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1) Honor
Author
Series
Quaker brides volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Left destitute after her grandfather's death, Honor Penworthy must leave her Maryland plantation -- and the slaves she hoped to free -- to seek refuge with a distant relative. A marriage is arranged through the Quaker community to glass artisan Samuel Cathwell, who has not opened his heart to anyone since fever took his hearing as a child. A move west brings the promise of a fresh start, but nothing in Honor's genteel upbringing prepares her for the...
2) Leigh
Author
Series
Women of Ivy Manor volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"A young woman pursues her dreams of being a journalist, immersing herself in the rights movement and antiwar protests over Vietnam"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Women of Ivy Manor volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"A woman coming of age during World War II becomes involved in anti-Nazi espionage"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Some shadows are hard to shake. And someone has a mean sense of humor. And is springing nasty pranks around town. Who and why? And, more importantly, how can Keely Turner and Burke Sloan, the newest sheriff's deputy, stop the malicious prankster before someone gets hurt badly? Keely, the daughter of the richest man in the county, and Burke, a newcomer with his own family baggage, are attracted to each other in spite of their intentions. The fact that...
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Language
English
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Description
"Their Frontier Family. No one is more surprised than Sunny Licht when Noah Whitmore proposes. She's an unwed mother--an outcast in her small Quaker community. But she can't resist the Union soldier's offer of a fresh start. Noah is determined that Sunny and her baby want for nothing...except the love that war burned out of him. Yet Sunny makes him hope once more for the family he never thought he'd find."--
"The Baby Bequest. The moment schoolteacher...
Author
Series
Wilderness brides volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"When Quaker Rachel Woolsey nurses a former Civil war soldier back to health, he agrees to help her achieve her dream of having her own bakery and a homestead in Pepin, Wisconsin"--
7) Blessing
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An impetuous love swept Blessing Brightman away from the Quaker community into the heights of Cincinnati society, but her spirit slowly eroded. Widowed young, Blessing reclaimed her faith and vowed to use her influence to fight for women's rights and abolition. Gerard Ramsay, scion of a wealthy Boston family, arrives in Cincinnati hoping to escape his father's clutches. His plan is soon complicated, however, by the enchanting widow.
12) Shelter of hope
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Series
Publisher
Steeple Hill
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Description
Struggling single mother Rosa Santos is deeply touched when volunteers band together to build her a home. With a waitressing job, community college and church, Rosa barely has time to help, let alone dream about a husband and father figure. But when handsome volunteer Marc Chambers hands her withdrawn young son a little hammer, her heart swells. Suddenly, her son is blossoming. But the closer she and Marc get, the more he pulls away. Why? He's built...
14) Summer's end
Author
Series
Northern intrigue volume 3
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
[2009], c2009
Language
English
Description
In 1836 Texas Alandra Sandoval is the lady of Rancho Sandoval determined to prove to a doubting world that a woman alone can run a ranch. But when Comanches attack her ranch and kidnap her, Alandra must admit she needs protection. Scully Falconer a top hand at a nearby ranch is chosen for the task and quietly stays by her side. Though they believe their paths to be worlds apart the cowboy and the proud lady will be swept up together in the tide of...
18) Faith
Author
Language
English
Description
Quakeress Faith Cathwell and Colonel Devlin Knight are thrown together as a result of the Civil War.
Author
Series
Wilderness brides volume no
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Mail-order bride Judith Jones has barely arrived in Pepin, Wisconsin, before she's whisked away to prepare for her wedding to Asa Brant. Though something about Asa seems so familiar, how do two strangers become husband and wife? Especially when Judith senses Asa's hidden sorrow. His kindness in helping two young orphans could win her heart . . . if only he'd open up to her. Determined to start over after four years of brutal war, Asa moved away and...