If I were just beginning to read on a regular basis, this would have been a 5. Cute story of a preacher on his way to his new post, stopping to help a marshal who was shot, and a young woman convict who had been hurt in an attack. He helps but realizes he will end up the one to bring Sarah to the...
This book got my attention from the start. Kate is training to take over a ranch but has to sign a contract that she will not marry but then falls in love. She is a writer but was banned from having her books published. This take place in the 1800's so what she wrote wasn't really bad just by the...
This was a slight but charming little novel. Three sisters arrive in Rocky Creek with the intention of finding husbands for the younger two. It is a story of finding your way back to God and putting your trust in Him, that He has a plan for every life. It is a story of redemption through His grac...
Lucy wants to be a photographer and will try to get anywhere she can to get a good picture. She wants a job at the newspaper but finds out the owner prints a story that she did but rewrote it with untrue things. So she decides not to work for the newspaper. She was helping a friend get well by hi...
Experience Christmas through the eyes of adventuresome settlers who relied on log cabins built from trees on their own land to see them through the cruel forces of winter. Discover how rough-hewed shelters become a home in which faith, hope, and love can flourish. Marvel in the blessings of Chris...
This novel starts out with a young preacher determined not to marry the girl he loves. She's unconventional and he's positive she's not going to be accepted by his parishioners. She's wild and unruly, and actually plays...games! For pete's sake, who wouldn't have a problem with that?! It's up to ...
When Madeline Percy, a young schoolteacher, arrives at her new teaching post in Colton, Kansas, the only shelter she can find is with Luke Tyler, a cold-hearted widower. If only they can learn to ignore each other, they might be able to stop the sparks from igniting between them. . . .
Had it only been forty hours since she first arrived in town? Hard to believe. In some ways it seemed like a lifetime ago. Everywhere she looked, families stood around in secure little knots. One man perched a small boy on his shoulders and she couldn’t take her eyes off t...
Monster tay me.” Amy twisted and turned until her bedding tied up in knots. She flopped over on her back and stared at the ceiling. The house seemed especially restless tonight. Its studs groaned and joints creaked. Was it possible for a house to absorb the fears and worries of inhabitants? Or wa...
Already the gallows were being erected in the empty field behind Main Street. Each pound of the hammer felt like someone was driving a nail into Maggie’s heart. What was wrong with these people? Couldn’t they have waited until the verdict was read? The sheriff greeted her with his usual “No visit...