But when he looked at her with those piercing black eyes and called her, 'My Maggie,' she had trouble remembering anything except that he was a man and she was a woman. The new world is full of promise, the promise not only of a virgin land waiti...
"There's nothing to do but send you out of the country as quickly as possible." She was born to be a queen, reared in luxury and manipulated by male relatives for their own welfare. But when her nobility, her wealth, her family, and her future we...
"BUT I WON'T." With these words Alisha Defoe dramatically breaks the family bonds that chain her life. Now what is she going to do with her newfound freedom? She knows one thing: she needs to find a place where she's not known, where she can succ...
She was a coal miner's granddaughter who grew up in the stark hollows of Logan County, West Virginia, forever stigmatized by her illegitimate birth and her grandpap's moonshine. She was once a gap-toothed girl who loved a rich boy until family pride ...
HER BABY...OR HER MARRIAGE? Sonya Dixon thought her marriage was perfect. Her handsome and successful husband, Bryon, truly loved her. Or did he? The night Bryon learned she was pregnant, Sonya's world fell apart. He demanded she choose: her baby....
LOVE IS PATIENT... With her warmth and grace, Violet Conley easily captured the heart of her neighbor Roger Gibson. Yet, the handsome law officer believed she'd always think of him as merely a friend. LOVE BEARS ALL THINGS... Suddenly Violet fac...
COMING HOME... Beth Warner had pledged she'd never return to Harlan County. But when a twist of fate brought the beautiful nurse home, she faced reawakened memories--and the only man who had ever won her heart.... Clark Randolph hadn't changed....
MOTHERLY MIRACLES Childless, widowed and at loose ends, Alice Larkin prayed only to be of service. And if ever a family needed her help, it was handsome, tormented ex-minister Mark Tanner and his two motherless children.... Alice agreed to be t...
SPIRITUAL HEALING When Joseph Caldwell started the New Life Center's program, he wanted only to regain mobility in his leg. He didn't realize the center's philosophy was to rehabilitate the body... and the soul. He also didn't know he'd have such ...
The stories from bedtime fairy tales are not just for children. Enjoy inspirational romance woven around beloved fairy tale themes in contemporary settings from authors Irene B. Brand, Lynn Coleman, Yvonne Lehman, and Gail Gaymer Martin....
After an 8-year absence, Autumn Weaver was finally home for a brief stay, and hoping to find forgiveness and heal family wounds. She never thought she'd run into the man who'd captured her heart as a young girl, and who'd permeated every dream since....
Rural North Carolina was the last place military man David Brown ever expected to call home. Brought here by tragedy, he now shared guardianship of his niece and nephew with a woman he'd never dreamed would share his home -- or his attraction.... ...
Love soars beyond castle turrets. Deep in the Black Forest of Germany a tradition begins and continues across many generations. The "dance of love" is timed to the beat of ancient customs, and hearts are drawn to its rhythms. As a Hessian soldi...
It is 1927, and Ellen Hern, now a wealthy widow, is returning to her childhood home in Appalachia. She wouldn't have personally chosen the move - which will cause her to relive painful experiences at Arrowwood Estate - but the local authorities have ...
He had been her first and only love. Yet when Lorene Harvey met Perry Saunders again after twenty years, she was amazed by the emotions sweeping through her. She wanted desperately for them to have a second chance, but Lorene had a secret...one she f...
LOST DREAMS As a teenager, Norah Williamson believed she had a calling from God, but she had put everything on hold for the sake of her family. Now her obligations were over, and she was finally ready to pursue her own dreams. Widower Mason Kin...
All she'd wanted for Christmas was to regain the faith she'd had as a child. Spending the holidays alone at a friend's home seemed the perfect answer for fortysomething Carissa Whitmore -- and what better town than Yuletide to help her find the holid...
RAINBOWS ALWAYS FOLLOW THE RAIN College sweethearts Amelia Stone and Chase Ramsey had married right after graduation, but infidelity destroyed their young marriage. Now, more than a decade later, severe flooding in West Virginia had brought the...
Newly engaged Wendy Kenworth and Evan Kessler's relationship is tested when Evan must leave college to manage the family farm. City-girl Wendy can't understand her fiance's sudden need to work the land, but getting stranded at the Kesslers' for Chris...
