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A Treacherous Engagement: A Regency Romance by Laura Beers
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe was only supposed to find her sister. Falling in love wasn’t part of the agreement.Miss Dinah Ashmore has a problem. Her sister has gone missing, and the constable isn’t taking it seriously. She decides to take matters into her own hands by hiring a Bow Street Runner, not understanding the danger she has put herself in.Nathaniel Calvert, Earl of Hawthorne, is an agent of the Crown... -
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Austin by Linda Ford
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAustin Wagoner is a gunman on the right side of the law. As a deputy, he tracked down some bank robbers and in the following shoot out, his bullet killed Colin Martyn, the brother of Mae Martyn, the girl Austin was in love with. Knowing she would never be able to forgive him, he rides out of her life... -
![Thy Gold to Refine by Gerald N. Lund]()
Thy Gold to Refine by Gerald N. Lund
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"The Lord said he would raise up a pure people. For what, Benjamin? Why does the Lord need a pure people?"Benjamin stared into Joseph's steady gaze for several seconds, then understanding came with absolute clarity. "Because there is yet work to be done," he said in awe.Joseph laughed softly. "That is exactly what I concluded. There is still much to be done... -
![The Unwanted Bride And Her Protective Rancher by Ember Pierce]()
The Unwanted Bride And Her Protective Rancher by Ember Pierce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJane Blanchard is well-educated shy girl from New York.She recently lost both of her parents from cholera, but she wasn’t able to be there for them, at the end because of her work at the factory.She feels guilty about that, but also feels like there’s nowhere for her anymore. Thornton Duvall was orphaned at a young age, and he was taken in by a rancher... -
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![Written on the Wind by Elizabeth Camden]()
Written on the Wind by Elizabeth Camden
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNatalia Blackstone is a rarity in Gilded Age America. As a trusted analyst for her father's bank, she is helping finance the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway. From her office in New York City, Natalia relies on a charming Russian aristocrat to oversee the construction of the railroad on the other side of the world... -
![Heartland Stars by Jessie Gussman]()
Heartland Stars by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter working beside her sisters for years on their Iowa farm, Meg McClosky finds herself alone, trying to do the work of three people.She’s never been one to mope around, but she’s lonely and tired and at the end of her rope – desperate enough to give serious thought to an offer that has come in for the farm…and for her.Farris Warner has spent the last ten years fighting... -
![Guiding the Grouch by Shanna Hatfield]()
Guiding the Grouch by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's a billionaire set on escaping the holidays and his demanding family. She’s a single mom with a sunny smile who keeps her heart safely hidden... -
![Cowboys' Mom Finds Love by Natalie Dean]()
Cowboys' Mom Finds Love by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHello readers!If you’re reading this, you might be wondering who this book is about since I’ve already written about all six Baker brothers.But… if you read Baker Brothers of Copper Creek, Book Six… then you likely have a good idea of who this story is going to be about.Didn’t read it yet? Okay, I’ll tell you who it’s about. Their mom… Liz! That’s right, she deserves a good love story too... -
![Truth Will Prevail by Gerald N. Lund]()
Truth Will Prevail by Gerald N. Lund
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTruth Will Prevail — the eagerly awaited third volume in the popular series The Work and the Glory — continues the gripping story of the fictional Steed family, a family acquainted with Joseph Smith and caught up in the grand events associated with the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ to the earth... -
![Redeeming Grace: Ruth's Story by Jill Eileen Smith]()
Redeeming Grace: Ruth's Story by Jill Eileen Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech's family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike, one after another, leaving Naomi alone in a foreign land with only her childless daughters-in-law for comfort... -
![A Desperate Bride For A Gloomy Sheriff by Evelyn Boyett]()
A Desperate Bride For A Gloomy Sheriff by Evelyn Boyett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeneva’s mother makes her become a mail order bride because the rest of the family will have a better chance of surviving if she’s out of the house.Even though she wants a family, her hopes are dashed when she gets a glimpse of her new life. Despite her disappointment, she decides to make the best of the situation. That’s what she’s been taught to do.Sully always wanted to be a sheriff... -
![The Letter by Michelle Vernal]()
The Letter by Michelle Vernal
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWORDS HAVE THE POWER TO HEAL, REUNITE AND TO HURT... Isabel opened her bag and pulled the letter out, glancing at the address one last time before she slid it through the slot, hearing it land with a plunk. It was gone. She’d done it, and now she’d have to wait to see what happened next... -
![Emma's Duty by Rosie Clarke]()
Emma's Duty by Rosie Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe war is over, but Emma’s battles continue at home… Emma Reece is slowly adjusting to her husband’s return from the war, even though his appalling injuries mean their marriage is in name only... -
