Inspirational Historical Fiction

*****Available as a value box set amazon.com/dp/B08L35W7SG (copy and paste the link into your browser) ***** - Will Caroline’s family get in the way of her happiness? Caroline Carson is expecting her trip to Montana to be a short one, just until her father feels it’s safe for her to return to Philadelphia after being robbed in broad daylight. Imagine her surprise when she gets off the train and learns she isn’t visiting her aunt, but rather is set to marry a rancher! Logan Gillespie has been waiting for weeks to meet his bride, but all his dreams of family life fly out the window when...

Available as a value box set (Pioneer Wilderness Romance Complete Series) amazon.com/dp/B0743DNQTG (copy and paste the link into your browser) It's 1886 and love is getting tested in the dusty faraway plains of Kansas Meet Julia Herod, a young and naive lady who just lost her job as a governess and an influx of immigrants made it increasingly difficult for her to find work anywhere. The threat of homelessness and joblessness hovering over her head prompted her to send a reply to a mail order bride ad. Realizing that she has nowhere to run, and she's running out of options, she decided to ...

Available as a value box set www.amazon.com/dp/B07634VX9W (copy and paste the link into your browser) Meet Betsy. She’s an independent woman who likes flirting a bit too much. When her flirtations land her in hot water, she has no choice but to become a mail order bride to James Tucker in Oklahoma. During the train ride west, Betsy makes the acquaintance of Simon, a handsome soldier. The two know they can’t marry, but that doesn’t stop them from developing deep feelings for each other. -How can Betsy marry someone else? -What surprises are in store for her once she arrives in Oklahoma...

The right man will heal all pain and heartache within an instant. Lady Anna had always been sickly, but when her father insists that she and her maidservant accompany them to the North of England for a hunting trip to Cragshead Keep, Lady Anna is less than optimistic. Spending most of her days in her bedchambers, she is desperate to escape the stern and watchful eyes of her maidservant, Katie. ***This book is included in the Regency Engagements Box Set.*** As she finally slips away, she meets a mysterious and handsome stranger while attempting to navigate her way through the Keep halls. ...

Experience the talented Harry Frost’s narration. A master at voices, he truly brings this enchanting, heartfelt story to life!

Denton Stephens plies his trade as a hauler until he drops through a rain-slicked bridge and falls into the Marias Des Cygnes River, where he’s rescued by pretty Haven Christiansen from the nearby ranch. Even with her father in a wheelchair, Haven manages to keep the Kansas ranch running, but when the construction crew lines up equipment to build the replacement bridge, realignment of the pasture’s fence puts her on overload. Needing a new hauling base, Denton trades off ranch work for room and board. When a troublesome project boss makes unwanted appearances, Denton infuses his ...

The matchmaker’s son, Josiah Milton, finally falls in love with a bride from the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Miss Julia Sullivan has stolen his heart. A breath of fresh air with a humble teaching background, she’s not like the other brides. Julia doesn’t have numerous trunks for him to hoist upstairs. Nor is she invasive and eccentric, like Miss Rose MacPherson, a wealthy socialite housing a flying contraption in his barn while waiting for Ella to find her a husband. Then Julia comes face to face with a shocking discovery about her already difficult past. Her world turns upside...

~Embracing progress becomes a matter of the heart~ The Lure of Modernization Busy with her downtown beautification work, Elina Marshall witnesses near calamity as Lathe Dailey, Flora’s new town manager, rescues a widow and her children from a downburst when the old railroad water tower fails. The Marshall family soon attends the world-famous 1904 St. Louis Exposition, and Lathe is invited along to contract the new waterworks that will modernize their town with running water. Romance leads the way through exotic gardens and a gondola ride, until drama unfolds down The Pike’s rowdy midway...

~His quest for innovation…Her conquest for endearment~ Materials engineer Mason Porter rescues HR director Glori Dawes when a platform collapses under her at the kickoff presentation for Coleman Company’s “America Goes Camping” campaign. To return the favor, Glori selects Mason as her camping husband, which launches a filming adventure through three national parks. When admiration kindles a deeper spark, Mason will have to force the issue regarding the ring on her finger that represents her vow with the devious Marketing director in charge of the campaign. Is it phony—or matrimony...

At the beginning of the first century, within the bustling village of Capernaum, Shena’s life is simple and ordinary. The duties of the house and her assistance to her family take up much of her time. However, blind since the day she was born, she suffers greatly, knowing how many experiences she has missed and enduring the derision and ignorant speculations of her people who presume that her sins have caused her blindness. At sixteen, having past the conventional age for marriage, she witnesses dear friends begin to marry, while she must stay in the house of her parents as her blindness ...

