Orphaned Gwendolyn knows she will be thrown to the street on her 18th birthday â€" just one year away. All she dreams of is to be part of a loving family, and know and marry a man who will truly cherish her. When naĂŻve Gwen is convinced to run away ...
Young Julia King is so beaten down by her tyrant step-mother that she despairs of ever being free. She fears for her life, and those of her two young brothers. Unbeknownst to Julia, her cowered father finally devises a way for her to be rescued from ...
16-year-old Laura Ferguson's taste for adventure takes her on a journey that leads from tragedy to triumph. Despite her plans for a round trip to the farthest reaches of the nation she so loves, she finds herself in Sandpoint â€" a wild and uninspiri...
Bethany's family is facing ruin at the hands of her father's unscrupulous business partner. The only route to salvage the family honor and fortune is a proposal from a rich western magnate â€" a sixty-five-year old man in need of a bride. Teenage Bet...
Having lost her entire family through a terrible plague aboard the boat that brought her to America, Leslie Logan still hopes for a better life in this land of opportunity. Opportunity for 19-year-old Leslie seems as far away as her forsaken homeland...
Callie is the daughter of a rich but heartless industrialist in Baltimore. She witnessed the heartbreaking death of her neglected mother, and now her father insists she marry to extend his business empire. Plucky Callie refuses, insisting that she wo...
Doris Watson comes from humble circumstance, but when her family is blackmailed and her life threatened, the young lady is sent to safety. Her trip to safety is hijacked by the evil intent of a dangerous yet beautiful lady on the train â€" a stranger...
When 16-year-old Charlotte Stevens discovers an unusual map and letters among her grandfather’s things she becomes obsessed with the inscription on the back of the faded papers: “If you care, take this dare. Beyond the shadows, radiance blazes." ...
Jessica Winters’ father is a stubborn and onerous man. In his drive to make his mark he drags his family west, only to be slain on the treacherous trail, leaving his daughters to defend themselves in the open wilds. No horses, no wagon. No hope but...
When Teresa Gordan’s well-respected and rich parents are supposed lost at sea, she finds herself under the care of a grasping aunt. Aunt Tiffany intends to posses the poor girl’s inheritance by marrying her off to her wastrel brother. Such dire m...