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The Trouble With Secrets: The Kilteegan Bridge Story by Jean Grainger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKilteegan Bridge, County Cork 1958For eighteen year old Lena Mullery, life is predictable and dull. A future of hard work, marriage to a local boy, and a family of her own one day is all she has to look forward to. People from her background know not to expect too much, but Lena yearns for something different.Malachy Berger was different, for him, the world is at his feet... -
![The Mistletoe Countess by Pepper Basham]()
The Mistletoe Countess by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill the magic of Christmas bring these two newlyweds closer together, or will the ghosts of the past lead them into a destructive discovery from which not even a Dickens’s Christmas can save them? Mistletoe is beautiful and dangerous, much like the woman from Lord Frederick’s Percy’s past, so when he turns over a new leaf and arranges to marry for his estate, instead of his heart, he never... -
![The Problem Child by Tess Thompson]()
The Problem Child by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCymbeline Barnes declared Viktor Olofsson her arch-enemy when they were children. When he saved her beloved sister, she started to see him as a hero instead. Still, she can't let go of the idea that her destiny is waiting somewhere else in the world.Viktor Olofsson has cared for Cymbeline his whole life... -
![Heart of Mine by Caroline Fyffe]()
Heart of Mine by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Caroline Fyffe makes love the grandest adventure on the frontier for the resistant darling of Eden, Colorado. Emma Brinkman is the most eligible bachelorette in town and staying that way. After learning twice that romance is a lie, she's focused only on making the mine she and her sisters inherited a booming success...Categorized as:
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![Whispers on the Wind by Caroline Fyffe]()
Whispers on the Wind by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA straitlaced bookseller and a rowdy trail guide fight their ill-suited attraction in Book Five of the Prairie Hearts series by USA Today bestselling author Caroline Fyffe. Wyoming Territory, October 1883 Tabitha Canterbury came to Logan Meadows with one goal: to open the bookshop she’s always dreamed of having...Categorized as:
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![The Saltwater Murder by L.B. Hathaway]()
The Saltwater Murder by L.B. Hathaway
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMURDERED WITH A BOX OF TEARS… London, 1924Posie Parker has been called to her most baffling case yet.Amyas Lyle, London’s top young lawyer, has been found with his head in a box of poisoned saltwater.It’s the perfect murder... -
![Waves of Mercy by Lynn Austin]()
Waves of Mercy by Lynn Austin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAustin Returns with a Multi-Generational Historical NovelGeesje de Jonge crossed the ocean at age seventeen with her parents and a small group of immigrants from the Netherlands to settle in the Michigan wilderness. Fifty years later, in 1897, she's asked to write a memoir of her early experiences as the town celebrates its anniversary... -
![More Than Meets the Eye by Karen Witemeyer]()
More Than Meets the Eye by Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMany consider Evangeline Hamilton cursed. Orphaned at a young age and possessing a pair of mismatched eyes--one bright blue, the other dark brown--Eva has fought to find her way in a world that constantly rejects her. Yet the support of even one person can help overcome the world's judgments, and Eva has two--Seth and Zach, two former orphans she now counts as brothers... -
![Orphan Train Christmas by Rachel Wesson]()
Orphan Train Christmas by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKenny Clark knows Santa is magical and only he can find his family. Kathleen Collins fights poverty and desperation every day in her bid to find new homes for the orphans of New York...Categorized as:
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![The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright]()
The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBased on a remarkable true story of Taj Rowland. Seven-year-old Chellamuthu's life is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in India, sold to a Christian orphanage, and then adopted by an unsuspecting couple in the United States. It takes months before the boy can speak enough English to tell his parents that he already has a family back in India...Categorized as:
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![The Sheriff's Mail Order Rescue by Amelia Rose]()
The Sheriff's Mail Order Rescue by Amelia Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove is perilous – and that’s before you involve bandits and kidnapping.After five years of being the town’s sheriff, Matt Hanson is well and truly settled into his life in Iron Creek.Sure, there are still challenges, like the bandits that are occupying the nearby mountains, but Matt is content with his life in this small town...Categorized as:
