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Miss Gladdie Lyndon's world is turned upside down when her father’s stroke leaves her in charge of Velvet Brooks Horse Farm. With the horseracing industry in decline and the 1908 Kentucky Derby on the brink of cancellation, Gladdie faces an uphill battle to save her family’s legacy. The pressure mounts as clients abandon the farm, leaving her to pin all hopes on a mysterious new horse champion.

Widowed, Ms. Ella Milton enjoys matchmaking for everyone except herself. Enjoy five stories about mail-order brides who make a difference on the western frontier and in America's heartland. This boxset collection includes Books 1, 3, 7, 12 & 16 from the Brides of Pelican Rapids series. Included in this collection: Lottie's True Love Living Up to Indigo Jenny's Secret Diary Belle of the Ball Josiah's Jewel In Lottie's True Love, a southern belle finally comes to accept the fact her intended is not returning from the war. Can she begin again in a country torn apart? In Living Up to Indigo, a ...

Isabel Merriweather was born to become a southern belle from a rice plantation in South Carolina. When her parents become deceased during the Civil War, Aunt Margaret from Atlanta takes her under her wing. With a knack for trouble and no fiancé in sight, Isabel has grown past the customary marrying age and her aunt has become weary of finding her niece a suitable match. Desperate, Aunt Margaret ships Belle to a northern matchmaker in the hopes an unorthodox approach will succeed. When another mail-order bride in want of a husband and two completely different marriage prospects greet Isabel...

Miss Delia Lyndon, a young woman born into the prestigious Spencer-Lyndon family, is initially enamored with Thaddeus, the son of a prominent local stable owner, when he begins vying for her hand in marriage. She is keenly aware of how a union between the two families would seal their status as one of the most beloved couples from Lexington.

Annabelle, Geneva's cousin, gets knocked down so many times. Yet, she keeps holding onto hope, the theme in this Antebellum Era, Christian Historical Romance novel. Living in Edinburgh where she helps her parents manage their general store, Annabelle writes to her Aunt Millie in Kentucky. She shares her concerns about being unable to find a suitable husband, fearing everything Grandmother Kirkland says about her may be the cause of her approach to spinsterhood. Yet, there is hope she'll have a husband and family of her own when her wealthy American aunt, thousands of miles away across the ...

Forbidden to marry Heath, the one man she truly loves, Lydia Catherine Hayden, an American heiress from Boston, boards a train and heads west to become a mail-order bride when matchmaker, Milly Crenshaw, introduces her to Wyatt from Iowa. Five years have gone by, and she isn’t interested in any of the society gentlemen of whom her father would approve. Her love for Heath has turned to a mild hate since hearing he married someone else. When the Wild Whitman Gang involved in an Iowa train robbery use orphans traveling west as human shields to make their escape, they converge on Lydia’s ...

Senator Andrews never dreamed he’d have to crash land his plane on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming. It’s love at first sight for the handsome Wyoming wrangler, McGuire Halston, when the Senator’s daughter, Katie Andrews, steps off the plane and onto his horse; but not for Katie, a successful fashion designer with no regard for ranching. She hates dirt and isn’t fond of animals. Stuck on the ranch while the plane is being repaired, Katie has a knack for getting in trouble and is unpredictable. “Marry Me Katie” may be read as a stand-alone and is a clean, inspirational, and sweet...

Jenny Lindford is a southern belle from Lexington, Kentucky about to become a mail-order bride in Minnesota. The eldest of five sisters, she worked hard to help her ma hold the family horse farm together while her father was away fighting in the Civil War. Raised to be an independent thinker, she attends Miss Clark’s Finishing School after the war, and then tours England and France with one of her sisters under an aunt’s watchful eyes. However, it seems no one can see what she’s writing in that journal of hers. Philadelphia-born Dr. Zane Beckham has led a privileged life. Not only is ...

Melody Ramsey has a daring and dangerous thirst for adventure in this inspirational Civil War romance. A governor’s daughter, she is in the unique position of meeting President Abraham Lincoln when news of the war breaks out. In fact, her father, the Governor of Minnesota, is the first to offer troops to Lincoln in response to his proclamation to put down the Confederate rebellion. She has no idea how she’ll accomplish the mission in her heart, but she has a courageous if not overly zealous idea to become a spy before she settles down into becoming a teacher. Since she doesn’t see how...

Can summer love survive amid mystery and mayhem? When Abigail Greenwood and her cousins settle in for their annual summer retreat at the stunning and impressive Sagamore Resort in the Adirondacks, all she wants is to spend as much time as possible plunking out stories on her typewriter. But when her cousins insist she join them in the tradition of choosing a beau to adore from a distance during their stay, she reluctantly plays along, setting her sights on a mysteriously quiet and aloof guest. What started as harmless fun soon changes as Abby finds herself captivated by debonair—and ...

