Linda K. Hubalek

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  • Bibliography:
    52 Books (8 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1997
  • Latest Book:
    May 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Brides with Grit

1 - Rania Ropes a Rancher (Oct-2014)
2 - Millie Marries a Marshal (Nov-2014)
3 - Hilda Hogties a Horseman (Feb-2015)
4 - Cora Captures a Cowboy (Jun-2015)
5 - Sarah Snares a Soldier (Aug-2015)
6 - Cate Corrals a Cattleman (Nov-2015)
7 - Darcie Desires a Drover (Feb-2016)
8 - Tina Tracks a Trail Boss (Apr-2016)
9 - Lorna Loves a Lawyer (Aug-2016)
10 - Helen Heals a Hotelier (Oct-2016)
11 - Faye Favors a Foreman (Sep-2018)

Butter in the Well

1 - Butter in the Well (Feb-2011)
2 - Prairie Bloomin' (Oct-2012)
3 - Egg Gravy (Feb-2011)
4 - Looking Back (Feb-2011)

The Clear Creek Legacy

1 - The Saddler's Legacy (May-2018)

Grooms with Honor

0.5 - Montana Sky: Elof's Mission (Mar-2017)
1 - Angus' Trust (Apr-2017)
2 - Fergus' Honor (Jul-2017)
3 - Gabe's Pledge (Aug-2017)
4 - Mack's Care (Jan-2018)
5 - Cullen's Love (Mar-2018)
6 - Seth's Promise (Mar-2018)
7 - Adolph's Choice (Jun-2018)
8 - Nolan's Vow (Jul-2018)
9 - Elof's Mission (Jul-2018)
10 - Jasper's Wish (Jul-2018)

The Mismatched Mail-Order Brides

1 - The Peashooter Society's Plan (Apr-2019)
2 - Amelia changes her fellow (May-2019)
3 - Avalee Exchanges her Fiance (Jun-2019)
4 - Maggie Shifts her Gent (Jul-2019)
5 - Maisie swaps her groom (Aug-2019)
6 - Molly Switches her Man (Sep-2019)
7 - Nadine Trades Her Partner (Oct-2019)
8 - The Christmas Plan (Nov-2019)

Planting Dreams

1 - Planting Dreams (Sep-1997)
2 - Cultivating Hope (May-1998)
3 - Harvesting Faith (Nov-1999)

Rancher's Word

1 - Accept my Word (Jan-2021)
2 - Believe my Word (Feb-2021)
3 - Give my Word (Feb-2021)
4 - Have my Word (Mar-2021)
5 - Honor my Word (May-2021)

Trail of Thread

1 - Trail of Thread (Oct-2012)
2 - Thimble of Soil (Oct-2012)
3 - Stitch of Courage (Oct-2012)

Multi-Author Series List

American Mail-Order Brides

21 - Lilly: Bride of Illinois (Dec-2015)

Book List in Order: 52 titles

  • Planting Dreams

    Planting Dreams - 1

    Drought has scorched the farmland of Sweden and there is no harvest to feed families or livestock. Taxes are due and there is little money to pay them.
    But there is a ship sailing for America, where the government is giving land to anyone who want...

  • Cultivating Hope

    Planting Dreams - 2

    Can you imagine being isolated in the middle of treeless grassland with only a dirt roof over your head? Having to feed your children with whatever wild plants or animals you could find living on the prairie?
    Sweating to plow the sod, plant the se...

  • Harvesting Faith

    Planting Dreams - 3

    Imagine surveying your farmstead on the last day of your life, reviewing the decades of joys, hardships, and changes that have taken place on the eighty acres you have called home for the past fifty years. Would you feel at peace or find remorse at t...

  • Butter in the Well

    Butter in the Well - 1

    Swedish immigrant Kajsa Svensson Runeberg fights to survive and build a homestead on the Kansas prairie as she and her family faces the trials of weather, disease, accidents, and loneliness. This historical fiction, written in the form of diary entri...

  • Egg Gravy

    Butter in the Well - 3

    Subtitle: Authentic Recipes from the Butter in the Well Series Butter in the Well Series, Book 3Egg Gravy is a collection of recipes the pioneer women used during their homesteading days. Quotes from author Linda Hubalek's books Butter in the Well an...

  • Looking Back

    Butter in the Well - 4

    Subtitle: The Final Tale of Life on the Prairie Butter in the Well Series, Book 4The inevitable happens- time moves on and we grow older. Instead of our own little children surrounding us, grandchildren take their place. Each new generation lives in ...