You won’t want to miss this final book in the Fields of Timothy series. Life has settled into in a comfortable routine for Katie Collier. Working on the farm and taking care of her younger sisters is a life that might leave her physically exhausted, but it’s a life that fills her soul with peace, just like waking to the rolling green hills of the Pennsylvania land each morning. However, her former fiancé, Joseph, doesn’t agree with her choices. Even though Katie agreed to remain friends, he continues to act more like a suitor–including constantly voicing his opinions on why she ...

Cynthia Kent is a burden. She's tried to help her sister and brother-in-law, but most of her efforts have ended up in disasters of varying degrees. She's depended on their charity for too long and it was high time she started taking care of herself. But how? Tyler Shelton is a widower with two young children. As the sheriff, raising two children alone while handling his important job has pushed him to the breaking point. He's taken everything one day at a time, but his family is suffering and they need help. Tyler is used to giving help to others, but not asking for it.

Both rebels in their own way, Josie and Jerry Patterson must figure out how to keep the other's love...and keep the German enemy at bay. She has two loves—her skating and Jerry, her husband. But when he returns home looking like a skeleton trying to return to life, she’s scared. What happened in Germany to change a man so much? Has another woman captured his heart? Jerry has vowed to let Josie live her own glamorous life...especially after what happened in Germany. But when his wife's life is threatened, Jerry realizes he can’t stand by and do nothing. Jerry has to risk all for the ...

A toy soldier. A butter dish. A compass. Mundane objects, perhaps, but to the remarkable authors in this collection, artifacts such as these have inspired stories that go to the heart of the human experience of World War I. Each author was invited to choose an object that had a connection to the war - a writing kit for David Almond, a helmet for Michael Morpurgo - and use it as the inspiration for an original short story.

Lucy Russell travels west to make a life as a mail-order bride, but when her would-be groom skips town, a wealthy benefactor sweeps her away to Whisper Ridge Ranch where she unwittingly falls for the one man in Montana who doesn’t want a wife. Lucas Deardon leaves Oregon in search of his estranged grandfather with the hope he’ll be able to mend their broken relationship and save his family’s ranch in the process, but he never imagined the journey would lead him to the one woman whose kindness and intoxicating smile could tempt him enough to marry.

Jasper asked Bessie to marry him, and she said yes. How was Jasper to know that he would have to wait to marry her? Bessie decides to go to Oklahoma on her own for the land rush. If Jasper has something that is more important than getting them land, then she will just have to get it herself. They say woman can own land, but the trick will be her being able to claim the land. Her father's best friend, Sam, and his son decided to accompany her so she would not be going alone. Will Bessie find land and be able to claim it for herself? Will Sam try to match her up with his son? Will Jasper come...

This story will resonate with women and men who are trying to navigate through real life with grace and honor. What follows is a romance story with a twist. Because of the harsh realities of her widowhood during the Victorian period in Baltimore, Abigail succumbs to a life of poverty. Determined to find a way out, she becomes a member of The Woman's Exchange and manages to gain the trust and admiration of Mrs. Harmon Brown, the founder of the Exchange. Abigail is offered a position on the board of directors. At the annual board meeting, Abigail reconnects with Bill Garrett.

Two men in competition to capture the heart of a cautious cook. Is this a recipe for disaster or true love? Alice Connelly agrees to participate in a new matchmaking project organized by her pastor and the orphanage's matron. She can find no peace accepting a role as a mail-order bride and instead becomes the first volunteer to accept a job in a local restaurant and relocate to Carrie Town, Texas. She hopes the experience will help her to discover what she wants in life. But in a town where single men outnumber women thirty to one, she’s more confused than ever. Thrilled to put her skills...

When former Congressman Mark Stedman throws in the towel on his presidential campaign, his only choice is to return to his home state and decide how to spend the rest of his life...until he meets Josiah Stoltzfus, an Amish farmer from Pennsylvania. Using his old campaign headquarters for a base, Mark Stedman determines to introduce a new candidate to America. He pledges to do everything in his power to make sure Josiah gets elected. But can a plain man of faith turn the tide of politics and become the leader of America? And what will he have to risk to do it?

Summer 1904 Rachel Kelly serves the most elite patrons at the famed New Frontenac Hotel on Round Island. She has wondered about her old beau, Mitch, for nearly two years, ever since he toyed with her affections while on Calumet Island, then left for the high seas and taken her heart with him. Now he’s back, opening the wound she thought was healed. Mitch O’Keefe returns to claim his bride but finds it more difficult than he thought. Returning to work at the very place he hated, he becomes captain of a New Frontenac Hotel touring yacht, just to be near Rachel. But his attempts to win her...