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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... -
This Daring Journey by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe only hope to keep her newborn baby alive is to reach the safety of her Indian people… This mountain man is the last person she should trust to get her there. As a half-Indian raised among her Peigan tribe, Moriah Clark knows better than to trust white people. The tragedy that resulted in her birth is proof enough... -
The Heart of the Mountains by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo escape a forced marriage, Cora Taylor travels from England to the Blue Ridge Mountains in search of her brother, who is working as a teacher in a mission school... -
Laurel's Dream (My Heart Belongs) by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDreams are precious commodities in the Blue Ridge Mountains of 1918 and Laurel McAdams is attempting to make hers come true, but sometimes life in the mountains has a way of squandering dreams. As she attempts to avoid matrimony, she is secretly saving for her future with the sole purpose of becoming a teacher and bringing consistent education back to "her people"... -
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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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From Thin Air by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIra McNewell was supposed to be dead. The government had sent a telegram saying he had been killed in action, yet there he was, sprawled out beneath Alice on the floor of the Black Swan Hotel. Ira had been engaged to her sister Catherine when he'd gone off to the war, not Alice... -
Rindu by Tere Liye
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratings"Apalah arti memiliki, ketika diri kami sendiri bukanlah milik kami?Apalah arti kehilangan, ketika kami sebenarnya menemukan banyak saat kehilangan, dan sebaliknya, kehilangan banyak pula saat menemukan?Apalah arti cinta, ketika menangis terluka atas perasaan yg seharusnya indah? Bagaimana mungkin, kami terduduk patah hati atas sesuatu yg seharusnya suci dan tidak menuntut apa pun?Wahai,... -
Circled Heart by Karen J. Hasley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeet a remarkable woman. Read an unforgettable love story. Johanna Swan is a survivor. She escaped death twice—as a child in China during the Boxer Uprising of 1900 and twelve years later as a young woman aboard the ocean liner Titanic. Now a forward-thinking suffragist and an heiress besides, Johanna intends to use her intelligence, energy, and fortune to help poor and immigrant women... -
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 Far Horizon by Gretta Curran Browne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Complete stand-alone Novel and the second novel in The Macquarie Series As a young British officer, Lachlan Macquarie served his country in America, the West Indies, India and Egypt, but now he is being asked to go to a wilderness on the other side of the world where famine and strife amongst the inhabitants is flourishing... -
Out of the Ashes by Tracie Peterson, Kimberley Woodhouse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA chance at reconciliation for two exes who reunite by chance in a 1920s Alaskan hotel is challenged by painful losses, wartime trauma, a violent first marriage and questions about their faith. (religious fiction). Simultaneous... -
These Healing Hills by Ann H. Gabhart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrancine Howard has her life all mapped out until the soldier she planned to marry at WWII's end writes to tell her he's in love with a woman in England. Devastated, Francine seeks a fresh start in the Appalachian Mountains, training to be a nurse midwife for the Frontier Nursing Service...Categorized as:
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Away in Montana by Jane Porter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeautiful, spirited heiress McKenna Frasier–daughter to one of the Butte Copper Kings—vowed eternal love to Sinclair Douglas before she left for college and an introduction to society. Four years in New York and travel abroad have opened her eyes, making her realize she wanted more than marriage and a simple Montana life... -
The Last Blue by Isla Morley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this luminous narrative inspired by the fascinating real case of “the Blue People of Kentucky,” Isla Morley probes questions of identity, love, and family in her breathtaking new novel.In 1937, there are recesses in Appalachia no outsiders have ever explored...Categorized as:
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Fearless Hope: A Novel by Serena B. Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen an Amish woman falls for the New York crime writer who buys her family farm, she must decide whether to follow the longings of her heart or the rules of her faith. When Hope Yoder loses her husband, she is left trying to support her two small children—and one on the way—however she can... -
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A Daughter's Courage by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter accidentally destroying the intricate chalice her people have treasured for over a hundred years, Charlotte Durand sets out on an expedition in search of a skilled artisan who can repair the damage. What she expected to be a two-day hike becomes much more daunting when a treacherous snowstorm sets in...Categorized as:
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Return to Bonnybrae by Gwen Kirkwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is the start of 1919 and Miss Rina Capel, granddaughter of the Laird of Stavondale has one ambition - to set aside her life of privilege and become a nurse. But when she is summoned back to the Bonnybrae to see her dying grandfather just before her eighteenth birthday, he reveals to her family secrets which turn her world upside down... -
The Highlander’s Twisted Games: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Eloise Madigan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Let me show ye what I mean when I say ye are mine.”Green-fingered Emma loves being a healer. Her only problem is the rakish Laird she works handsome, but dangerous. So when he asks her to be his fake betrothed for a day, she has no choice but to agree.Laird Thomas needs a wife; but he doesn’t want to get married. So he picks a certain hellion to help him delay the inevitable... -