  • Stitch of Courage

    Trail of Thread - 3

    Feel the uncertainty, doubt, and danger faced by the pioneer women of Kansas as they defend their homes and pray for their men during the Civil War. We think the Civil War took place in the South, but the plains state endured their share of battles a...

  • Thimble of Soil

    Trail of Thread - 2

    Experience the terror of the fighting and the determination to endure as you stake a claim alongside the women caught in the bloody conflicts of Kansas in the 1850s. Follow the widowed Margaret Ralston Kennedy (a relative of the author) in this secon...

  • Trail of Thread

    Trail of Thread - 1

    In this first book of the Trail of Thread series, in the form of letters she wrote on the journey, Deborah Pieratt describes the scenery, the everyday events on the trail, and the task of taking care of her family. Stories of humor and despair, along...



  • Prairie Bloomin'

    Butter in the Well - 2

    Subtitle: The Prairie Blossoms for an Immigrant's Daughter, 1889-1900. Butter in the Well Series, Book 2. Popular Kansas author Linda K. Hubalek continues the story of a Swedish immigrant family in Prairie Bloomin', (formerly titled Prärieblomman 97...

  • Tying the Knot

    Tying the Knot, the first historical fiction book in the Kansas Quilter series follows Kizzie Pieratt as she receives trunks and quilts from her relatives to use on her family’s wagon trip from Kansas to the Indian Territory. Kizzie learns about th...

  • Rania Ropes a Rancher

    Brides with Grit - 1

    A sweet, clean historical romance set in 1873. Rania Hamner and her family emigrated from Sweden fourteen years ago to work on a Texas ranch, working cattle and herding them up the Chisholm Trail. Something in her life on the trail caused her to doub...

  • Millie Marries a Marshal

    Brides with Grit - 2

    A clean, sweet western romance set in 1873. Mail-order bride Millie Donovan was looking forward to meeting Sam Larson, a Kansas homesteader, who she is sure, from reading his heartfelt letters, will provide her with the love and safety she wants and ...

  • Hilda Hogties a Horseman

    Brides with Grit - 3

    A clean, sweet historical romance set in 1873. Ranch woman Hilda Hamner spent her youth traveling with her Swedish immigrant family as they drove cattle from Texas up to Kansas cow towns in the 1870s. Hilda decided to get off the cattle trail and bou...

  • Cora Captures a Cowboy

    Brides with Grit - 4

    Bostonian Cora Elison arrives unannounced at her family’s ranch in Kansas, after her fiancé changed her status from bride to bridesmaid -- at her own wedding. But after a few months, Cora thanks her lucky stars that he did because she has found...

  • Sarah Snares a Soldier

    Brides with Grit - 5

    Rancher’s daughter Sarah Wilerson has been engaged to Ethan Paulson, a Clear Creek hotel manager, for two years. Although Ethan is a nice man, Sarah has postponed the wedding twice, unsure whether she can live and work in the family’s hotel --...

  • Cate Corrals a Cattleman

    Brides with Grit - 6

    A clean, sweet historical romance set in 1873. Widowed ranch woman Cate Wilerson’s four children are now all married and she’s enjoying being a grandma. But, she’s only in her forties, so she could be married again for many years. Cate’s read...

  • Lilly: Bride of Illinois

    American Mail-Order Brides - 21

    A sweet wholesome historical romance set in 1890. Lilly Lind was forced to emigrate from Sweden two years ago, due to circumstances beyond her control. She finds a job as a garment maker in the Brown Textile Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, finally f...

  • Kansas Dreams

    Kansas Dreams contains all three books in the Planting Dreams series.Planting Dreams: A Swedish Immigrant's Journey to America, 1868-1869Planting Dreams Series, Book 1Can you imagine starting a journey to an unknown country in 1868, not knowing what ...



  • Darcie Desires a Drover

    Brides with Grit - 7

    Darcie Robbins fled St. Louis to protect her two children from their abusive father. Now divorced, she’s temporarily working on the Bar E Ranch in central Kansas. She needs a permanent job -- or a trustworthy husband -- to help provide for her f...

  • Tina Tracks a Trail Boss

    Brides with Grit - 8

    A sweet historical romance set in 1873. Widowed Tina Martin and her two young children were moving from Texas to her brother’s place in Kansas, when their train wrecks near Austin. Suddenly, Tina, soon to be a mother for the third time, loses her c...

  • Lorna Loves a Lawyer

    Brides with Grit - 9

    A sweet historical romance set in 1873. Lorna Jantz left Boston looking for adventure, signing up as a mail-order bride for a rich Kansas rancher. But, the groom only becomes rich after taking off with her money, after their twenty-four hour marriage...