![Never Doubt a Duke by Regina Scott]()
Never Doubt a Duke by Regina Scott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter spending the last ten years following her late husband on campaign, the irrepressible Jane Kimball finds herself badly in need of a position to support herself. Marriage holds no appeal; she’s not likely to find a husband like her Jimmy again... -
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![Second Touch by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
Second Touch by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe lepers in the Valley of Makoob hear the rumors--that a miracle healer is now walking the earth. Could this be the hope they have waited an eternity for? The healing they have longed for? While Lily, Cantor, and Rabbi Ahava courageously comfort the dying in the Valley, the leper Jekuthiel risks home and family, even when his baby is about to be born, to find out if the rumors are true... -
![The Christmas Journey by Emma Ashwood]()
The Christmas Journey by Emma Ashwood
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis Christmas Violet needs to find a husband before the orphanage finds one for her.Violet had been an orphan all her life and although she is grateful to the orphanage for their care, she knew she couldn’t stay forever. With her eighteenth birthday looming it was only a matter of time before she was turned out to find her own way... -
![All God's Promises by Vikki Kestell]()
All God's Promises by Vikki Kestell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFaith-Filled Fiction at Its Best! So many unanswered questions.Who am I really? Kari wondered again. I am not Kari Hillyer. Not Kari Granger. They tell me my real name is Kari Thoresen Michaels. But who is that person?She frowned. And where are my sister and brother? Who took them? Where are they now?“Lord, my uncle and my cousins urge me to trust you... -
![I'll Be Seeing You by Robin Lee Hatcher]()
I'll Be Seeing You by Robin Lee Hatcher
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGenerations of secrets unfold as a young college student learns the truth about her great-grandmother’s World War II heartbreak and love.Brianna Hastings’s life seems dull and full of disappointment until a handsome young man visits her church. She’s instantly smitten by the charming Greg, who leads an exciting, independent life—the kind of life she longs for... -
![Shea: Cowboy Chance : A Christian Historical Western Romance: The Kavanagh Brothers Book 10 by Kathleen Ball]()
Shea: Cowboy Chance : A Christian Historical Western Romance: The Kavanagh Brothers Book 10 by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShea Kavanagh is in Abilene, Kansas looking for a new bull. As they load the bull onto the train it breaks loose and runs Phoebe Kagan over. She can no longer walk.Phoebe Kagan came to Abilene as a mail-order bride. Her groom never showed and now that she was paralyzed, she didn’t expect him to.Shea Kavanagh is more than helpful and invites to his ranch... -
![Adoring the Architect by George H. McVey]()
Adoring the Architect by George H. McVey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAileen McRae took one look at the handsome man at her brother’s wedding and knows he is the man for her. Only one problem: her brother forbids the man from even talking to her. What’s a woman supposed to do to get courted by the man of her dreams? Break the rules, of course. Sterling McCormick is the most unlucky man in the game of love in all of Creede... -
![Ivy by Kit Morgan]()
Ivy by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIvy Pembrooke has a problem. With her brother gone, she's now the heir to the Pembrooke fortune and estate. That is, if she lives long enough. After over hearing a plot to kill her, she does what any other heiress would do. She makes a run for it... -
![Evening Star by Carolyn Brown]()
Evening Star by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAddison Carter was hired by Magnolia Oil to work as their company doctor in Healdton, Oklahoma. In 1917, oil companies didn't hire women to work for them, so that alone was quite a miracle... -
![This Quiet Sky by Joanne Bischof]()
This Quiet Sky by Joanne Bischof
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere is nothing extraordinary about Tucker O’Shay’s dreams. Go to college. Become president. Fall in love. And pretend like he has enough time to get it all done.Sixteen-year-old Sarah Miller doesn’t expect anything out of the ordinary when she begins her first day at the one-room-school house in her new hometown of Rocky Knob... -
![The Stagecoach Driver's Mail Order Family by Karla Gracey]()
The Stagecoach Driver's Mail Order Family by Karla Gracey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen everything you know and believe is telling you 'No', do you have the strength to listen to the true voice of your heart?Bronwen Davies is still mourning her husband, who was tragically taken from her by an infected wound... -
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![The Tomb: A Novel of Martha by Stephanie Landsem]()
The Tomb: A Novel of Martha by Stephanie Landsem
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this captivating retelling of a classic biblical story, Jesus shocks the town of Bethany with Lazarus’s resurrection from the dead, leading Martha—a seemingly perfect woman trapped by the secrets of her past—to hope and a new life. Everyone in Bethany admires Martha—the perfect Jewish woman... -
![Huckleberry Harvest by Jennifer Beckstrand]()
Huckleberry Harvest by Jennifer Beckstrand
