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Delia was born a slave and then physically and emotionally battered all of her seventeen years. Finally free, she strikes out on her own, making friends with a little band of former slaves and a handsome black soldier, Ezra Johns. A long and arduous journey takes this rag-tag band of survivors through a violent flood, bitter southerners, hunger and exhaustion under a blazing summer sun, and even a murder charge and near lynching. With the help of two humble farmers, they at last earn their train and boat fare to Boston. Back in his home city, Ezra works to complete his education. However, ...

The Civil War is over; Juliana wants to help the South heal and repent of its past…Andre swears never to forgive the North for what they did to his family. Juliana has traveled to war-ravaged New Orleans to help the people devastated by the conflict. Having been a strict abolitionist who was part of the Underground Railroad, she seeks to help the South understand the transgression of slavery. Andre and Juliana’s attraction is immediate and obvious, but they quickly discover how diverse two people can be in their values and beliefs. Even in the midst of their warring points of view, ...

Abandoned in the Heart of Darkness during a deadly rebellion in the western African nation of Zaire, missionary school teacher Jenna Grant misses the only plane to safety and finds herself left behind in the company of a French Foreign Legionnaire. The only thing more dangerous to Jenna than the rampaging rebels out to take her life is the handsome young soldier who attempts to steal her heart. At last Legionnaire Jean-Richard Chanson has found the fulfillment of his quest for happiness: a beautiful missionary teacher he must rescue from violent rebels. But how can he win her heart when she...

Elizabeth Moberly, wellborn daughter of a decorated captain of His Majesty’s royal navy, is determined to marry a titled nobleman. For, only the wealth and privileges of a peer of the realm will provide sufficiently for her future children. When Philip Lindsey, an untitled stranger, puts a stop to her beloved cousin’s wedding, Elizabeth resents him for intruding, even as she finds herself attracted to the handsome gentleman’s fine manners and strong faith.

Single mother Amber works hard to raise her son, Noah, on her wages and tips at a small Colorado diner. With medical bills to pay, they both wear secondhand clothes and do without the modern technology Noah's classmates have. The last thing Amber ever expected was for Noah's father to show up and preach at her about his newfound religion, especially since Drew didn't even know Noah existed. Now will the rich and famous NFL quarterback try to take her son away from her? With no one to defend her, is it time for her to run away again?

In Then Came Love, Louise M. Gouge has masterfully woven unforgettable characters into a tale of forgiveness and grace that will touch your heart and keep you thinking long after you have turned the final page. Set during the Reconstruction Era following the Civil War, the message of this story remains significant today. Judith Miller, best-selling author of the Home to Amana series and The Brickmaker’s Bride. Louise M. Gouge made me care deeply about all her characters from the first page. I began reading Then Came Love and was pulled in and couldn’t look away as the story unfolded ...

Lady Beatrice Gregory should have been introduced to Society years ago, should have made a brilliant match, and should now be managing her own household. But her brother, the Earl of Melton, has gambled away his fortune, leaving no money to fund her first London Season, much less a dowry. With no hope of finding true love, Beatrice must accept a position as lowly companion to wealthy Mrs. Parton, who introduces her to handsome, appealing Viscount Greystone. But Beatrice quickly learns that the elegant peer’s goodwill seems to extend to everyone but her. After a severe illness, Viscount ...

Before Captain Ahab encountered Moby Dick, he met the woman who would capture his heart—Hannah Oldweiler. This voyage back to 19th Century Nantucket completes the portrait of the man who ruled the sea with an iron will…and introduces us to the woman who had a spirit and determination to match him. When Ahab becomes obsessed with settling a score with the great whale, Hannah is left alone to raise their son and to oversee her husband’s estate. Waiting and praying for his safe return, Hannah is faced with loneliness—a deep longing in her soul that not even her husband can meet. Will ...

Catherine du Coeur plots revenge against a baron, Lord Winston, who falsified evidence accusing her father of treason, which sent the French comte into hiding to avoid execution. With a trusted friend’s help, Catherine assumes a false identity and takes a position as the lowly companion to a wealthy widow related to the baron. But the closer she comes to Lord Winston, the more she begins to doubt that the seemingly upright gentleman could have such evil in his heart. As for her own traitorous heart, she struggles not to surrender it to the handsome baron. When Lord Winston meets Miss ...

Finding God’s will in the midst of Revolution Is it a noble thing for a man to fight for freedom? Or should he let God fight for him? When does a man. . .or a woman. . .take up arms and join the battle? A pacifist Quaker widow and a prisoner of war Patriot risk their hearts…and their lives…to find God’s will. But will the gap between her peace-loving faith and his determination to return to fight in the American Revolution be a chasm too wide to cross?

Timothy Jacobs spends his young life trying to prove that he is not like his father, the infamous Captain Ahab. Certain of his own goodness compared to the misguided mariners he observes on the Boston waterfront, he feels no need for the salvation of Christ. His popularity and success as a midshipman at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis seem to confirm that he is on the right path. But when he is tragically wounded in a Civil War battle, he is nearly consumed by rage at God, whom he now regards as unjust and uncaring, even cruel. Compelled at last to read the account of his father’s ...

Second choice. These words haunt Leah Smith as she agrees to marry Reverend Jonah Adams, the man she has loved since childhood, the man who first proposed to another woman. Placing God’s will above her own heart’s longing to be loved by Jonah, she accepts his businesslike proposal and sails with him to the distant South Pacific Island of her birth. Rejected. The word beats against Jonah Adams’s mind like the violent waves of adversity that batter his every move. Why has God rejected his well-designed plan of missionary service? A novella.

When Anna Newfield’s father dies, she loses her paltry inheritance, her future, even her home. Cast out of the vicarage where she was born, she must depend upon a stranger, a dragoon officer who has brought news of her soldier brother. Major Grenville offers her a position as his mother’s companion, but will the Dowager Lady Greystone accept Anna or cast her out, as well? And how can Anna keep her heart from attaching itself to the handsome, heroic major who has rescued her from utter destitution? After being wounded in the American war, cavalry officer Major Edmond Grenville longs for ...

Winner, 2006 Inspirational Reader's Choice Award Captain Ahab is dead, the victim of his own pride. Hannah, his widow, and their son flee Nantucket to escape the infamy of his maniacal behavior that caused so the deaths of his entire crew. Visiting old friends in Boston, Hannah meets kind and warm Captain Lazarus and the dashing Captain Longwood. But before she can consider remarrying, Hannah has another encounter that shakes the very foundation of all she believes, slavery. Before she can go on with her life, Hannah must face her own convictions.