When genteel Millicent travels to her brother Matthew's wedding, the roughness of the Minnesota frontier horrifies her. Dangers abound, but again and again Adam Conrad comes to her rescue. As Millicent and Adam's attraction for each other grow's M...
When Laurina Dalen returns to Chippewa City, Minnesota, after a fourteen-year exile, she realizes little has changed. The hardships familiar to prairie life-famine, drought, sickness and death- have once again left many desolate and homeless. Haun...
With only a few months to go before he marries the sophisticated and beautiful Celeste Morton, John leaves his home in Chippewa City, Minnesota, to travel to the mining town of Goldstrike in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The reason for this trip? ...
Life hasn't been kind to Jason, Pearl's brother's best friend and like a brother to her. After the tragic deaths of his parents, Jason puts his own dreams on hold and returns to run the family farm. But when Pearl witnesses inadvertently the breakup ...
Constance Ward's work as a Pinkerton agent requires secrecy and deception skills she will surely use as she travels form Chicago to River's Edge, Minnesota, to capture the notorious criminal Rasmus Pierce. Under the guise of delivering her orphaned n...
After being left at the altar, then becoming engaged to the notorious outlaw Rasmus Pierce, Marian Ames is happy to come to Minneapolis where no one knows her scandalous history. Losing herself in exciting work with needy children at a local missi...
Carrie Chambers has fallen in love. But the man of her dreams isn't the hometown sweetheart her parents had hoped for, a pleasant Christian man. Charming, fun, and endearing, Dexter Riley makes his living playing with the 1892 St. Louis Browns of the...
When Alexander Bixby's assignment as a Pinkerton agent sends him to River's Edge, Minnesota in 1894 in search of counterfeiters, he doesn't expect beautiful Amanda Mason's inexperienced attempts to help solve the case. Nor does he expect to fall in l...
History comes alive for eight-to-twelve year olds in this close-up, fun-to-read, multi-generational story of a fictional family spanning three centuries of actual historical events. God's hand is seen at work in people's lives and in the events that ...
Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: Barbour Bargain Books (November 1, 1998) Language: English ISBN: 1577482875 Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches It's July 4, 1876, and Walter Fisk is celebrating America's one hundredth ...
1893 is an exciting time to be alive. The World's Fair in Chicago has attracted thousands of visitors, including Esther Allerton and her cousin Ted Fisk. They're excited to see Thomas Edison's new inventions. They ride on the giant new Ferris wheel,...
History comes alive for eight-to-twelve year olds in this close-up, fun-to-read, multi-generational story of a fictional family spanning three centuries of actual historical events. God's hand is seen at work in people's lives and in the events that ...
A fifty-five-year-old widow, Libby Ward enjoys running her own business and living near her family. But others aren't satisfied with her single state. They push the popular millenery shop owner into the company of every eligible bachelor in town. ...
This four-in-one volume of all-new historical novelas -- each from an experienced author -- is sure to radiate nostalgic harmony in the midst of modern holiday cheer. Includes Dreams by Peggy Darty, Paper Roses by JoAnn A. Grote, Navidad de los Sueno...
Each of these historical novellas is set on the open plains when saying "I do" also most often meant committing to a life of hard work against the backbreaking soil. But, love has the ability to shine over any circumstance and light the bride's eyes ...
Having seen convincing evidence that her husband is having an affair with a coworker, Ellie Carter flees to her hometown in North Carolina, determined to start a new life for herself and her unborn child. But as she grows closer to God, Ellie is conv...
Time, tides, and the hand of God draw the hearts of four couples together in these delightful tales. Authors Kim Comeaux, Linda Goodnight, JoAnn A. Grote, and Diann Hunt weave four engaging stories of romance on the water. The Matchmakers won't leave...
Join brave women who take on wars, social injustices, and westward expansion, living to find love and build a legacy in these nine stories of historical romance. From Virginia west to Oregon, meet Lucy, a nurse; Helen, a bookkeeper; Permelia, a farme...
Having waited a year for Frank Sterling to satisfy her father's requirements, Amy Henderson exults in the thought of her courtship--with the only man who has ever captured her heart. That is until Walter Bay demands Amy's hand in marriage. If she ref...
When the Spanish-American War causes yet another postponement of Frank and Amy's wedding, she vows to marry him when he returns. A severe battle brings Frank home from the Philippines before the rest of his regiment, but Amy is simply glad that her f...
The artistry of renowned lithographers Currier & Ives captures the beauty and nostalgia of simpler days and Christmases past. Yet, while a picture may be worth a thousand words, there are times when even the best illustrations leave viewers with a ye...
Though eight years have passed, Mandy remembers as if it were yesterday the pain of turning down Jason's marriage proposal. But she knows her decision was right, and she's learned to live without him. But when his grandfather's heart attack brings Ja...
Misreading an order for bridles, a New England farmer sends his four sisters-in-law as mail-order brides to Lickwind, Wyoming. When the four women step off the train, astonishment turns to mayhem as the men of the town suddenly spruce up and make tim...
Time Period: 1931 Twenty-five percent unemployment, food lines, banks and businesses closing. . . The Great Depression was not only a national catastrophe, but a personal one, as well. Follow the fictional story of Anna Harrington to see ...
Time Period: 1893 It's 1893, and technology is making Emily Allerton's world a better place. This fictional twelve year old can hardly believe the inventions displayed at the Chicago World's Fair-unusual things like "automobiles." But soo...
Girls are girls wherever they live -- and the Sisters in Time series shows that girls are girls whenever they lived, too! This new collection brings together four historical fiction books for 8â€"12-year-old girls: Lydia the Patriot: The Boston Massa...
Complications abound as love is encountered by four young schoolmarms in bygone days. In Schoolhouse Brides, one-room schoolhouses by the Lehigh Canal, on the prairies of Minnesota, amid the Blue Ridge Mountains, and in frontier Idaho are the setting...