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![The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano]()
The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFocused on a career in medicine and not on romance, Willa Duvall is thrown slightly off course during the summer of 1859 when she discovers a never-opened love letter in a crack of her old writing desk. Compelled to find the passionate soul who penned it and the person who never received it, she takes a job as a nurse at the seaside estate of Crestwicke Manor...Categorized as:
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![The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich]()
The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeloved writer Sean Dietrich—also known as Sean of the South—will warm your heart with this rich and nostalgic tale of a small-town sheriff, a mysterious little girl, and a good-hearted community pulling together to help her.Folks in Moab live for ice cream socials, baseball, and the local paper’s weekly gossip column... -
![A Trick of the Light by Carolyn Brown]()
A Trick of the Light by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAngels would have trouble getting along with Micah Burnet, and Tempest Lavalle's halo is twisted plumb out of shape by the time she gets to the plantation where her two married sisters are living. Micah was the handsomest of the three outlaws who escorted her and her sisters from San Antonio to Louisianabut he also has the biggest ego... -
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![A Baby on the Doorstep (Volume 2) by Rachel Wesson]()
A Baby on the Doorstep (Volume 2) by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this heartbreaking and beautiful tale, a woman running an orphanage during the Great Depression does everything she can to help the children in her care—perfect for fans of Before We Were Yours and The Orphan Train .Distant rumblings of conflict in Europe have reached even the secluded, snow-dusted mountains of Virginia, where Lauren Greenwood faces a battle of her own...Categorized as:
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![Third Watch by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
Third Watch by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJourney back to first-century Jerusalem, a dark and hopeless time, when citizens are searching for their promised Messiah to return. Meet new characters Zahav, a Jewish woman who is very strong in her faith, and Alexander, a Greek with a past...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![An Agent for Darcy by Laura Beers]()
An Agent for Darcy by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWidow Darcy Spencer abhors the very idea of marriage, but to become a Pinkerton agent, she must marry her trainer. She's assured that it's in name only, so she begrudgingly takes the position. Although her new husband is infuriating, she’s determined to prove herself worthy as an agent – and as a person. Agent Porter Shaw can’t help but tease his tight-lipped, stubborn bride... -
![The Memory Tree by Linda Gillard]()
The Memory Tree by Linda Gillard
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCan the power of love overcome life’s darkest memories and deepest losses? When her favourite beech tree is felled in a storm, Ann feels as if someone has died. But when long-hidden seed packets are found inside the trunk, Ann realises there are more memories than her own lurking within the ancient tree . . -
![Before the Larkspur Blooms by Caroline Fyffe]()
Before the Larkspur Blooms by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCaroline Fyffe returns to the windswept prairies of Wyoming with a beautiful story of rekindled love… Thomas Donovan spent eight long years in prison, convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Finally released, he returns home to Logan Meadows, Wyoming, to discover his parents long buried and his neighbors wanting nothing to do with him... -
![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... -
![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... -
![No Journey Too Far by Carrie Turansky]()
No Journey Too Far by Carrie Turansky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA family long divided, a mysterious trunk, and a desperate journey across the ocean--all in the name of love. The epic saga of the McAlisters continues in this riveting sequel to No Ocean Too Wide. In 1909, Grace McAlister set sail for Canada as one of the thousands of British Home Children taken from their families and their homeland... -
![The Secrets She Carried by Barbara Davis]()
The Secrets She Carried by Barbara Davis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a young woman returns to North Carolina after a thirty-year absence, she finds that the once grand tobacco plantation she called home holds more secrets than she ever imagined... -
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![The Promise of Dawn by Lauraine Snelling]()
The Promise of Dawn by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeloved Author Lauraine Snelling Launches New Immigrant Series When Signe, her husband, Rune, and their three boys arrive in Minnesota from Norway to help a relative clear his land of lumber, they dream of owning their own farm and building a life in the New World... -
