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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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The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Focused 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...

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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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Learning to Love by Jo Noelle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Clara Hatfield knows sorrow. Having been abandoned by her husband, then shamed with divorce, she traveled to Creede, Colorado to seek refuge with a brother who left the family a decade ago. She’s been living with him for the past year. Now he wants to sell her in marriage to settle his gambling debt to a known troublemaker, but Bernard Newell intervenes...

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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 Bride of Convenience by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Unemployed mill worker Zoe Hart jumps at the opportunity to emigrate to British Columbia in 1863 to find a better life and be reunited with her brother, who fled from home after being accused of a crime...

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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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Western Future by Janelle Daniels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
It finally happened. Charlotte’s bakery is open and thriving beyond anything she could have imagined. Her logical, business-driven tenant—one of the Copper Kings—thinks she should make changes to maximize her profit, but she isn’t ready—no matter how illogical. He confounds and fascinates her, and now he’s all she can think about. Max doesn’t need distractions...

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Mail Order Menace by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Tired of being remembered only for her misdeeds as part of the demon horde, Ernestine Miller agrees to go out West to marry a banker in need of a wife. When she arrives in Montana, she discovers her groom has met with a fatal accident, and she has two choices. She can either find a way to support herself or go back home in shame...

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Mail Order Melancholy by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Gretchen Jensen has been in love with the same person for years. There are only two problems standing in the way of her marriage to him. She’s pregnant, and he’s dead. Most of the people in her town won’t even talk to her, because the woman who was to be her mother-in-law has shunned her...

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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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The Maid: The Eighth Day by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A wanted murderer, a young maid on the run...and five days left to save the town. Accused of murder and shunned by his former peers, Colin Deane tells himself he doesn’t want a wife but will take one to save his hometown of Noelle. He owes Noelle. The town came to his rescue all those years ago, after the war, when the country was still a seething mass...

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Ophelia: A Valentine's Day Bride by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Clint Jones came to Noelle for one purpose and one purpose only. Get in, assess the town, and get out. Then he'd report to his superiors at Wells Fargo and Company to let them know if Noelle was respectable and prosperous enough to open a branch there...

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The Pinkerton Matchmaker by Christine Sterling, Marianne Spitzer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Pairing prospective lady Pinkerton detectives with rough and ready agents? What could possibly go wrong? Head of the Denver Pinkerton office, Archie Gordon, has been tasked with hiring female agents. The problem? They need to be trained by existing agents while solving cases. Alone and unchaperoned. In 1871. The solution? Have each pair marry temporarily, for the duration of the case...

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Fae's Fantasy by Kay P. Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Fae has always believed in true love and happy-ever-afters, even if she'd never thought it was something she would have for herself. As an orphan raised in the Wigg School and Foundling Home, she knows her options are limited, but she's content to spend her life in service to Madam Wigg as a teacher at the school...

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The Redemption of the Puzzling Governess: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance by Fanny Finch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
He is her last chance. And she will protect him at any cost... Tormented by his guilt over the past, Mark Collingridge, the Earl of Dulshire, is blind to the danger that circles him closer and closer. Only one person can see the imminent threat: Delia Caulfield, his daughter’s new governess, who has confused him so much with the unexpected feelings she has awoken inside him...

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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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Losing Lincoln by Stephenia H. McGee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
"The time has come when I must change my plan...." She thought she'd saved them all, but now a more nefarious plot emerges, increasing the stakes and threatening to bring a nation to its knees. Displaced, rejected, forsaken… Annabelle finds herself pulled farther from home and ever closer to the malicious repercussions of war...

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The Christmas Quandary by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Holiday surprises await two lonely hearts in Hardman Tom Grove just needs to survive a month at home while he recovers from a work injury. How bad can it be to return to Hardman for the holiday season? He arrives to discover his middle-aged parents acting like newlyweds, the school in need of a teacher, and the girl of his dreams already engaged...

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Cathy by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A long lost relative escapes to Clover Springs, but it's not the happy reunion anticipated by her sister. She’s escaped with her life—but brought baggage that jeopardizes her future. When her past threatens her once more, Clover Springs rallies around to help...

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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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A Second Chance for the Tormented Lady: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel by Abby Ayles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
They say the darkest hours are just before the dawn. Now, her sun is about to rise again, ignited by his love. It was only a year ago that Frederica Chaput was rescued from her seemingly endless misery by her brother and his wife...

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Emer: Clover Springs Mail Order Brides by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Life isn't easy for a young woman alone in 19th Century Colorado, but when Emer Matthews needs to escape an untenable situation, she only has herself to depend on. She has no time for men having seen first hand the high price women pay for love, so she seeks solace with the sister she's never met, Sorcha...

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A Foolish Game: A Regency Romance by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Lady Isabella Beauchamp is beautiful, clever and rich. But she is not happy with the restrictions that Society has placed upon her. She is determined to prove that she can be so much more than what people expect her to be, even if it means that she is destined to become a spinster...

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Mail Order Holly by Charlotte Dearing
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
To avoid an unwanted suitor, Holly Ross becomes a mail order bride. She travels to Copper Creek a few short weeks before Christmas. Along the way, she’s asked to take a bundle of letters to a certain cowboy in Copper Creek. They’re from another mail order bride who’s had a change of heart.The journey seems endless. Holly peeks at the letters, reads one, and then another...

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The Christmas Calamity by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Have you ever had something take you by surprise? Experience the magic of the holiday season in this sweet Victorian romance. Dependable and solid, Arlan Guthry relishes his orderly life as a banker’s assistant in Hardman, Oregon...

