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The new female deputy and a hero with a past face a series of copycat crimes that terrorize their small town. She came home to be near her aging father. Trish Franklin, the first female deputy in the county, has returned to Winfield on the Lake Superior shore. She’s worried about her aging father, embittered by a family tragedy. And this is only made worse by Grey Lawson’s return. Grey’s carelessness was responsible for that tragedy. He comes home for one reason, to take care of his beloved great aunt who raised him. He can’t believe that he didn’t realize seven years ago that ...

By USA Today Bestselling Author Lyn Cote a story of survival by a woman ahead of her time and an unlikely hero forced by history into a marriage of convenience~ A proud Mexican lady. An American cowboy. When war sweeps across Texas, their only chance is to stand together—or lose everything. 1836 Texas—Mariana Sandoval, mistress of Rancho Sandoval, is determined to prove that a woman can manage land and cattle as capably as any man. But when renegade Comanches abduct her, she’s saved by Scully, the rugged top hand from the neighboring Quinn ranch. Reluctantly, she accepts his ...

Their chance at first love slipped through their fingers—now a second chance, will they let their attraction grow to true love? Abby Kirkland, a successful fundraiser for a big city botanical garden, faces a life-changing decision. In order to make the right choice, she visits her beloved great aunt in Florida. To be there for her aging aunt, will she have to upend her life? Then unexpectedly she crosses paths with Dr. Marco De Palma. She knew him at university in Florida, almost a decade ago. Marco never thought to meet Abby again. Even though now he is a MD, the chances of a lady like ...

What happens when a “thinker” and a “live wire” collide? Sparks? Or a 5-alarm fire? Small town Pleasant Prairie has been slowly dying. Then an influx of Hispanic Americans from southern Texas gives the town much needed new life and possibilities. Pastor Tanner Bond hopes to connect the longtime families and the newcomers for the good of all. But he wants to make the right decisions and has prayed for help. But he didn't expect God to send him Lucy Kirkland. Bold, brash, and bilingual, Lucy swoops in to help Tanner take action among the new Hispanic residents. But she's also ...

A heroine with a secret, a heart-frozen hero and a puzzling missing person case… Claire is the guest of honor at her best friend Melissa’s neighborhood party to celebrate Claire’s passing the bar exam. Everyone waits for Melissa’s tardy husband to join the festivity. What’s keeping him? On his drive home, Ryker finds an abandoned truck on the side of the road. A senior detective, Ryker is given the lead on the investigation. After the vehicle’s owner is identified, in the early hours of the morning, Ryker brings the bad news. Comforting her hysterical friend, Claire faces the ...

By USA Today Bestselling Author Lyn Cote Fans of Laura Frantz and Tamera Alexander will love this heartfelt tale of a courageous woman, a wounded hero, and a marriage of convenience set on the early American frontier. Betrayed by her family and left penniless, Honor Penworthy faces a future as uncertain as the early Ohio frontier. Forced from her Maryland plantation, she leaves behind the enslaved people she longed to free and accepts a marriage of convenience arranged through her Quaker community—a union born of duty, not desire. Her new husband, Samuel Cathwell, a deaf glass artisan ...

Four generations. One family’s faith. A young nation’s story. From the American Revolution in New England to French Colonial New Orleans, across Osage tribal lands, and into pioneer East Texas, The American Journey follows a courageous family through love, loss, and triumph. Each novel blends clean historical romance with authentic American history, weaving faith, honor, and redemption into the fabric of a new nation. Through revolution, scandal, prejudice, and frontier danger, strong women and the men who love them discover that freedom is more than a cause—it’s a matter of the ...

Thea Glenheim's new next-door neighbor turns her small town upside down. Trace Della's handsome, successful, and committed to helping high-risk boys. And he's changing things in ways a lot of people don't like. One in particular. Bad things begin happening on Trace's property, and troublemakers compete with each other to stop him in his mission to provide a place for kids who need help. All the while Thea is caught in the middle, between the people she's known all her life and this new man in town. He's a mover and shaker. She's a quiet piano teacher. Yet opposites attract, don't they?

Can a shy girl find her moxie and win her hometown hero? Or "let" him win her? Food blogger and columnist Hannah, recently “unengaged,” strikes out to help her parents get settled in their new house and show them the new forceful Hannah. When she arrives, what meets her eye— just a foundation! What’s wrong with the builder—Guthrie? How can Hannah achieve her hopes of helping her parents get settled well before snow flies.Hannah becomes involved with the build, the new town, Guthrie and his wounded family. As she pursues her goal which involves the hardworking good-guy Guthrie, she...