![In Dreams Forgotten by Tracie Peterson]()
In Dreams Forgotten by Tracie Peterson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJudith Gladstone came to San Francisco after her parents died to find her last living relative, an aunt she has never met. Instead she has fallen head over heels in love with Caleb Coulter, her friend's brother. Caleb has promised to help Judith find her aunt, but she can tell he thinks of her only as a friend, and she struggles to hide her feelings... -
![Eternal Deception by Jane Steen]()
Eternal Deception by Jane Steen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLove or independence? Few choices remain for Nell and her new family on the Kansas frontier… Kansas, 1872. Unwed mother Nell Lillington hopes to support her daughter Sarah and friend Tess by working as a seamstress in an isolated seminary. When her only ally among the seminary's leaders dies, she must choose between returning to her old life in Chicago and remaining in charge of her destiny... -
![The Lost Sister by Kathleen McGurl]()
The Lost Sister by Kathleen McGurl
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree sisters. Three ships. One heartbreaking story.1911. As Emma packs her trunk to join the ocean liner Olympic as a stewardess, she dreams of earning enough to provide a better life for both her sisters. With their photograph tucked away in her luggage, she promises to be back soon – hoping that sickly Lily will keep healthy, and wild Ruby will behave...Categorized as:
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![The Writing Desk by Rachel Hauck]()
The Writing Desk by Rachel Hauck
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTenley Roth’s first book was a literary and commercial success. Now that her second book is due, she’s locked in fear. Can she repeat her earlier success or is she a fraud who merely found a bit of luck? With pressure mounting from her publisher, Tenley is weighted with writer’s block...Categorized as:
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![Lightning on a Quiet Night: In the years following World War II, a town too proud of its own virtues deals with its first murder. by Donn Taylor]()
Lightning on a Quiet Night: In the years following World War II, a town too proud of its own virtues deals with its first murder. by Donn Taylor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Taylor’s powerful historical romance is filled with passion and heart, spiced with mystery and a keen understanding of the human condition." ~ Publishers Weekly Despite the implications of this crime, the town of Beneficent, Mississippi, population 479, tries desperately to hold onto its vain self-image... -
![An Agent for Audrey by Laura Beers]()
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]()
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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![While the City Sleeps by Elizabeth Camden]()
While the City Sleeps by Elizabeth Camden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKatherine Schneider's workaday life as a dentist in 1913 New York is upended when a patient reveals details of a deadly plot while under the influence of laughing gas. As she is plunged into danger, she seeks help from the dashing Lieutenant Jonathan Birch, a police officer she has long admired from afar... -
![Once Beyond a Time by Ann Tatlock]()
Once Beyond a Time by Ann Tatlock
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s 1968, and Sheldon and Meg Crane have just moved their family from Pennsylvania to the small town of Black Mountain, NC. Sheldon has recently resigned from the ministry after an affair. He will now be a used car salesman at his brother-in-law’s auto dealership... -
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![Baron of Emberly by Tamara Leigh]()
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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![Across the Blue by Carrie Turansky]()
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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![Return to Thrush Green by Miss Read]()
Return to Thrush Green by Miss Read
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's Spring again in the village of Thrush Green and with the changing season comes change for many of the villagers... -
![The Secrets of Saffron Hall: An absolutely gripping Tudor historical fiction novel by Clare Marchant]()
The Secrets of Saffron Hall: An absolutely gripping Tudor historical fiction novel by Clare Marchant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo women. Five centuries apart.One life-changing secret about to be unearthed…1538New bride Eleanor impresses her husband by growing saffron, a spice more valuable than gold...Categorized as:
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![The Prodigal: A Ragamuffin Story by Brennan Manning, Greg Garrett]()
