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21) Beloved Hope
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Hope Flanagan survived the massacre at the Whitman Mission, but at terrible personal cost. Safe now in Oregon City, she lives with her sisters, Grace and Mercy, and Grace's new husband, Alex. As she spends her days tending their flock of sheep, Hope's mind and soul are slowly healing. Yet, though she was once surrounded by suitors, she has no interest in giving her heart again after the man she loved died in her arms. Hope's precarious new peace is...
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In 1933 Louisville, Kentucky, even the ongoing economic depression cannot keep Piper Danson's parents from insisting on a debut party. After all, their fortune came through the market crash intact, and they've picked out the perfect suitor for their daughter. Braxton Crandall can give her the kind of life she's used to. The only problem? This is not the man--or the life--she really wants. When Piper gets the opportunity to volunteer as a horseback...
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"At the age of twenty-four, postmistress Grace Cristler has all but given up hope of finding a husband among the narrowing group of eligible men in her town of Fairland, Kansas. But when her uncle decides to retire from the pulpit, Grace is responsible for corresponding with the new preacher set to take his place. She can't deny the affection growing in her heart for Reverend Rufus Dille--a man she deeply admires, but has only met through his letters....
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"Young widow Joanna Watson is struggling to make a new home for her five-year-old son, Samuel, in the little mountain town of Settler's Fort. When she returns home from work to find Samuel and the woman watching him missing, with no lawman in town, she enlists a man she prays has enough experience in this rugged country to help. Isaac Bowen wants nothing more than a quiet, invisible life in these mountains, far away from the bad decisions of his past....
25) A daring escape
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"When Danger Closes In, Who Will Save the Children? At the height of World War II, American Amity Mitchell is living a comfortable life abroad as a tutor in England. But that changes when an urgent telegram arrives from her brother, Andrew, summoning her to Prague. Andrew's efforts to help Jewish children escape Czechoslovakia have grown desperate as Nazi forces tighten their grip on the country. Amity knows she can't ignore God's call to join Andrew...
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"From the bestselling author of It Happened at the Fair and Fair Play comes a compelling historical novel about a progressive "New Woman"--the girl behind Tiffany's chapel--and the love that threatens it all. As preparations for the 1893 World's Fair set Chicago and the nation on fire, Louis Tiffany--heir to the exclusive Fifth Avenue jewelry empire--seizes the opportunity to unveil his state-of-the-art, stained glass, mosaic chapel, the likes of...
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Ordinary Women of the Bible volume 12
Publisher
Guideposts Books & Inspirational Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
28) A love to behold
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Forever freedom volume 3
Publisher
Whitaker House
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Romance novel set after the Civil War centering on a 27-year-old woman who teaches at a new school for the children of former slaves in South Carolina, the villains who oppose her, and her two suitors"--Provided by publisher.
29) Touch of silver
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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It 1966, and Jemmabeth Forrester's longtime sweetheart, Spencer Chase, is ready to offer her The Ring. But cowboy lawyer Paul Turner plots his own proposals, while jealous Missy Barnes stands ready to twist that ring right off Jemma's finger. Then there's the secret pact that Jemma and Spencer are determined to keep, despite their anxieties over the Vietnam War. Jemma's grandmother, Lizbeth, has already lost two soldier sons. Will she ever get her...
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It's 1939, and Canada is on the cusp of entering World War II. Seventeen-year-old farm girl Cornelia is heartbroken when she learns that her beloved soldier, Henry, has been killed in a train wreck. Alone and carrying a heavy secret, she makes the desperate choice that will haunt her for years to come. Never telling a soul, Cornelia pours out the painful events of the war in her diary. Many decades later, Cornelia's granddaughter, Benita, is in the...
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Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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To be a good father he needs the right teacher When his twins' nanny leaves for a family emergency, single dad Knox Taylor knows he's in over his head caring for the girls alone. But having their aunt's aid for the summer wasn't the assistance he had in mind. But Merritt Lane's crash course in fatherhood might just teach Knox what he desperately needs to know...and reveal she's the partner he didn't know he was missing.
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Dangerous beauty novels volume 2
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English
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Combining historical facts with detailed fiction, Angela Hunt paints an eye-opening portrait of the beautiful and misunderstood woman who struggled to survive the dire results of divine judgment on a king with a divided heart.
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Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"The path to love is filled with twists and turns in these stories of entangled romance with a touch of humor from four top historical romance novelists! Includes Karen Witemeyer's The Love Knot, Mary Connealy's The Tangled Ties That Bind, Regina Jennings's Bound and Determined, and Melissa Jagears's Tied and True ."--ONIX annotation.
34) Alaskan quest
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Bethany House Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
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English
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Summer of the midnight sun: The Barringer family is happy in the Alaskan Territory. Confronted by an old flame, Leah realizes her feelings never went away and she is whisked away on an unforgettable journey. Under the northern lights: Hidden in Alaska's vast wilderness, a ruthless murderer holds two ladies hostage: one a newlywed, the other a detective. With Leah ravaged by despair and Helaina disabled by fever, the captives have little chance of...
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Ordinary Women of the Bible volume 13
Publisher
Guideposts Books & Inspirational Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Priscilla has big plans for her future. As a pampered daughter of Rome, educated and ambitious, she has one goal: to serve as Emperor Claudius's historian. But all that changes when she is betrayed by her jealous brother. Instead of a life of wealth and history, she is forced to marry Aquila, a tentmaker, who had served her family for years before he bought his freedom. Stripped of her name and ambitions, Priscilla must adjust to her new life as a...
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Barbour Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Seven Texas rangers -- tough, smart, and ready for danger -- are totally unprepared when love sneaks in and makes off with their hearts. Aided by their commanding officer and his matchmaking wife, each one is paired with a seemingly unsuitable bride, and in the end, each man may be more than willing to be found guilty of love."--Back cover.
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Raised together in the Alexandrian palace, Chava, the Hebrew daughter of the royal tutor, and Urbi, an Egyptian princess, become like sisters. When Urbi unexpectedly ascends the throne as Queen Cleopatra, Chava believes their bond is strong enough to survive. But absolute power has a way of changing everything. The ultimate betrayal sends Chava from everything she's ever known to the lowest rung of Roman society--where she must choose between love...
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Women of Hope volume 3
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"When socialite Emma Crowell stops the carriage on the way to Portland to 'exercise' her fussy poodle, she does not expect to become stranded in the woods in decidedly unsuitable attire. The pair of men who find her decide to take her back to their cave, where they've hidden sheep they rustled. When rancher Peter Lowery arrives, furious, to retrieve his property and discovers Emma, he does the Christian thing and brings her, her dog, and the thieves...
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Vintage national parks novels volume 1
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"An ideal sanctuary and a dream come true-that's what Margaret Lane feels as she takes in God's gorgeous handiwork in Mount Rainer National Park. It's 1927 and the National Park Service is in its youth when Margie, an avid naturalist, lands a coveted position alongside the park rangers living and working in the unrivaled splendor of Mount Rainier's long shadow. But Chief Ranger Ford Brayden knows too well how awe-inspiring nature can quickly turn...
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Barbour Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Seven daring damsels don?t let the norms of their eras hold them back. Along the way these women attract the attention of men who admire their bravery and determination, but will they let love grow out of the adventures?"--Publisher.