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How could one week make such a difference in the life of Miss Laura Martin? That one week holds the secret that cannot be revealed! Can the school teacher from New England make a fresh start in Summit City, located in the Sand Hills of Nebraska?...

The opening chapter begins with these words and establishes the groundwork for this book, Love at the Dismal River. The contract is a teaching contract issued to a single school teacher from Connecticut. In the Fruit of the Spirit series, the author has waited until the fifth book to bring forth 'love' in the title. Tylor has had some near misses in the previous books in the sea of matrimony. Perhaps Miss Emilee Taven, with her bright red hair, is...

The first words in the crudely bound black journal were...My name is Timothy Conan Moran. These words were faded, but appeared to be printed by a child. They were accompanied by a date; October 13, 1857. This journal was a rare find for the Taggat family in the summer of 1988. This would begin a ten year search into the lives of those early pioneers that now inhabit the graves in the Teasdale Cemetery. Katie Taggat was certain that Timothy Conan Moran...

This book picks up where Book Three concluded. The inhabitants of the 99 Ranch continue with their day to day routine. However, life is never routine. This is especially true, when the people of the soil are dependent upon the elements of nature to bring a sense of calm to their life. A 'freak' weather related accident challenges a fragile marriage relationship. A drought threatens the livelihood of the family enterprise. Laura is torn between the...

A story as full of emotion and drama as the characters themselves. Born within a year of each other and in the same North Carolina county, Mayme and Katie had grown up in two separate worlds. Mayme was a member of a slave family, and her future held nothing but slavery and hardship. Katie's future was bright with promise -- a Southern family's genteel plantation life surrounded by books and music and culture. Then came the Emancipation Proclamation...

Spring comes to Acorn Hill, a close-knit community tucked away in the Pennsylvania countryside. The Howard sisters--Jane, Alice, and Louise--are once again in the middle of something odd and always interesting in their small community. So welcome to the place where spring-time breezes waft through the trees as the townfolk relax on their porch swings, and where good advice is served up with the best blackberry pie.

Three contemporary women seek a home and acceptance among a Kansas Mennonite community.  Bygones Marie Koeppler returns to the town of her childhood, but can she really go back to the faith of her youth and find love and acceptance among the Old Order Mennonites after rejecting God? Beginnings Beth Quinn seeks a place to belong. After learning her mother was raised Mennonite, Beth has accepted the Christian faith, but can she accept the Mennonite...

Detective Ollie DeAngeles is eager to own her first case, but this one will haunt her . . . and the Capital city. As she navigates fear, religious doctrine, and her sexuality, she finds herself trapped by crippling anxiety and controversy. Meanwhile, on this side of eternity, the murdered victim and Jesus have a conversation in Mount Hope Cemetery that could possibly change the world.

This is a gripping novel from the start. Colin and her guard dog, Bosch, have found evidence to indicate someone has been in their beach house. Should Colin have listened to her family?. Colin hopes to be a godly example to a new acquaintance (Jessie), when conditions change things. Colin returns to the beach house after surgery from a fall, and a young native boy appears at the door, hoping for a family. Jacob, a distant neighbor (staying with his...