The Prodigal: A Ragamuffin Story by Brennan Manning, Greg Garrett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJack Chisholm is on top of his game: lead pastor of a big church in a big city, thousands of members, a huge physical plant. His books sell millions of copies, and he is a public figure, sharing his life's philosophy: 'We have got to do better.' He is also living a lie---nobody could be as holy as his congregants think he is, and like all of us, he has his share of faults, flaws, sins... -
![Bringing Maggie Home by Kim Vogel Sawyer]()
Bringing Maggie Home by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDecades of Loss, an Unsolved Mystery, and a Rift Spanning Three Generations Hazel DeFord is a woman haunted by her past. While berry picking in a blackberry thicket in 1943, ten-year old Hazel momentarily turns her back on her three-year old sister Maggie and the young girl disappears... -
![A Life for a Life: A Mystery Novel by Lynda McDaniel]()
A Life for a Life: A Mystery Novel by Lynda McDaniel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a young woman is found dead in a wilderness area of the North Carolina mountains, the county sheriff says suicide. Della Kincaid disagrees. As a former reporter in Washington, D.C., she knows how to hunt down the real story. But she's living in Laurel Falls, N.C., trying to create a new life for herself...Categorized as:
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![Murder in the Churchyard by Catherine Coles]()
Murder in the Churchyard by Catherine Coles
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDownton Abbey crossed with Murder, She Wrote...set in a Yorkshire village!When the body of Isolde Newley's long lost husband is found in the grounds of St Augustus churchyard, suspicion falls on Isolde and everyone close to her - especially her new love interest, the dashing Dr Mainwaring.The mystery is exacerbated by the largest snowfall seen in North Yorkshire for years... -
![Obsidian Murder by Beth Byers]()
Obsidian Murder by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBonfire Night 1924. Violet, Victor, and friends intend to celebrate an evening with cocktails, bonfires, and fireworks. What they don't intend is to find a body instead of their Guy Fawkes. What's even more baffling? The obsidian blade. Once again, the friends delve into a wicked crime. Tensions rise as they realize that murder wasn't the only game afoot during the celebration... -
![Murder at the Village Fete by Catherine Coles]()
Murder at the Village Fete by Catherine Coles
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDownton Abbey crossed with Murder, She Wrote...set in a Yorkshire village!Evelyn Christie, the new Lady Northmoor, is looking forward to hosting the local village fete in the grounds of Hessleham Hall... -
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![Sweet Expectations by Mary Ellen Taylor]()
Sweet Expectations by Mary Ellen Taylor
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDaisy McCrae knows that change can be sudden—and devastating. And while it doesn’t have to be a bad thing, change has the power to turn your whole world upside down.... Running the family bakery and living in the store’s attic might not be Daisy’s dream life, but she’s beginning to understand what being content feels like. And then she gets some unexpected news... -
![The Sea Keeper's Daughters by Lisa Wingate]()
The Sea Keeper's Daughters by Lisa Wingate
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWingate's third Carolina book follows the highly reviewed, The Prayer Box and The Story Keeper as well as related three novellas.From modern-day Roanoke Island to the sweeping backdrop of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains and Roosevelt’s WPA folklore writers, past and present intertwine to create an unexpected destiny. . -
![The Englisher by Beverly Lewis]()
The Englisher by Beverly Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAnnie Zook is forced by her father, the bishop, to choose between her forbidden art and joining the church, the only life she knows... -
![The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry]()
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II are revealed.In the war-torn London of 1939, fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated to a rural village to escape the horrors of the Second World War... -
![The Odd Mystery of the Cursed Duke by Abby Ayles]()
The Odd Mystery of the Cursed Duke by Abby Ayles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel When all hope seems lost, a deal between them offers them a new life. But within his castle walls, something evil seeks to destroy their happiness... After her heart was broken, Beatrice Leeson has forsaken love. Close to spinsterhood, she is content to help with her sister’s family... -
![The Mystery of the Iron Duke by Fanny Finch]()
The Mystery of the Iron Duke by Fanny Finch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone had heard the rumors. But no one was prepared for the truth... Lady Catherine Cartwright, daughter of the Earl of Abingdon, is a beauty coveted by many. When her greedy parents announce her courtship to the mysterious Duke of Windermere, she is determined not to show fear, despite the strange rumors that are whispered about the recluse Duke...
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