  • Helen Heals a Hotelier

    Brides with Grit - 10

    A sweet historical romance set in 1873. Helen Higby answers an ad for a mail-order bride, but finds out her groom is already married -- and wanted by the law -- after their wedding ceremony. Now stuck in Clear Creek, Kansas, with her four little girl...

  • Montana Sky: Elof's Mission

    Grooms with Honor - 0.5

    Elof’s Mission is a sweet historical romance set in 1886 in Debra Holland’s Montana Sky Series Kindle World. Although this book stands alone, it's story line follows after Nolan's Vow.Elof Lundahl, a former Fort Ellis soldier and friend of Nolan ...

  • Angus' Trust

    Grooms with Honor - 1

    A sweet historical romance set in 1886. Angus Reagan grew up fascinated with trains and has done everything from stoking engines to applying the car brakes. Now, after being a train detective for years, he's thinking about heading home to Clear Creek...

  • Fergus' Honor

    Grooms with Honor - 2

    A sweet historical romance set in 1886. He's at the right place at the right time to save a woman from falling to her death. but she hadn't planned to survive. Can he convince her life is worth living, with him?Fergus Reagan's fascination with photog...

  • Gabe's Pledge

    Grooms with Honor - 3

    A sweet historical romance set in 1887.Gabriel Shepard has secretly loved Iva Mae Paulson for years, but has been too shy to court her. But when Iva Mae announces at a New Year's Eve party that her 1887 resolution is find a groom, Gabe must decide if...

  • Mack's Care

    Grooms with Honor - 4

    More than sawdust could ignite in the sparks which fly between a carpenter and the new lady doctor.

    Mack Reagan’s been building things since he was old enough to hold a hammer. Designing and building a block of new storefronts for Clear Cr...

  • Cullen's Love

    Grooms with Honor - 5

    Will the couple grow to love each other after they are thrown together by circumstances neither of them planned for?

    Although postmaster Cullen Reagan is a strict “go by the rules” man, he secretly wrote letters to a mail-order bride...



  • Seth's Promise

    Grooms with Honor - 6

    When rancher Seth Reagan left Kansas for a livestock show in Chicago, he never dreamed he’d be returning a week later with seven horses, extra carpet bags, and a wife.Lily Lind answered a mail-order-bride advertisement, expecting to be a Chicago...

  • The Saddler's Legacy

    The Clear Creek Legacy - 1

    Medically discharged soldier Riel (Gabriel) Shepard hides out at his grandfather's Cooper Ranch near Dusty Trail, Texas when life back in Clear Creek, Kansas becomes overwhelming. Besides combat flashbacks, Riel is clueless about what he wants to do ...

  • Adolph's Choice

    Grooms with Honor - 7

    Enjoy this love story of trouble, sparks, and attraction when a Swedish immigrant man marries an Appalachian mountain woman.

    Adolph Bjorklund... he's always at Reagan's parsonage for Sunday dinner when there's a new, single woman in town...

  • Elof's Mission

    Grooms with Honor - 9

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    Elof falls in love with the widow and child, but he needs a job and home before he can offer them anything.

    Elof Lundahl, a former Fort Ellis soldier and friend of Nolan and Holly Clancy, delivers a grave marker to a Montana cemetery f...

  • Jasper's Wish

    Grooms with Honor - 10

    Can the couple weather the embarrassment of Julip’s past, or will the truth tear their marriage apart?

    Jasper Kerns, a carpenter and furniture maker in Clear Creek, Kansas, is stunned when his friend, Holly Clancy, remembers a woman named...

  • Nolan's Vow

    Grooms with Honor - 8

    A soldier comes to the aid of a woman during the snowstorm...and decides to bring her home. But not everyone is happy with his decision.Nolan Clancy finished his military career in Fort Ellis, Montana Territory and is traveling home to run his gra...

  • Tully's Faith

    A sweet western romance set in 1892.No one in Clear Creek, Kansas, thought Tully Reagan, the youngest son of the preacher who was always in trouble, would follow in his father's footsteps. Now finished with his seminary training, Tully is ready to st...

  • Faye Favors a Foreman

    Brides with Grit - 11

    A sweet historical romance set in 1873.Faye Longoria arrived unannounced at her step-uncle’s Cross C Ranch, using cash she stole from…a, uh “customer” to buy her train ticket. All Faye brought with her, was her three-month-old baby and extra ...

