Texas Sheriff turned Family Man Someone in Bethany Springs has a secret plot. Adam Kendall is plenty busy. He's the sheriff of Bethany Springs, and he runs his family ranch. It’s just him and his elderly grandfather, along with a couple of scrappy young ranch hands living on the Kendall ranch. Adam’s life is full and he’s sure that he’s content. Someone in Bethany Springs has plans for the bachelor sheriff. A surprise mail-order wife. When Adam gets his first letter from a woman claiming to be his bride, he’s certain someone is playing a trick on him. He’s a lawman, darn it! No ...

Mystery matchmakers strike again in the town of Bethany Springs Elizabeth comes to Texas to care for an orphaned girl abandoned by her mother. The child has never known a mother’s touch. While Elizabeth isn’t her mother, she knows how to care for children. She’s a governess, after all. A famous one, at that! According to the letters sent to the matchmaking firm, the plan is for Elizabeth to marry the child’s father. On arrival to Texas, however, Elizabeth discovers that the father has vanished. The little girl is being cared for by her Uncle Dalton, a wealthy, surly rancher. Right ...

Texas, 1889 - Daniel Honeycutt is no stranger to peril. His scars are proof. They frighten folks, which is why he prefers a solitary life on his ranch. His long days are a tad lonesome, but at least there’s no one around to judge him. When he sees a girl on a runaway horse, Daniel forgets his scars. His quick thinking saves Molly Collins, and the chance meeting draws Daniel from his solitude. Molly is unlike any other girl. Headstrong. Impossible. Aggravatingly beautiful. Daniel soon learns Molly is in danger, and he vows to protect her. Even if it means risking his stubborn heart.

Sometimes the most significant journeys are those that take place within the heart. Amelia Hall, widowed and pregnant, stands at a pivotal juncture in her life… Facing a future shrouded in uncertainty, she finds no other option but to agree to an arranged marriage with Benjamin Grant. A pragmatic blacksmith, Benjamin is driven by both societal expectations and the allure of new prospects in the rapidly developing state of California. But never in his heart did he plan to make room for love… Confronting the western trail’s harsh realities, Amelia’s steadfast faith and spirit slowly ...

A lovely cook with a bounty on her head, the Native pioneer determined to protect her with his name and honor, and the unscrupulous mail-order bride agency determined to marry her off to the highest bidder… Chief Pecos is far from thrilled by the sudden influx of new settlers to Christmas Mountain. He prefers things to continue as they’ve been for centuries with his tribe, whose main livelihood is taming and riding the mustang herds that roam the foothills. Until a mail-order bride steps off the train with a price on her head… All of a sudden, he can think of one good exception to the...

A life-altering betrayal leaves Donna Grace alone, unmarried, and pregnant. She's desperate to leave St. Louis, Missouri, and return to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she grew up, and the only way back is by wagon train. The wagon master refuses to let a single woman drive a wagon without a male escort. Donna knows she can't trust men, but it seems she's going to have to partner with one if she wants to get back home. Luke Russell failed to protect his fiancee. Because of his neglect, she was murdered. When he overhears Donna Grace's predicament, he offers her a marriage of convenience.

When Boston schoolteacher Clara Whitmore accepts a position as a mail-order bride in Montana Territory, she expects to find a schoolhouse waiting. Instead, she finds widower Sam Mitchell, his two grieving children, and a town resistant to change. Fleeing an unwanted engagement back East, Clara's determined to make this new life work—even if it means teaching children in her parlor and proving herself to a man whose heart is still frozen in grief. Sam Mitchell needs a mother for his children and a teacher for the growing town, but he never expected both to arrive in one determined package....

For some people, Alaska is full of light and beauty. For Haley, it is a dangerous world of dark and tortured memories. She's here to document wildlife activist Kipp Nowak's bear encounters. But her real reason is to unearth the truth about a past murder. The suspense mounts when another body turns up, and Haley begins to wonder if the tragedies she experienced in the past are connected to the dangers and mysterious incidents of the present. Alaska Twilight is the story of a young woman's emergence from the shadows of past sorrow into the light of forgiveness and grace.

Texas, 1890 - Desperate but Determined When Daisy Muldoon’s uncle dies in a logging accident, he leaves behind a modest inheritance. The problem? He hid the money somewhere in their rented cottage, and no one knows exactly where. Without the money, Daisy and her two younger sisters have no means to escape the rough logging town where men outnumber women five to one. With the new sawmill owner intending to live in the cottage, Daisy must find the family money before time runs out. She prays the good Lord will provide an answer. Pineville is no place for three vulnerable girls. Loyal and ...

Best-selling author Stephanie Grace Whitson is a two-time Christy Award finalist. Deep in Lakota Sioux territory in 1878, a torched farmstead is discovered by American soldiers. Hidden in the cellar is Laina Gray, delirious and pregnant. Nursed back to health by a woman who trusts God's healing hand, Laina recovers but continues to closely guard her terrible secrets.

The most eligible bachelor in Cedar Falls decides to pursue the only woman in town who’s not trying to capture his attention in this sweet, second-chance historical romance. After the tragic loss of her fiancé, Laura Bennett can’t imagine risking her heart a second time, so she devotes herself to charitable causes instead. She soon becomes known for her inability to turn away a stray animal, including the rider-less horse that wanders her way with a broken horseshoe on Christmas Eve. She pays an emergency visit to the blacksmith, doubting she’ll find the handsome bachelor at home. To...

A southern belle accidentally falls for a northern spy in this sweet and swoon-worthy, opposites-attract romance! To escape the bitter division of loyalties in her family during the war, Anna Kate Monroe accepts an invitation to serve as a companion to her spinster aunt in Cedar Falls, Texas. She meets a handsome fellow traveler, whose charming company makes the long train ride west an adventure she doesn't want to end. Even more surprising is the discovery that they are heading to the same small town. Captain Gregory Armstrong has been sent undercover from the north to investigate the ...

Josephine Nordegren is one of three sisters who grew up nearly wild in southwestern Colorado. She has the archery skills of Robin Hood and the curiosity of the Little Mermaid, fascinated by but locked away from the forbidden outside world - a world she's been raised to believe killed her parents. When David Warden, a rancher, brings in a herd much too close to the girls' secret home, her older sister especially is frightened, but Jo is too interested to stay away.

Swept away when her wagon train attempts a difficult river crossing, Ruthy MacNeil isn't all that upset at being separated from the family who raised her. All they've ever done is work her to the bone. She prayed for a chance to get away, and then came the raging flood. Alive but disoriented, she's rescued by Luke Stone...so unfortunately, there are more chances to die in her immediate future. Luke is heading home to reclaim the ranch stolen from his family.

Sarah Prescott has never known a respectable life. Just a hardscrabble childhood and brothers who taught her to shoot first and ask questions later. Justin Wells left Boston in disgrace, heading out alone on the dusty trail to Texas. But when the once-respected clergyman encounters a feisty redhead in handcuffs with a dying US Marshal at her side, their journey takes a dramatic turn. His high-society expectations and Sarah's outlaw habits clash from the start. With a price on her head and recused orphaned baby, Justin and Sarah make the difficult journey toward Rocky Creek.