Lavender, Texas Series by Barbara Bartholomew

The ghostly figure haunting the house in the remote Oklahoma hills confesses that he isn't actually dead, not yet. Lynne Hallam, working hard at researching the journals of Maud Bailey Sandford at the late author's isolated ranch home in the red hills has an unexpected visitor that nobody else can see... moreThe ghostly figure haunting the house in the remote Oklahoma hills confesses that he isn't actually dead, not yet. Lynne Hallam, working hard at researching the journals of Maud Bailey Sandford at the late author's isolated ranch home in the red hills has an unexpected visitor that nobody else can see. In his last minutes after a terrible accident, Moss has demanded not justice, but grace from the universe and is convinced that the lovely Lynne has been sent to him to balance the scales of an unfair fate. less

When Cynthia Burden receives a letter from a Texas doctor in 1890s Texas, she is certain it is a prank. Fighting to retain custody of her young daughter, she even suspects her abusive former husband may have sent the letter as part of his attempt to put her sanity in question... moreWhen Cynthia Burden receives a letter from a Texas doctor in 1890s Texas, she is certain it is a prank. Fighting to retain custody of her young daughter, she even suspects her abusive former husband may have sent the letter as part of his attempt to put her sanity in question. But as more letters come from an extinct little town and the doctor claims that a long deceased relative gave him her address, hoping they might become correspondents and friends, Cynthia begins to find herself caught in the fantasy and fears she is falling in love with a man who doesn't exist. less

Eddie isn't attracted by the choice of men available in time-locked Lavender and has unconfided dreams of a love like that between her father and stepmother, who met when their love letters crossed time. So when her stepsister asks her to reply to a missive from 2027 Oklahoma, she cherishes hope for her own big romantic opportunity. But then the returned letter comes, having crossed more than a century to reach her, it's a form reply written by the guy's secretary. So much for romance... moreEddie isn't attracted by the choice of men available in time-locked Lavender and has unconfided dreams of a love like that between her father and stepmother, who met when their love letters crossed time. So when her stepsister asks her to reply to a missive from 2027 Oklahoma, she cherishes hope for her own big romantic opportunity. But then the returned letter comes, having crossed more than a century to reach her, it's a form reply written by the guy's secretary. So much for romance. Eddie has other things in mind when she and Betsy leave Lavender but the last on the list is that she might fall in love with the sender of that letter. Third book in Lavender series. Each book tells a stand alone story. less

Betsy Stephens has always wanted an ordinary life, but once more seems to be gifted with a heaping helping of extraordinary when she steps into the old kitchen in the backyard and finds herself facing a gray-clad confederate soldier in the midst of the war between the states... moreBetsy Stephens has always wanted an ordinary life, but once more seems to be gifted with a heaping helping of extraordinary when she steps into the old kitchen in the backyard and finds herself facing a gray-clad confederate soldier in the midst of the war between the states. Struck by his appearance and yet repelled by the cause for which he fights, she learns that in earlier days this was the site of the cookshack belonging to the original dwelling and that she can step across the timeline to find herself over forty years in the past in those tragic years of war. less

For most of her life Violet James has been half in love with a man she's never met. The people she knows best are those she meets only in her dreams of a 1908 Texas community called Lavender. Less real are those in her own time, 1940's London, where she serves as a scullery maid in an aristocratic household where she was abandoned as an infant shortly after birth... moreFor most of her life Violet James has been half in love with a man she's never met. The people she knows best are those she meets only in her dreams of a 1908 Texas community called Lavender. Less real are those in her own time, 1940's London, where she serves as a scullery maid in an aristocratic household where she was abandoned as an infant shortly after birth. But when the London house is bombed during the blitz, she finds herself facing the man from her dreams, Warne Chapman, in long ago Lavender. (Fifth book in the Lavender, Texas series. The Lavender books follow the stories of members of the same family in the time-locked community, but each book tells a stand-alone story). less