  • Kiowa's Oath

    Kiowa Jones, Clear Creek, Kansas, blacksmith, keeps to himself most of the time to avoid people who didn't care for his Native American background. And it's a good cover for who he really is.Widower Mary Jenkins moved home to Clear Creek from Chicago...

  • Amy admires an Amish Man

    A sweet historical romance set in 1874.Rancher's daughter Amy Sanders escapes her job in a saloon by pretending to be her younger brother Amos and signs on to take care of a railcar load of bulls heading to Kansas. Once the bulls are delivered to the...



  • The Peashooter Society's Plan

    The Mismatched Mail-Order Brides - 1

    The older members of the Clear Creek church women’s group, informally known as the Peashooter Society, decide to help the unattached women in town obtain husbands.

    It’s 1892, almost twenty years after first mail-order brides found love i...

  • Amelia changes her fellow

    The Mismatched Mail-Order Brides - 2

    Amelia changes her fellow for a different man!It's 1892, almost twenty years after the first mail-order brides found love in Clear Creek, Kansas in the Brides with Grit Series.The older members of the Clear Creek church women's group, informally...

  • Avalee Exchanges her Fiance

    The Mismatched Mail-Order Brides - 3

    Will Avalee exchange her fake fiancé for a real one?It's 1892, almost twenty years after the first mail-order brides found love in Clear Creek, Kansas in the Brides with Grit Series.The older members of the Clear Creek church wo...

  • Maggie Shifts her Gent

    The Mismatched Mail-Order Brides - 4

    Maggie Brenner, the oldest daughter in the Brides with Grit series book, Sarah Snares a Soldier, grew up on the vast Cross C Ranch north of Clear Creek. Maggie, and all her siblings were adopted by Sarah and Marcus Brenner when Ma...

  • Maisie swaps her groom

    The Mismatched Mail-Order Brides - 5

    Maisie Brenner, the youngest daughter in the Brides with Grit series book, Sarah Snares a Soldier, grew up on the vast Cross C Ranch. Recently, she and her sisters moved into nearby Clear Creek to take over the town's dress shop.The Peashoo...

  • Molly Switches her Man

    The Mismatched Mail-Order Brides - 6

    She agrees to marry him in a 30-second marriage to adopt five-year-old twins.Tobin Billings came to Clear Creek, Kansas with his five friends because they were promised three things from the Peashooter Society, a group of older church women who (kind...

  • Nadine Trades Her Partner

    The Mismatched Mail-Order Brides - 7

    Will Nadine trade one proposal for another?Nadine Paulson, whose family owns Clear Creek's hotel, wants more responsibility than keeping the hotel spotless, but her father hires a man to take over the job she wanted.Wesley Preston moved to Clear Cree...

  • The Christmas Plan

    The Mismatched Mail-Order Brides - 8

    What happens when weather, family interference, and a new couple falling in love, interfere with the wedding plans?The older members of the Clear Creek church women's group, informally known as the Peashooter Society, successfully matched five c...

  • Accept my Word

    Rancher's Word - 1

    A historical western romance set in the 1890s.Rancher Moses Brenner needs to decide whether to stay working on his adoptive grandfather's ranch or pursue a new career. He leaves the ranch for a week to travel to western Kansas, hoping to find the gra...

  • Believe my Word

    Rancher's Word - 2

    Rancher Carsten Brenner feels obligated to escort Emma Hamner on the train to Texas when his two brothers and her two cousins switch their destinations. The three couples were on a trip, paid for by their grandfathers, to explore the women's family's...



  • Give my Word

    Rancher's Word - 3

    An American historical romance set in the 1890s.Rancher Beckett Brenner was thrilled to change his destination to escort Greta Wilerson to Kentucky instead of continuing on the planned train trip to Texas.Beckett, his brothers Asher, and Carsten, alo...

  • Have my Word

    Rancher's Word - 4

    An American historical romance about trusting others to form a new family.Kansas Rancher Asher Brenner was relieved to escort Alva Wilerson to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair instead of continuing on the planned train trip to Texas with his brothers an...

  • Honor my Word

    Rancher's Word - 5

    An American historical romance about facing truth and hardship to find love.Rancher Luther Tucker would prefer to never to set foot off the Cross C Ranch in Kansas, but his grandfather insists he takes a trip to Yellowstone National Park. The only pa...

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Linda K. Hubalek has published 52 books.

Linda K. Hubalek does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Honor my Word, was published in May 2021.

The first book by Linda K. Hubalek, Planting Dreams, was published in September 1997.

Yes. Linda K. Hubalek has 8 series.
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