while she decides what to do about her uncertain future. Seeking comfort in her cooking, she battles her attraction to one of the town's most handsome men. Kade Rawlings is dedicated to his work as a deputy in Pendleton...

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The Reluctant Marquess: The Duke's Daughters - Prequel by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Can the love of a good woman change a man? The Reluctant Marquess - The Duke's Daughters Prequel Marquess Hugh Seaworth is far too busy enjoying himself in London to think about matrimony. Despite being next in line to a Dukedom, Hugh wants to get as much enjoyment out of life as he can before he is forced to settle down...

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This Freedom Journey by Misty M Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
A Christian Historical Romance Novel. Adrien Lockman is through with the political unrest and bloodshed in his home country of France, so he sets off to the Canadian territory's mountain frontier, in search of a place where a man can live his own life in peace...

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Catching the Cowgirl by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
She’s been a tomboy and a horsewoman her entire life. He’s a city-slicker who reminds her of a past she’d rather forget.Breanna White is a cowgirl to the bone. As the youngest adopted sibling — and the only girl — her protective older brothers have always told her that she’ll have to change her ways to attract a man. No thanks.Adam Cartwright is the wealthy son of a Philadelphia businessman...

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Ribbon of Years by Robin Lee Hatcher
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
A realistic portrayal of a woman committed to God despite her circumstances. Miriam's unwavering faith throughout the decades of her life not only sustains her, but also impacts the lives of those around her in miraculous ways. Fans of Francine Rivers will love the inviting style of Robin Lee Hatcher...

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A Pony Express Romance by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
After growing up as an orphan, Josiah English wants nothing more than to have his own ranch and raise Arabian horses. Riding for the Pony Express seems like the ticket to his dream. And when he meets the stationmaster’s beautiful sister, it seems he may be within reach of the happy life he craves...

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A Place to Belong by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
The Exciting Conclusion to Lauraine Snelling's WILD WEST WIND Series As winter settles over the ranch, the Engstrom brothers are much on the mind of Cassie Lockwood. The way Lucas smiles at her should set her heart to tripping. But it doesn't...

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Spring Meadow Sanctuary by Lynnette Bonner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
He broke her heart. Now he's back to ask for a second chance. Heart pounding in shock, Sharyah Jordan gapes at the outlaw staring down the barrel of his gun at her...

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Fountain Creek Chronicles by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Annabelle Grayson has been given a second chance at life, but she can't claim it with the cloud of her past hanging over her in Willow Springs. After her husband dies, she advertises for a trail guide to accompany her to land waiting for her in Idaho--and a most unlikely candidate applies for the job.Matthew Taylor is a man on the run, with consequences of past mistakes pursuing him at every turn...

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The Cautious Maiden by Dawn Crandall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Violet Hawthorne is beyond mortified when her brother Ezra turns their deceased parents' New England country inn into a brothel to accommodate the nearby lumberjacks; but when Violet's own reputation is compromised, the inn becomes the least of her worries. In an effort to salvage her good name, Violet is forced into an engagement with a taciturn acquaintance; Vance Everstone...

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Seven Brides for Seven Texans by Erica Vetsch, Susan Page Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Meet the seven Hart brothers of the 7-Heart ranch in central Texas. Each man is content in his independent life, without the responsibilities of a wife and children—until their father decides 1874 will be the year his grown sons finally marry, or they will be cut from his will...

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The Christmas Vow by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
He returns home to bury his best friend and his past, never expecting to fall in love with the woman who destroyed his heart. Columbia River Pilot Adam Guthry reluctantly returns to his hometown of Hardman, Oregon, to pay his last respects after the sudden death of his life-long best friend...

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Bertie by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A sweet romance from USA Today Bestselling author Shanna Hatfield She needs an adventure - He needs the warmth of her smile... Bertie Hawkins survived a traumatic ordeal that stripped away her sunny outlook on life and left her afraid of every shadow. Terrorized and tired of reliving the past, she accepts an offer to change her situation...

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Bobbins and Boots by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
How does an act of kindness result in. . . marriage? One carefree cowboy is about to find out in this sweet historical romance! Born dirt-poor into a life of hardship, Allie Tillman seizes the opportunity to better her situation by answering an advertisement for a mail-order bride in the West. Upon her arrival in Baker City, Oregon, she discovers her intended is a low-down, lying thief...

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The Christmas Confection by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Will a sweet baker soften a hardened man’s heart? Find out in this historical holiday romance! Born to an outlaw father and a shrewish mother, Fred Decker feels obligated to atone for the past without much hope for his future. If he possessed a lick of sense, he’d pack up and leave the town where he was born and raised, but something. . . someone. . . unknowingly holds him there...

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Wounds of A Viscount (The Valiant Love Regency Romance) (A Historical Romance Book) by Deborah Wilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Lady Honora ‘Nora’ Baxter has been caught… And now … she’s being blackmailed to do something she really doesn’t want to do. Actually … it’s something Nora really, really wants to do, but knows she shouldn’t. Kiss the Viscount of Coalwater! Where will one kiss lead? Marriage. With Nora’s daughter, they become a family of three...

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Black Hills Song by Kari Trumbo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Three brothers will lose their birthright if they don’t act fast.Tender MelodyEzekiel Wagner needs the family ranch to succeed but without money for back taxes, he’ll lose everything. His aunt offers a way out, but is the cost too high? Her dying wish is to give them The Grand Opera House of Rapid City, but there’s one catch. All three brothers must wed first...

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The Baron's Malady: A Smithfield Market Regency Romance by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Lord Gideon Ward lived for adventure. He found all he could handle as a British Navy captain stationed in India. With the unrest that was brewing there, it was all too easy to ignore the trials existing back home with the Scarlet Fever once again ravaging the country...