After serving in the Civil War as part of a Minnesota infantry regiment, Zachary feels compelled to head further west to follow the call of God tugging on his heart. He has finally completed correspondence school and earned a certificate to become a preacher. He accepts a minister’s position in the small town of Blossom in Dakota Territory, but there’s a catch.

Miss Addison Campbell will do almost anything to leave Apple Creek behind, the small Wisconsin town where she grew up. She wants to expand her horizons and see the world. She thinks she has found the perfect opportunity to travel by accepting a position requiring her to move to Oklahoma Territory as a companion, maid, and nanny for Miss Bexley Opal Dellwood. However, Addy doesn’t expect her new employer to abandon her baby and surrender him to Addison when they journey to meet Miss Dellwood’s future husband, Reed Logan, the man Milly Crenshaw has matched her to marry. Find out what ...

Born the youngest of four daughters and one son in a modest vicar's family, Miss Catherine Edwina Lyndon faces a life of hand-me-downs and broken dreams. Her parents spend every shilling on finding husbands for her older sisters, leaving her overlooked and resigned to a future without marriage or family. Despite a passion for education reform, she is denied entry to a leading university and escapes to Northampton as a companion to an aristocratic family. As various catalysts and antagonists spring onto the scene, including a mystery unfolding as items begin to disappear during a country ...

Disappear into sweet romance, faith, Christmas dreams, and adventures from the Regency Era... This is an eBook Version collection of 3 Regency Romance Novels including The Shoemaker, The Redemption of Lady Georgiana, and To Find a Duchess. One is a Christmas story; one is an adaptation on the Bible love story of Ruth; and though it may surprise some readers to discover England did have a few mail order brides, one is the story of a clergyman's daughter who responds to an advertisement for a bride though she does not know the gentleman farmer seeking a wife is a duke. All three fictional ...

Step into the Victorian Era, Turn -of- the- Century time period with every turn of the page in this inspirational, Christian, coming of age love story! Meet Hannah Jubilee Parker of Brookside Meadow Farm. Travel back in time with her on a journey that begins with tragic and challenging circumstances that threaten to destroy her future; but ends with renewed faith, true love and triumph in finding purpose, hope and meaning in life. If you loved reading Lucy Maude Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables," "Hannah's Garden" is reminiscent of the orphan girl the world fell in love with. Experience ...

A Modern Day "Ruth" Love Story of Regency Proportions The widowed Earl of Essex, betrothed to Lady Juliana ... is hopelessly distracted by the rescue missions for the governess of his three children. When Lady Margaret Colton and daughter-in-law, Lady Georgiana Colton, flee the revolution of Napoleonic France to live with distant relations, Georgiana is forced to accept the position of governess for the widowed Earl's three children. The Earl, however, only has eyes for his intended, Lady Juliana; though there is a certain something, a "je ne sais quoi..." regarding his new governess. Will ...

Victoria has grown up on the Kentucky meadows and fields of Grace Hill and Sarah Rose Hall plantations, surviving with her family what Lincoln referred to as the Great War, unscathed. She’s beautiful, vivacious, and swarmed by one beau after another. None of them have held her heart captive like Lieutenant Langford does for her sister, Rose. When Langford appears to be drawn to Victoria, there’s sure to be trouble. Ridge and Geneva—alarmed by the tension in the household amongst their daughters and hoping their youngest will find the strength of her faith—are hoping a grand tour of ...

This collection of 4 Contemporary Christian Western Romance eBooks from the Whispers in Wyoming series by USA Today Bestselling, Award-Winning Author Lisa M. Prysock includes Books 2, 5, 8 & 12--: Dreams of Sweetwater River Marry Me Katie No Place Like Home All That Glitters The stories have themes of faith, heritage, home, and letters, centering around The Sweetwater River Ranch Resort in the small, rural town of Lander, Wyoming. In Dreams of Sweetwater River, you'll meet Logan & Jill as these two childhood sweethearts reunite and journey towards renewing a romance as they work to open ...

Anastasia isn’t the least bit interested in a romance with Jed when her sister’s job placement agency sends her to work as a temp at The Sweetwater Ranch bakery. She finally has a chance to make one of her dreams come true by doing a great job managing the bakery. Maybe she’ll even get to ride the horses on the Wyoming ranch in her leisure time, or catch a glimpse of the wild horses she longs to own. Jed’s laid back, fun-loving personality hasn’t helped him find a woman to settle down with, but he’s perfectly content working as a wrangler at The Sweetwater. However, he can’t ...

A faith-inspired, "Jane Austen-ish," mail-order bride story... 1875, England Miss Chelsea Careen Stanton, the heiress of Cherrywood Manor and orphaned daughter of a country squire, finds herself in peril. The ward of reckless relations, they have placed her inheritance in jeopardy. She has few alternatives. Marry Lord Thornbridge, a philandering rake of the worst kind, or take her chances as a mail-order bride to Braydon McLane, an Irish-American clergyman, without a Pemberley. Will her ability to see life through rose-colored glasses and romantic Jane Austen novels help her rise to the ...