Small-town Steadfast, Wisconsin, has spent the last six years raising funds to help a medical student stay in med school. In return, the student contracted to practice medicine in the local clinic for the next six years. Kirsi Royston is that doctor, and now, she must tell the town she is leaving at summer's end. In the midst of their conflict over Kirsi wanting to break the contract comes the unthinkable. Meth is creeping into the county, poisoning students at the local high school. And the local eccentric, a woman who has bullied the town for years, finds herself needing help.

Two brothers. Two frontiers. One faith strong enough to heal the past. Bound by blood yet separated by scandal, identical twins Johnny and Callum McKuen must each find their own path to peace on a divided frontier. From New Orleans to the wilds of Texas, danger, love, and forgiveness will test their courage—and the strength of their faith. A powerful conclusion to The American Journey Series by USA Today Bestselling and Carol Award–Winning Author Lyn Cote. Identical twin brothers, unjustly outcast and parted, must each confront the legacy of their family name. Rejected by New Orleans ...

A grieving rich man’s daughter and a disillusioned logger’s son--what could draw them together in the wintry northwoods? Catching a freight train out of Chicago is no way to spend Christmas Day. The Depression has cost Will his classy wife, executive job and high society life. Now traveling as a tramp, he’s heading home to the northwoods of Wisconsin to face the “I told you so’s” he so deserves. On the freight train, a homeless little boy attaches himself to Will like a lost puppy. Who is the boy and why is he alone? A chance meeting with a new widow Cass provides a temporary ...

A spunky heroine takes on a wounded hero as partner, but will they keep it strictly business? Independent Kat, short for Katherine, Simmons lost her father a year ago. Now the family business, a garden nursery, is in danger because of his medical expenses. She's forced to take on a partner from the big city A year ago Gage Farrell's life changed due to a boating accident. He's recovered mostly but lost a fiancée and has forsaken his workaholic lifestyle. He senses his new partner is prickly and uneasy with their partnership. He wants to keep matters all business too. But only heaven knows ...

Little matchmaker Rylee wants a mother’s love and won’t be deterred by her love-shy father! High school teacher, Pete volunteers at the local Habitat for Humanity project. Not only to use his building trades skills but to help two of his students keep out of trouble for the summer. A single dad, Pete is not only concerned about raising his two children without their absent mother but also doing a good job as a teacher. To him that means mentoring as well as teaching. But frustrating his goals on the very first day at the Habitat site, his little girl Rylee falls in love with Miss Ellie....

Single mom Rosa Santos attends the groundbreaking for her Habitat for Humanity house. Before it can begin a handsome volunteer, Marc Chambers, puts himself in harm’s way to save her seven-year-old son. Shaking with terror, she can barely thank him, her heart in her throat. Though thankful to Marc, Rosa is not interested in trying love again. However, from then on Rosa and Marc’s paths keep intersecting. In addition to working side by side on her house, they find themselves in line registering for classes at the local community college. Rosa’s goal for college: a better career to make ...

A penniless but pretty girl...a wealthy young man on his way to war--what could draw them into a marriage of convenience? In April 1898, Sophia Schiffler boards a train and meets Gannon Moore, both on their way to Chicago. Gannon is going to enlist to serve in the Spanish American War. Teddy Roosevelt is gathering his rough riders to invade Cuba. Mourning the recent loss of his sister, Gannon is shocked when Sophia reveals she is going to marry a man she's never met. When this suitor doesn't meet Sophia at Union Station as planned, what they discover there catapults Sophia into a situation ...

Can a basset hound, two kittens and twin girls succeed as matchmakers? In the midst of a northwoods winter, single mom Amy Broussard is helping build her Habitat for Humanity home. This is the security she's always wanted for her twin girls. Then one frigid evening on their way to their small town church potluck, she and her girls rescue two orphaned kittens. Inside the church basement, she meets the local veterinarian Jake McClure with his basset hound Bummer by his side. She volunteers to adopt the kittens on the spot. She is happy to fulfill another promise to her girls. This surprises ...

Is falling in love only for the very young? Never married, Mavis, a retired college librarian, has created a new life and new friends for herself near her “adopted” niece Ellie. She has found her anchor by becoming “Auntie” to the children in Ellie’s blended family. Over a year ago, John lost his wife, who was Mavis's best friend for nearly forty years. Since the funeral, he’s spent the past year traveling in his camper, seeing the country, and trying to figure out this new life without his wife. But when his only daughter Ellie faces complications with a difficult pregnancy, ...