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Angela's Hope by Leah Banicki
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Book 2 of Wildflowers series Angela Fahey has a lot to overcome after surviving the Oregon Trail. She loves her new home in Oregon but longs to reunite with her brother, his last known whereabouts was California territory. With her dear friend Clive she sails off to San Francisco, a dark city of sin and corruption...

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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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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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Mary by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Mary Ryan leaves the orphanage and heartbreak behind and follows her friend Katie to Clover Springs to become a mail order bride. She's nervous but reminds herself that Davy Sullivan must be a nice man or Katie wouldn’t have recommended him. Davy Sullivan needs a wife, but he's not looking for love. In his experience, that only leads to heartbreak...

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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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A New Beginning by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Can Emily, a widow, help others find love, and have a chance at love herself? Lady Emily Smithton has returned to society with the sole objective of enjoying herself. Having completed her mourning for her late husband, she has no intention of finding herself a new husband nor even allowing herself to be courted by a gentleman...

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The Reluctant Guardian by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Baldwin, the Viscount of Mountgarret, was content with his life. Unexpectedly, his childhood friend dies, leaving him his most prized treasures: his two young daughters. Baldwin’s priorities begin to shift as he arrives home and meets his wards’ infuriatingly stubborn governess. His interest is piqued by the mystery surrounding her, but she’s only a governess. He certainly can’t pursue her...

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The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark by Lawana Blackwell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
When spring arrives in full, the town of Gresham reawakens to life. Soon more than one unlikely romance blooms among her villagers and readers will be delighted as even a bruised and timid heart is made to feel young and renewed...

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The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter by Lawana Blackwell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Love is in the air. As the wedding of Julia Hollis and Vicar Andrew Phelps approaches, the quaint English village is caught up in a stir of excitement and the promise of an event to remember. Andrew's daughter Elizabeth is being courted by a handsome young curate. But the man she once loved suddenly appears at her door, wanting to prove he's now worthy of her affection...

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The Jewel of Gresham Green by Lawana Blackwell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
A charming, Victorian-era romance set in a small town in England from the best-selling author of the Gresham Chronicles...

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Where We Belong by Lynn Austin
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
The Adventure of a Lifetime for Two Indomitable Socialite Sisters In the city of Chicago in 1892, the rules for Victorian women are strict, their roles limited. But sisters Rebecca and Flora Hawes are not typical Victorian ladies. Their love of adventure and their desire to use their God-given talents has brought them to the Sinai Desert--and into a sandstorm...

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The Jack of All Trades by M.A. Nichols
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
An heiress looking to escape. A gentleman searching for purpose. Together they may just find love.Felicity Barrows is no fool, though the fortune hunters pestering her must believe differently...

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Dawn of the Golden Promise by B.J. Hoff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Includes Song of the Silent Harp, Heart of the Lonely Exile, Land of a Thousand Dreams, Sons of an Ancient Glory, and Dawn of the Golden Promise...

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Jasmine by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Take a girl with a flower name and add in a sweet widower, twin boys, a pet pig and what do you get? A fun-filled romance sure to delight any lover of historical romance. The fifth of the Sullivan girls , Jasmine stays with her sister Daisy to help her while she’s pregnant and for a time after her sweet niece Dinah is born...

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A Daring Proposal by Jennie Goutet
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
She has loved him for as long as she remembers. He is fast discovering his newfound attachment. And now they may never see each other again.Phoebe Tunstall has lived her entire life in the shadow of her outgoing twin sister and in service to her maiden aunt...

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A Hope Revealed by Karen Baney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Prescott Pioneers Series #4 - sequel to A Life Restored Christian Historical Romance set in the Arizona Territory in 1866. Pain. Disappointment. Fear. Life turned out differently than Mary Colter expected. With her abusive husband either missing or dead, and the ranch gone, she is left to raise her two children on her own...

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Mail Order Mischief by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
When Elizabeth Miller agreed to manage a mail order bride agency years before, she had no idea that it would leave her lonely and isolated. She's loved one man for years and is about to give up on marrying for love entirely. When she receives a letter from a man in Texas looking for a bride, she considers marrying him to be close to her sister...

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Evelyn by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Evelyn Sanders is a smart, confident woman, who is tired of the games boys play. She wants to marry, but she needs someone who will be honest with her and treat her like a lady. When one of her students misbehaves in class, and she meets with his father, she is unprepared for the feelings that spring to life for him, despite his seemingly uncaring attitude about his son’s misdeeds...

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A Rake's Ruin by Maggie Dallen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Only the wildest woman can ruin a devilish lord... Claire is the dutiful, proper Cleveland sister, and the only one who's not embroiled in a scandal. Until now. With her sister's marriage to an earl, the weight of responsibility to save her family has been lifted from her shoulders, and for the first time in her life Claire is free...

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The Shepherdess by Jill Eileen Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A young woman at the mercy of kings...A prince whose claim to the throne is challenged...One chance to make this life all they imagined it could be. Abishag may not be living the joyful life she once had before her oldest brother took over the household, but she can always escape to the fields for solace...

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Mail Order Merry by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
*** This book was previously published in an anthology. Please make sure you don’t already have it before purchasing again. *** Merry Winters wants something more out of life, but she feels beholden to her sister and brother-in-law, who have given her a home for the past four years...

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The Foibles and Follies of Miss Grace by Jen Geigle Johnson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A woman who can't trust herself to make a good marriage choice asks for an arranged marriage, but then falls in love with someone else.Grace standish is the youngest of the Standish sisters. Years ago, she became flattered by one of the men of the ton, only to find herself rescued from a carriage ride that could have ruined her forever...

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