Inspirational Historical Romance

A woman facing grief and uncertainty. A man searching for love anew. Will they forge a new path together or watch true love slip away forever? Martha Taylor works to support her layabout, gambling husband, Joshua. The spark faded from their marriage long ago, yet she strives to be a good wife. When Joshua wins big, he surprises Martha with tickets to Rocky River, Colorado. Unbeknownst to Martha, Joshua wants to leave Philadelphia for more than a vacation. But running west isn’t far enough to escape his gambling ways, and Martha is left widowed in Rocky River. Greg Jessup runs the bank in ...

A rancher hardened by loss. A jilted woman yearning for a new start. Can love bridge the vast divide of their hearts? After the tragic loss of his wife and son, rancher Frank Gallagher has only his life to the unforgiving Colorado frontier. His ranch is his refuge, and the silence suits him just fine. However, the coming winter threatens to swallow him whole, leaving him no choice but to seek help. Placing an advertisement for a mail-order bride, he’s looking for a practical partnership to keep his ranch running. Nothing more. Charity Patricks has seen her share of heartbreak and betrayal...

Newly Revised 2015- Book Two in Grace Walton's Best-Selling Inspirational Medieval Romance series, The ChristKeepers. Battle weary Medieval Scottish laird Ian MacAllister is adept at every skill needed for murder and mayhem. A fierce warrior he’s won more tournaments than any other knight in Christendom. As a Crusader he brought back treasure untold from the Holy Lands. As an epic sinner he’d wooed and won the hearts and bodies of many a fair maid. His exploits are the stuff of troubadours’ heroic songs. Now as a new Christian he only seeks blessed peace. Peace, forgiveness, and a ...

A woman hiding a secret. A Sheriff in need of a bride. A deception that could risk it all. June Vintrello is frantic to avoid marriage to a wealthy, but dangerous widower. Desperate, June visits a marriage agency and learns of a potential match far away in Utah, where upon she immediately leaves Chicago without so much as a single letter of communication. Sheriff Luke Palmer seeks a wife to manage his home and see to his nephew Tim. When June arrives declaring her intent to marry he is shocked. After all, he had written his letter six months ago, and not received a word of response. ...

An unexpected kiss. A looming danger. Can love blossom amidst the trials of the Wild West?" Grace Parsons, once a society darling, now leads a humble life as an overlooked governess. Yearning for independence, she seizes an opportunity to be a Mail-Order Bride, only to be abandoned at the altar. Nonetheless Grace decides to carve a new life, even if it means she must remain a governess out West for at least she won't be ridiculed. Widower Captain Daniel Larson, haunted by guilt and father to a rebellious brood, struggles to retain a governess. When Grace steps into this chaos, a spark ...

A scarred woman. A drunken wastrel. A love that changes everything. Mary-Anne Harper is hideously scarred from a dreadful fire. Desperate to relieve her ailing parents from the burden that she believes she is she responds to an advertisement for a mail order bride. An advertisement that makes no mention of physical attributes. Clarence Richards, is a wastrel, running the family ranch into the ground. Knowing he should do better, in a drunken moment he pens an advertisement for a mail order bride. He never expected he would fall in love with the woman he knows only through letters. But his ...

Can a hunted woman hiding a dreadful secret find love? Or has the past ruined every chance for the future? Carmen Taylor didn’t reckon on the man she married being a ruthless racketeer, but when he steals from his gang boss, the retribution is brutal and with her husband dead, now Carmen must flee. Desperate, she answers an advertisement to wed a rancher out west. James Thompson never intended to have a wife, but now he’s got one. Stepping into the shoes of his recently deceased brother he honors the promise made to a lady, currently on her way to Nebraska. That she doesn’t know her ...

A mail order bride can run from her past, but she can never truly escape it. Alice has never exactly been on the right side of the law, but the West isn’t kind towards women. She did what was necessary to protect her and her sister. The last thing she needs is a husband. What she does need is some place safe to hide. But is there anywhere the law and her past can’t catch up to her? Gabe wasn’t always a man of God. His gunslinger days are behind him, but if anyone found out, he’d be ruined. He needs a respectable woman to lend credence to his story and help him avoid discovery. A ...

A Resilient Heiress. A Tormented Man and a Decision That Could Change Everything. Laurel Bryant daughter of a renowned hotel magnate, travels to Utah, with the aim of dissolving a Mail Order Bride arrangement for her maid. Upon arrival in the dusty streets of Red Rock Junction, she discovers the man she sought, Percy, a tormented soul and owner of a crumbling hotel, is oblivious to the arrangement. In the neglected halls of the hotel, Laurel sees a glimmer of hope not only in the structure, but also in Percy's brooding eyes. Offering her expertise to rescue the hotel from decay, she ignites...

Second edition with a brand-new bonus epilogue & never-before-seen first chapter of Lacy's newest book! When Molly arrives in small-town Texas seeking refuge, she follows a help-wanted ad to the No Name Ranch. Instead of a down-on-his-luck, grandfatherly rancher, she finds herself grudgingly hired on by a young, handsome, and grumpy Cord. Cord plans to flip and sell the ranch he inherited. He wants no ties holding him to the hometown that rejected him years ago. As circumstances force Cord and Molly to work together, an undeniable spark ignites between them. Molly's sweet nature and ...