Laurel Cooper was too busy planning her only daughter's wedding to make time for romance. But the forty-something widow couldn't ignore the rugged photojournalist who'd appeared on her doorstep to photograph her antebellum home-turned-boarding house....
Missing Christmas with her family bothered Livia Kessler, but not as much as being stranded with strangers...and her teenage crush, Quinn Damrow. He'd broken her heart when he'd told her she was too young for him. Yet perhaps their snowbound holiday ...
When Janice Reid and her younger sister, Brooke, moved into their ancestral home, threatening letters and ominous phone calls made it obvious they were not welcome in Stanton, West Virginia. But Janice had always dreamed of providing a stable, safe h...
In one night, Edward Moody lost his young wife and Rose Thurston became a surrogate mother to a sickly infant. Ten years later, Rose must face the man who's selfish actions gave her a family, and Edward must come to terms with the consequences of his...
To Linc Carey, Maddie Horton had always been a gangly kid with braces. So when a gorgeous woman walked off the plane, Linc was stunned at the changes in his late commanding officer's daughter. The Hawaiian holiday was his belated graduation present t...
His faith was being tested for the first time: Chad Reece's promising pro football career was cut short by a devastating accident, and then a kidney transplant revealed his biological parents were a couple he'd considered family friends. Shaken, Chad...
It's been a year since Paula Thompson's stepfather died, and the nephew he willed her home to has yet to show up. Paula's resentment toward this unknown man is growing as she waits to learn her fate. What will happen when he shows up? But what if he ...
Now that my twin has found love, she wants me to be as happy as she is. She doesn't know how blue coming home to this empty house makes me. And our poor mother-I found her in the library, murdered. I'm thankful that Drew Lancaster was one of the firs...
Eighteen-year-old Nancy Logan is enjoying her life, working for a wealthy family, and saving her money. She's heard talk of war, but disregards it as rumor. But when Virginia secedes from the Union, her little part of the world is torn apart. Friends...
Historical Romance: For Colonial settlers in Jamestown and Williamsburg who were enduring the hardships of carving a home out of the wilderness, Christmas was a reminder of where they came from and their hope for the future. But for some, finding the...
Historical Romance: For Colonial settlers in Jamestown and Williamsburg who were enduring the hardships of carving a home out of the wilderness, Christmas was a reminder of where they came from and their hope for the future. But for some, finding the...
Single Mother Doesn't Seek Love Raising a teenager kept widow Aimee Blake too busy for a relationship. Or so she said. Her daughter was trying--with all her rebellious might--to cut the apron strings. So Aimee took some "me time." She attended a sin...
Love Finds You What can a California girl do with a few dusty acres of land in rural Nebraska? So Kennedy Blaine wonders after she inherits a ranch in the small, Western-style town of Valentine, Nebraska. As Kennedy makes arrangements to sell the ...
A promise to her dying sister compels Julia Mayfield to take her young nephew to Mistletoe, Kentucky, a tiny town tucked away in the Appalachian Mountains. Sparks fly when she meets David Armstrong, a World War II veteran like herself. Even as shadow...
Vance never saw this coming. When Vance Bolden finds a young woman washed ashore after a storm, he’s shocked but determined to help her. The task is daunting enough. . .then Vance discovers that Evelyn Weber is with child. As he makes the most...
Newly engaged Wendy Kenworth and Evan Kessler's relationship is tested when Evan must leave college to manage the family farm. City-girl Wendy can't understand her fiancé's sudden need to work the land, but getting stranded at the Kesslers' for Chris...
DORA IS DISSATISFIED. Although she's at the center of New York society, Dora Porter still feels there's something missing in her life. But a textile mill wasn't what she had in mind. When she learns her father has purchased a Southern mill for he...
MARIE BOLDEN MIGHT BE LEARNING MORE THAN SHE'S TEACHING Wealthy, privileged Marie Bolden lives a life of comfort. So her father can't understand why she'd leave her family in North Carolina to teach in a one-room schoolhouse. After all, there coul...
Independent Paige Fallon is a temporary bread-and-breakfast hostess in the Cotswolds, where she is inflamed by Lord Derek's handsome son Burton. There is a minor mystery element, and the love affair is impeded by several things: his lack of deep Chri...