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnna and Felty Helmuth’s zest for matchmaking is unstoppable—and with grown-up grandchild number three on her way to their home in lovely Huckleberry Hill, Wisconsin, what better reason to put their talents to work once more?... When Mandy Helmuth hears that her best friend Kristina’s heart has been broken, she decides to visit her grandparents and cheer her up... -
![Jeb's Wife by Patricia Johns]()
Jeb's Wife by Patricia Johns
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPatricia Johns’ sensitive storytelling brings depth and heart to this tender story of second chances, as an Amish woman embarks on marriage with the gruff farmer next door . . . Once, Leah Riehl prayed for a husband. The man she loved chose another, wanting the children that Leah can’t provide... -
![Angus: Cowboy Bewildered: A Christian Historical Western Romance by Kathleen Ball]()
Angus: Cowboy Bewildered: A Christian Historical Western Romance by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHistorical Christian Western RomanceAngus Kavanagh is being watched. When he gets the drop on the spy, he finds a young boy, Julian, who has a sick father. Angus is more than happy to help. He finds out the Fields have been swindled and they have no idea. Angus plans to deal with the swindlers, the Fields have more than enough on their plate... -
![Rafferty: Cowboy Trail Boss: Christian Historical Western Romance by Kathleen Ball]()
Rafferty: Cowboy Trail Boss: Christian Historical Western Romance by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristian Historical Western RomanceIt’s chaos at the Kavanagh Ranch between cattle rustlers and his brother’s wives having babies Rafferty becomes the Trail Boss. He’s taking on the Chisholm Trail from Fort Worth, Texas to Abilene, Kansas. The trail is fraught with hardship and danger... -
![The Rumor by Hannah Miller]()
The Rumor by Hannah Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEli Schrock’s life is pleasant enough. He likes his work as a farrier in his father’s smithy. He likes the girl he’s courting, Rebecca Hochstettler. Yet there is no passion for what he does or where he lives, and part of him yearns to see more of the world and get more of an education than the standard Amish eighth grade.When he meets Susanna Wittmer, though, everything changes... -
![The Carpenter’s Mail Order Dilemma by Karla Gracey]()
The Carpenter’s Mail Order Dilemma by Karla Gracey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat would you give up for love?For the most part, Geoffrey Drayton is content with his life in Iron Creek.Having thrown himself into work since the death of his wife, Geoffrey is now the most popular carpenter in town.But the life of a widower is a lonely and empty one... -
![A Breath of Hope by Lauraine Snelling]()
A Breath of Hope by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNilda Carlson has been trying to save enough money to go to America for months, so when a letter from Einar and Gerd Strand arrives, offering to pay her ticket, she jumps at the chance. Her younger brother Ivar accompanies her, and they can't wait to join their brother Rune and his family in the northern forests of Minnesota... -
![Seasons of the Heart/Four Complete Novels in One Book by Janette Oke]()
Seasons of the Heart/Four Complete Novels in One Book by Janette Oke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJanette Oke, with over 11 million copies of her books in print, writes with a special feeling about her characters and their time. This heartwarming collection of four novels is a wonderful series of stories about an American family on the prairies of yesterday... -
![Wagon Train Matchmaker: Christian historical romance by Linda Ford]()
Wagon Train Matchmaker: Christian historical romance by Linda Ford
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom an award-winning author with more than one million books sold, a new series of four heartwarming historical romances about life on the Santa Fe trail. Note: each book can be read as a stand-alone. Mary Mae Clark has learned the hard way not to trust what a man says. Broken promises have made her wary and now she only wants to return to Santa Fe to help her friend Sophia keep her wee son... -
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![Daughters of Northern Shores by Joanne Bischof]()
Daughters of Northern Shores by Joanne Bischof
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAven Norgaard understands courage. Orphaned within an Irish workhouse, then widowed at just nineteen, she voyaged to America where she was wooed and wed by Thor Norgaard, a Deaf man in rural Appalachia. That the Lord saw her along the winding journey and that Aven now carries Thor’s child are blessings beyond measure... -
![The Trespasser by Jennifer Spredemann, J.E.B. Spredemann]()
The Trespasser by Jennifer Spredemann, J.E.B. Spredemann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSingle mother Kayla Johnson embarks on a journey to Pennsylvania in search of her daughter's biological family. But when a storm forces them to turn in to an abandoned home in a small Amish community, Kayla must come to terms with her past disappointments and her distrust in God. Amish widower Silas Miller has always dreamed of owning his own property... -
![Saltwick River Orphan: Historical Victorian Saga by Dolly Price]()
Saltwick River Orphan: Historical Victorian Saga by Dolly Price
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDrugged and supposedly drowned by the mother who should have loved her, 6-year-old Gwendoline is dredged from the Saltwick River. Poverty-stricken but rich in love Mr. and Mrs. Paul love the tiny child as their own until hard times and tragedy drive them to the workhouse... -