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Olivia's Obligation by Peggy McKenzie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Olivia Palmer has lived her entire life within the safe, protected walls of Madame Wigg's Foundling Home and School for the forgotten. Now, her benefactor claims she's dying and wants Olivia to choose a husband from a newspaper advertisement. "Choose wisely." The elderly woman counseled. Olivia takes her advice to heart...

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Charming the Caregiver by Marianne Spitzer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Katerina Lorbiecki wanted to raise her daughter and continue her nursing career away from the memories and difficulties of living with her brother and sister-in-law and the unwanted advances of her employer. The young widow is recommended for a nurse’s position in the Western town of Creede, Colorado. Logan O’Leary arrives in Creede to work with his brother after a failed romance...

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The Cowboy's Bride by Christine Sterling
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
The much anticipated fourth story in the Flat River Matchmaker Series, which began in The Farmer's Wife.June Clark's reputation was in tatters. Her marriage was a fraud. She lost everything, including her pride, in a fire started by her grifter husband. And to make matters worse, she'd never be a mother...

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The Drifter's Bride by Christine Sterling
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A woman escaping society's expectations of marriage; a man with nothing to offer, a match that threatens to tear two families apart. Addison Aland came west to escape the pressure of an arranged marriage. Her family is convinced that once she experiences dirty cowboys, cow patties, and the lack of retail establishments she will hightail it back home to be a high-society wife...

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Sophie's Daughters Trilogy by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Saddle 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...

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Cash's Promise: Cowboys of Coulee Crossing by Linda Ford
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
From a fan favorite author with more than one million books sold: Four brothers find love in unexpected places in this western historical series. Mail-order bride? Try mail-order disaster. Theresa’s late husband was a liar and abuser. Now that he’s dead, she’s alone and very pregnant. The last thing she wants is another man in her life. Cash Hooper has known his share of loss...

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Season of Love by Vivi Holt, Cutter's Creek
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Margaret Hutchins has been alone since her parents died of influenza in Chicago a decade earlier. When she moves to Cutter’s Creek in Montana Territory for a fresh start, as the new teacher for the little school, she discovers a cozy community where she’s welcomed and appreciated. Heath Moore had his heart broken by Charlotte Beaufort years ago, and he’s hesitant to court again...

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Ilsa by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
One of the most talented seamstresses of her time, Ilsa Thorsen could sell her creations anywhere in the world, but she ends up on her sister’s ranch in the western town of Pendleton, Oregon. Disgusted with the dust, smells, and nearly every aspect of rural life, Ilsa wonders how she’ll survive, particularly with the arrogant Tony Campanelli constantly underfoot...

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Rachel by Jill Eileen Smith
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Can true love overcome a legacy of betrayal?Rachel wants nothing more than for her older half sister Leah to wed and move out of their household. Leah wishes her father would find a good man who would love her alone. Unbeknownst to either of them, Jacob is making his way to their home, trying to escape a past laced with deceit and find the future God has promised him...

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Dear Mr. Weaver by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Mail-Order Bride Ink! Mischief, Marriage and Mayhem, these brides have something to write about! Mrs. Pettigrew, of the Pettigrew Mail-Order Bride Agency sees to that! She likes to hear from all her brides and loves a happy ending. But to ensure her brides get one, she does things to help love along. Sometimes, however, those things don’t always go as planned… Dear Mrs...

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Dakota Dream by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Leaving Norway for good Clara carries with her little more than dreams. Armed with a water-stained letter, a faded photograph, and a ticket to America, Clara Johnson travels to Soldall, North Dakota, and her handsome, curly haired husband-to-be...

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The Fashion Designer by Nancy Moser
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
The American Dream thrives in 1912 New York City Annie Wood, the housemaid-turned-pattern designer in The Pattern Artist, jumps at the chance to design her own clothing line when a wealthy New York couple offer to finance her endeavor. Joining the project is Annie’s new husband, Sean Culver, her best friend at Butterick, Maude Nascato, and a mother figure, Edna Holmquist...

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Miss Hayes by Jenny Hambly
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Seven years ago, Miss Hayes’ world was turned upside down when she lost her father, her betrothed, and any prospect of a comfortable future. Too proud to live upon the charity of others, she became a teacher at Miss Wolfraston’s Seminary for Young Ladies.She has no wish to re-enter the society that turned its back on her...

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Dakota Dusk by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Book 3 in The Dakota Plains Series The wide-open plains of the Dakota Territory formed the setting for the lives and loves of many inspiring women making their way in the New World. Rebekka Stenesrude has poured her life into her students, only to see her beloved school burned to the ground...

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Child of Promise by Kathleen Morgan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
This new release, Child of Promise, is the final book in the series. Beth MacKay, the daughter of Culdee Creek's owner, returns home after completing medical school to take over the aging Doc Childress's practice. Reluctantly, her life and heart become entwined with that of Grand View's Episcopalian priest, Noah Starr...

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Together Forever by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Marianne Neumann has one goal in life: to find her lost younger sister, Sophie. When Marianne takes a job as a placing agent with the Children's Aid Society in 1858 New York, she not only hopes to give children a better life but seeks to discover whether Sophie ended up leaving the city on an orphan train...

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The Yuletide Angel by Sandra Ardoin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
It's Christmastime in 1890s Meadowmead, and someone is venturing out at night to leave packages at the homes of the needy. Dubbed The Yuletide Angel, no one knows the identity of this mysterious benefactor. No one, except Hugh Barnes, a confirmed bachelor who finds himself drawn to the outwardly shy but inwardly bold Violet Madison, a young woman who risks her safety to help others...

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