The Song of Sourwood Mountain: by Ann H. Gabhart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile the century began with such promise, it is 1910 when Mira Dean's hopes of being a wife and mother are dashed to pieces. Her fiancé dead from tuberculosis, Mira resigns herself to being a spinster schoolteacher--until Gordon Covington shows up. No longer the boy she knew from school, Gordon is now a preacher who is full of surprises...Categorized as:
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3 in 1: Love Only Once \ Tender Rebel \ Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere, in a Rhapsody exclusive edition, are the first three books in Johanna Lindsey's stirring series featuring the Malorys--a family of dashing rogues and adventurers and ladies of uncommon beauty and incomparable spirit whose amorous exploits are spoken of in envious whispers from Regency London to America's shores... -
Silver Sea by Cynthia Wright
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSpecial Author's Cut Edition Originally published by Ballantine Books as BARBADOS 1818: Nathan Raveneau is known as “The Scapegrace” in Regency London for his rakish exploits and devastating good looks. He's also a sea captain with an estate on Barbados, where his enemy Xavier Crowe lives... -
My Hope Is Found by Joanne Bischof
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGideon O’Riley has been given another chance at a life with Lonnie. But will the fight for her heart risk it all over again? After finally finding love with his sweet bride Lonnie, Gideon’s heart was torn when a woman from his past claimed to be his true and rightful wife, forcing him away from his family... -
Though My Heart Is Torn by Joanne Bischof
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGideon O’Riley has two wives—but he doesn’t know it. Settling into a simple life in the majestic Blue Ridge mountains, Lonnie and Gideon O’Riley have finally found happiness after the rocky start to their marriage. The roguish bluegrass musician has fallen in love with his gentle wife and the God she serves, and Lonnie rests secure in his tenderness for her and their young son... -
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Um Milionário em Lisboa by José Rodrigues dos Santos
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBaseado em acontecimentos verídicos, Um Milionário em Lisboa conclui a espantosa história iniciada em O Homem de Constantinopla e transporta-nos no percurso da vida do arménio que mudou o mundo - confirmando José Rodrigues dos Santos como um dos maiores narradores da literatura contemporânea... -
A flor de piel by Javier Moro
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEl 30 de noviembre de 1803, una corbeta zarpa del puerto de La Coruña entre vítores y aplausos. En su interior viajan veintidós niños huérfanos cuya misión consiste en llevar la recién descubierta vacuna de la viruela a los territorios de Ultramar. Los acompaña Isabel Zendal, encargada de cuidarlos... -
A Very Highland Holiday: A collection of six enchanting seasonal novellas by Jennifer Ashley, Tanya Anne Crosby
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAshley… Crosby… Le Veque… Knight… Burke… Byrne…It’s an enchanting Christmas in the Highlands with some of your favorite Historical Romance authors!It’s Christmas Eve 1747, and the Highlands are snowy. In the village of Calvine, north of Tay Forest, along a road that leads straight into Inverness, the only tavern in town is packed to the rafters with travelers... -
With Dreams Only Of You: The Legend of the Theodosia Sword by Kathryn Le Veque, Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne family. One Legend. One chance to reverse the tides of fortune. Welcome to a multi-genre collection unlike any other historical romance collection. Six of the top authors in their respective genres bring you this powerhouse collection, WITH DREAMS ONLY OF YOU... -
Wild Western Women Mistletoe, Montana: Sweet Western Historical Holiday Box Set by Caroline Clemmons, Sylvia McDaniel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMistletoe Mistake by Caroline Clemmons Shannon Callahan worked hard to become a physician. In New York, she meets resistance to a woman doctor and feels she is no more than a midwife. When the opportunity arises for her to go to Montana and be the only doctor in the town of Mistletoe, she grabs the chance. Riley McCallister is sheriff of Mistletoe... -
The Lady Chosen & A Gentleman's Honor 2 In 1 by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix ex-spies return from the Napoleonic Wars to discover the threat of matrimony looming large. In response, they create the Bastion Club, a retreat for exchanging intelligence and escaping from matchmaking mamas. Lady Chosen is the story of Tristan, fourth Earl of Trentham and Leonora Carling, a neighbor to the club... -
Catherine Coulter the Sherbrooke Series Novels 1-5 by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMore information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin... -
Elizabeth Chadwick Bundle: The Greatest Knight, The Scarlet Lion, and For the King's Favor by Elizabeth Chadwick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHailed by the Times of London as "an author who makes historical fiction come gloriously alive," Elizabeth Chadwick is a gifted storyteller who captures the passion, deceit, honor, and heartbreak of Medieval England like none other. Now, get three books from historical fiction powerhouse Elizabeth Chadwick at one low price... -
The Homecoming by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1885 - The Late Victorian era With the death of her rector husband Henrietta is finally free to marry her love, the wealthy and handsome Jerome Compton. But Victorian propriety disapproves of Jerome's divorced status, and the couple are forced to seek anonymity in London. Henrietta finds she takes to urban life with great enjoyment, and she meets and becomes close to her cousin, Lady Venetia... -
The Bastard Son by Jerri Hines
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSumner Meador walked in a world of wealth and privilege as part of Charles Town’s elite, but that was years ago. Now he fights in the Southern backwoods driven by the passion he holds for the Patriot cause, shadowed by his past. Reeling from a devastating defeat at the hands of the British, Sumner seeks haven at his farm, only to find an interloper—an unwelcome and unwanted distraction... -