![Forever Hidden by Tracie Peterson, Kimberley Woodhouse]()
Forever Hidden by Tracie Peterson, Kimberley Woodhouse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor Havyn Powell, growing up on her grandfather Chuck Bondrant's dairy outside the 1904 gold-rush boomtown of Nome, Alaska, offered all she needed. She had the love of her mother, two sisters, and grandfather. But now, at 23, Havyn realizes the stability of her life may soon vanish... -
![Newton & Polly by Jody Hedlund]()
Newton & Polly by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found… Now remembered as the author of the world’s most famous hymn, in the mid-eighteenth century as England and France stand on the brink of war, John Newton is a young sailor wandering aimlessly through life... -
![Paradise Valley by Dale Cramer]()
Paradise Valley by Dale Cramer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn Amish settlement in Ohio has run afoul of a law requiring their children to attend public school. Caleb Bender and his neighbors are arrested for neglect, with the state ordering the children be placed in an institution. Among them are Caleb's teenage daughter, Rachel, and the boy she has her eye on, Jake Weaver. Romance blooms between the two when Rachel helps Jake escape the children's home... -
![Woman of Flames by Kim Stokely]()
Woman of Flames by Kim Stokely
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBased on the life of a Jewish prophet, Woman of Flames is a sweeping epic of how faith, lust, and revenge can drive nations into war. As a child, Deborah must convince those around her that her visions are a gift from the Hebrew God, whom she is called to serve...Categorized as:
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![A Match in the Making by Jen Turano]()
A Match in the Making by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiss Gwendolyn Brinley accepted a temporary paid companion position for the Newport summer season, believing it would be a lark to spend the summer in America's most exclusive town. She suddenly finds her summer turning anything but amusing when her employer expects her to take over responsibilities as an assistant matchmaker... -
![Donnell: Cowboy Scrutiny by Kathleen Ball]()
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... -
![Fair Valley Refuge by Lynnette Bonner]()
Fair Valley Refuge by Lynnette Bonner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s loved him for as long as she can remember. But can she trust her heart to a man haunted by constant danger? Shiloh, Oregon, April 1887 Victoria Snyder, adopted when she was only days old, pastes on a smile for her mama’s wedding day, but inside she’s all atremble. Lawman Rocky Jordan is back home. And this time he’s got a bullet hole in his shoulder and enough audacity to come calling... -
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![Love's Long Journey & Love's Abiding Joy by Janette Oke]()
Love's Long Journey & Love's Abiding Joy by Janette Oke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first series from the pen of Janette Oke, follows the lives of one family through three generations. Lets the reader see the impact that Christian love has on relationships despite adversity and hardship... -
![Sullivan: Cowboy Protector: Christian Historical Romance by Kathleen Ball]()
Sullivan: Cowboy Protector: Christian Historical Romance by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpecial Price Ends 2/29/20 Christian Historical Western Romance Book Four of the Very Popular Kavanagh Brothers Series Sheila Kelly is on the run. The most frightening word she knows is witchcraft. She is a healer like her mother and all the Kelly women before her. When a distraught father brings his deceased daughter to Sheila’s house, he claims that Sheila killed her... -
![Angels of the West Collection (15 Book Box Set) by Emma Ashwood]()
Angels of the West Collection (15 Book Box Set) by Emma Ashwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLose yourself in these clean romance stories of fifteen brave and beautiful angels who travel West to find love, hope and family. Fifteen courageous young women travel to what they hope will be a better future, but they face many struggles and heartbreak along the way... -
![A Valentine's Sorrow by Emma Ashwood]()
A Valentine's Sorrow by Emma Ashwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Mary Beth life has been nothing but cruel, becoming a mail-order bride is her last hope. Or would it be another cruel disappointment? After her mother passed, Mary Beth spent her entire childhood taking care of her alcoholic father. His last act as a father was to marry Mary Beth off to the man to whom he was indebted due to his gambling addiction... -
![Falling for the Cowgirl by Jody Hedlund]()
Falling for the Cowgirl by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the only girl in her family, and with four older brothers, Ivy McQuaid can rope and ride with the roughest of ranchers. She's ready to have what she's always longed for--a home of her own. She's set her heart on a parcel of land south of Fairplay and is saving for it with her winnings from the cowhand competitions she sneaks into... -
![Glory and the Rawhide Preacher by Linda Ford]()
Glory and the Rawhide Preacher by Linda Ford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLevi and God have a deal: Levi will devote his life to preaching and reaching people with God's word, and God will bring Levi's outlaw brother Matt back into the fold. It sounded easy enough at first, until Levi rode into Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and straight into the path of britches-wearing, horse-riding, independent Glory Hamilton...
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