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PREQUEL to the WINDS ACROSS THE PRAIRIE series For Ben Haynes it is love at first sight, but can a Boston socialite find true happiness with a cowboy from Kansas? Once childhood friends, Ben Haynes is taken with Amelia Carlyle when he runs into her at her sister’s wedding. Although he will be returning to Kansas and life on his father’s ranch, Ben calls on Amelia several times, and they find they have more in common than they first realized. As he leaves for Kansas, they promise to write. Back in Kansas, Ben begins to save money toward a home for Amelia even though he has not made his intentions known. He’s relying on God to make a way. Meanwhile, Amelia is presented to society and has several young men vying for her attention. Although Ben has captured Amelia’s heart, her parents make every effort to discourage the relationship, even forbidding Amelia to correspond with him. Amelia tells Ben that she will wait for him as long as it takes, but will the love and loss they experience along the way bring them closer or drive them apart forever?. Order from Christianbook.com Seasons of the Heart Series
A painful past has left Doctor Elliot Jensen uninterested in love. Until he meets Abigail. Single, educated, and looking for a new start, Abigail Monroe decides to join her brother and his wife in Portersville, Texas. Near her twenty-fifth birthday and without a suitor, she fears she will become a spinster if she stays in Briar Ridge, Connecticut. A sprained ankle sends Abigail to the new doctor in town, Elliot Jensen. He is smitten, but tragedy in his past has left him bitter, guilt ridden, and afraid to fall in love again. When the town’s deputy sheriff rescues Abigail after a robbery, Elliot’s feelings for her get stronger. He is jealous of the attention Abigail is getting, but he fears he can’t compete with the handsome deputy sheriff and his heroic deeds. Has he waited too long to share his feelings for her? Or will Christmas bring them both the gift they seek? Set in the late 1800s, the Seasons of the Heart series follows the lives of four women and their families, weaving together their stories of faith, life, and love as they bond in friendship only God could orchestrate. Order from Christianbook.com
It’s Texas, 1889, and Daniel Monroe arrives and sets up his practice in the central Texas town of Porterfield. The town welcomes him, and he finds plenty of business in this thriving town. The only drawback is that there are very few young, single women available for marriage. The few who live there are sought after by all the single men and could have their pick for a husband. Kate Muldoon offers to go about getting Daniel a bride, as she has so many others in town. He thinks she is a poor matchmaker and tries finding a mate on his own. How many potential brides will he meet before he finds that the one who shares his faith and dreams has been right under his nose all the time? Order from Christianbook.com
As the daughter of a small-town minister in Connecticut, Rachel Winston believes the only way she’ll ever have a husband is to visit her aunt in Boston for the social season until Nathan Reed arrives in town. Although attracted to Rachel, Nathan avoids her because he has no desire to become involved with a Christian after experiences with his own family. When a devastating blizzard paralyzes New England, Nathan is caught in it and lies near death in the Winston home. Through the ministrations and tender care of Rachel and her mother, Nathan learns a lesson in love and forgiveness that leads him back to his home in the South. Before he can declare his love for Rachel, he must make amends with his own family. Will he return to Connecticut before Rachel leaves her home to head west as a missionary in Oklahoma Territory?
A vivid setting, rich in cultural history, Christmastime along the San Antonio Riverwalk is a delightful setting for four modern romances. Ecko finally meets the right kind of guy, but can he trust her motives? Valerie hires an old flame to revive her business, but will he stick around? Gabriela has a chance to forgive and find love, but can she? Sienna's job brings her the chance of a lifetime, but will her rowdy family spoil it? Winds Across the Prairie Series
After six years of waiting for Matt Haynes to declare his intentions, Caroline Frankston decides to begin a new life in Oklahoma City where things are happening all over in preparation for Oklahoma's statehood. When she leaves, Matt realizes he misses her more than he wants to admit, but as long as Mrs. Frankston snubs him, he will not ask Caroline to be his wife. As the state rushes toward statehood, Matt finds himself alone and missing Caroline. When a train wreck threatens her life, will Matt be willing to risk everything to bring Caroline home where she belongs?
Becky is Lucy's cousin from Book 1. She's come home with new ways of thinking and wants to change the world through the job she has as reporter for the Barton Creek Chronicle.
When Luke Anderson falls in love with Native American Dove Morris, he's unprepared for the prejudice his parents level against her. Luke struggles with his feelings until a wildfire threatens the Morris ranch, and he saves Dove's life. Will his mom and dad ever understand that love transcends boundaries of race and culture?
After her parents’ deaths, seventeen-year-old heiress Lucinda Bishop flees to Barton Creek, Oklahoma in 1896 as the ward of Amelia and Ben Haynes, her mother’s sister and brother-in-law. She finds life on a working ranch to be nothing like she had imagined, especially when she encounters Jake Starnes, a drifter now employed by her uncle who holds a dark secret from is past. With Jake, she faces emotions she’s never before experienced. But can he get his life together before someone else claims her hand or her life? Although a historical, the story involves conflicts and situations not uncommon in modern days. Lucinda Bishop learns to cope with the death of her parents, start a new life in unfamiliar surroundings, and learn about love and forgiveness. When the young hero becomes a Christian, he realizes he must face his past and whatever consequences may result, even if it means he will lose the one girl he loves. Set in Oklahoma Territory before the days of statehood, the story is one of how love and forgiveness can overcome even the most difficult obstacles when God is in control. When one’s heart is attuned to God’s leading, the greatest of sins can be forgiven and a new life begun.
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OTHER WRITINGBegin Again Bible Study (Gospel Light Publishers) Today is the First Day: Book of devotions (nine devotions) Gospel Light Publishers Penned from the Heart Devotions in years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 A Son’s Prayer: Whispering in God’s Ear (2005) The Way Home: Embrace of a Father (Bethany House 2006) Interview in In-Step with Step-Children by Karen O’Conner Vine Books 2005 Story in Help, Lord, I’m Having a Senior Moment Again by Karen O’Conner Vine Books 2004 Story in It’s a Jungle at Home by Debra White Smith 2006 BOOKS I'M READING NOWDigitalis by Ronie Kendig Love Finds You in Groom, Texas by Janice Thompson Raider's Heart by Marcia Gruver BOOK REVIEWSLook for reviews on Love Finds You in Golden New Mexico by Lena Nelson Dooley, It Had to Be You by Janice Thompson, Love Finds You in Bridal Veil Oregon by Miralee Ferrell, and Almost Forever by Deb Raney on my blog. |
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AMELIA'S JOURNEY
WINTER PROMISE
AUTUMN SONG
SUMMER DREAM
RIVERWALK CHRISTMAS
CAROLINE'S CHOICE
FINDING BECKY
MORNING FOR DOVE
BECOMING LUCY
SUGAR AND GRITS