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Clair de Lune by Pierre la Mure
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovel about France's probable greatest musician & composer... -
Pain of The Marquess (The Valiant Love Regency Romance) by Deborah Wilson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll of London hunts for a treasure and unfortunately, one woman stands in the middle of it all. Upon her father’s death, Lady Irene Hiller inherited more than the duke’s wealth. She inherited his power. She inherited his corrupt businesses. And… she inherited more than a few of his enemies. As her world begins to unravel, there is only one man she’ll allow to put it back together... -
The Currans and The Quinns: The Currans, Book Three by Donna Foley Mabry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventh in 'The Manhattan Stories' by Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Selling author, Donna Foley Mabry, "The Currans and The Quinns | The Manhattan Stories: The Currans, Book Three" continues the saga of the Curran Family... -
Heart of Disaster: A Titanic Novel of love and loss by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThursday, April 11, 1912 Inspired by true events, Heart of Disaster is the fictionalized story of the Irish steerage passengers who joined RMS Titanic. The legend says "Thursday's child has far to go" but nobody knew just how troublesome this journey would prove. Four single friends, a newly married couple and a stoker who works in the belly of the gigantic ship meet that fateful night... -
Desire's Ransom by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Robin Hood steals a knight's heart! Heiress to her Irish clan, spirited Temair O'Keeffe forsakes her destiny to join a band of woodland outlaws who rob from the rich and give to the poor-those impoverished by her greedy father... -
Highlander's Runaway Bride by Maddie MacKenna
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I need to marry a laird by the end of the week.”After running away from her own wedding, Delilah, daughter of Laird McGunn, can’t outrun fate anymore. But finding a husband again is impossible. Until she gets an irresistible deal from the most dangerous her father’s enemy…Evan O’Reid is determined to achieve what no Laird before him peace with the McGunns... -
Alinor by Roberta Gellis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe could barely meet his eyes . . . so how was she to marry him? Widowed and a mother of two, Lady Alinor no longer feels the same joy being the mistress of Roselynde. Her husband's passing has left emptiness, both at the keep and in her heart. Somehow, Alinor manages to remain spirited, even as King John's rule means she must fight to keep her land and her family safe... -
Hearts Of Gold by Catrin Collier
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBethan Powell, a recently qualified nurse, is the main breadwinner for her colliery family. Living in the Depression-ridden Welsh valleys, her life is a continual struggle to make ends meet. Then one day, working at the hospital, she meets Andrew John, an affluent young doctor from a different world... -
Choices of the Heart by Laurie Alice Eakes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEsther Cherrett comes from a proud line of midwives and was trained by her mother to take over the family calling. But when a scandal threatens all she holds dear, Esther takes a position as a teacher in the western mountains of Virginia instead. There she finds herself in the midst of a deadly family feud and courted by two men on opposite sides of the conflict... -
A Veiled Reflection by Tracie Peterson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJillian Danvers has always envied her twin sister Judith for her knack at getting her own way. Jillian s stuck fulfilling her employment contract in a God-forsaken railroad stop as a waitress with Harvey Girls (a restaurant chain providing first class service to rail travelers in the southwest). But Jillian discovers she likes Pinton, Arizona, and particularly the town s doctor... -
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Torrent Falls by Jan Watson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe year is 1888; Copper is a young widow with a baby trying to make a go of the ramshackle farm she received from her father in Troublesome Creek. Copper's life seems as dilapidated as the farm as she struggles to come to terms with her shattered world. Desperate to rekindle the easy faith she had as a child, she searches for peace and God's direction in the serenity of the Kentucky mountains... -
Woman's Own by Robyn Carr
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBlessed with great beauty and wealth, Emily Armstrong had the highest privileges that youth can bestow. But all that is behind her now. Pregnant and abandoned by the man she loved, she struggles to survive in the slums of Philadelphia after the Civil War... -
A casa das sete mulheres by Leticia Wierzchowski
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Casa das Sete Mulheres é um envolvente romance histórico e de amor no cenário da Revolução Farroupilha de 1835, no Rio Grande do Sul... -
Maggie by Lena Kennedy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBorn in the rough heart of London's East End, like a resilient city flower struggling toward the meager sun, Maggie kept on... ...through the death of her beloved father, her cherished marriage to a wayward husband of great tenderness and sudden brutality, the solitary fight to raise her four sons and the birth of her "coffee-colored baby," Maggie kept on... .. -
Angel's Fall by Kimberly Cates
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Prince of Sin…Legendary swordsman Adam Slade is finished with noble crusades. Scarred by his time at Cullodion Moor, and his illegitimate birth, he hides behind a cynical façade and the name of Sabrehawk, selling his sword to the highest bidder... -
Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 1 by Philippa Gregory
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of THE WHITE QUEEN, now a hit BBC TV production - the first three novels of her Tudor Court series: THE CONSTANT PRINCESS, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, THE BOLEYN INHERITANCETHE CONSTANT PRINCESS tells the story of Henry VIII’s first wife, Katherine of Aragon, the Spanish princess raised to be Queen of England and first brought to England to marry Henry’s older brother,...
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