Melissa Miller is tired of being alone. Angry, bitter and jaded, she is fully aware that her marriage prospects are horribly slim after the war. With the threat of outlaws raiding towns nearby, her very safety, as well as her mother’s, is at risk. She cannot afford to have her chance at happiness whisked away. But just when she thought she couldn’t take much more and had lost her faith, he walked into her world. Gideon is full of laughter, an inner light and a buoyant personality that she craves… but he is harboring a secret. Gideon Ashton waltzed into the small north Texas town on a ...

Cade Philips was always so serious and thought everything through, but that all changed one day when he spotted a woman across the way at his sister’s wedding. He didn’t know what drew him to her, but everything changed that day. He couldn’t keep her off of his mind, and he wasn’t sure that he wanted to. Cade knew that he was going to love this woman for the rest of his life. Winn, Winifred Christian, had always been a tomboy. She’d grown up helping her pa on their ranch and taking care of her little sister. She’d always wanted to learn to be a girl though, but when that back ...

A jilted rancher shielding his heart. A runaway bride hiding her past. When old flames ignite new passions, can love conquer all? Fleeing the stifling confines of New York, Cassidy escapes a loveless fate to pose as a mail-order bride in the rugged West. But her dreams of a simple life with rancher Jed are shattered when she's met with suspicion her wifely skills are glaringly absent, and her secrets seem to multiply by the day. Jed, still scarred from being left at the altar, had sworn never to let love penetrate his defenses again. Yet Cassidy's fiery spirit and unwavering determination ...

A plan born of deception… Can Charlotte overcome her stepsister’s cruel actions and find the love she deserves? Miss Charlotte Richardson was heartbroken when her father died, but is elated when her mother remarries. It brings Charlotte such joy to see her mother happy again. Charlotte hopes to develop a close bond with her new stepsister, Lady Emma, but her hopes are quickly shattered. Lady Emma is upset that she must now share her home with Charlotte, whom she feels is beneath her. When the Marquess of Withington develops affections for Charlotte, Lady Emma is furious because she ...

An old cabaret in an isolated Parisian square holds many indelible memories. Its nostalgic atmosphere has inspired romantic couples to seeks its seclusion for their secret rendezvous. Yet, there is mystery, intrigue and tragedy associated with this warm and quaint French tavern.It holds the answer to questions surrounding a young man's desperate search to find unknown father. It brings this young man, Andre LeConte, together with a beautiful woman named Collette, whom he meets at the Cabaret. Theirs is a classic romance which leads to marriage but also to challenges and disappointments.The ...

A Vanished Masterpiece, a Sun-Worshipping Noble, and a Mystery Full of Twists! Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James are called to the crumbling mansion of a bankrupt aristocrat whose only salvation—a priceless painting—has vanished. If the masterpiece isn’t recovered, the bank will foreclose, leaving the family ruined. But instead of helping, the eccentric nobleman is obsessed with his bizarre sun-worshipping rituals. Then the case turns deadly. Two men are found murdered in the mansion’s decaying halls, and the nobleman’s spinster sister confesses, convinced she’s guilty. The police ...

Kentucky Derby Series special 2-in-1 EDITION - 2 books for the price of 1! Clean and Wholesome American mail order bride historical western short story romance. Book 1 Deborah's Discovery Deborah Price is an artist. She loves the way light plays in the world and is always sketching and drawing. However, when she finds herself in Texas, engaged to Jeffrey Anderson who breeds horses, her life takes a drastic turn. Suddenly she is thrust into a world where being good with horses is a must and she can’t ride. book 2 Ruby's Race Come and meet Charles, Ruby, and Luke. Meet the mercurial ...

In the snowbound valleys of 1912 in Bansfield, Massachusetts, love dares to bloom where it should never take root. Winter is no stranger to suffering. A housemaid with fiery red curls and haunting blue eyes, she keeps to herself, hiding a past that could cost her everything. Hunted by shadows and secrets, she’s learned to trust no one—until Ethan. Ethan is a quiet farmer shackled in a loveless, manipulative marriage. Bound by duty and a sense of right, his days are marked by hardship and guilt. But when Winter arrives to assist his petulant wife something buried long ago begins to stir...

Wyatt has loved Hannah since he was little, but he didn’t even think that she knew he existed. Wyatt was about ready to give up on trying to get Hannah’s attention, because he was so shy, until one day she offered to teach him how to court the woman he loved. Hannah knew who Wyatt Cody was, but one day she thought she would help the poor man court the woman that he loved. The thing was, was that while Hannah was getting to know Wyatt in order to help him; she started to have feelings for him too. But Hannah had things in her life that wouldn’t let her be with Wyatt other than the fact...

A semi-retired bootlegger, Bethel is shaking off the dust of her well-worn boots, not looking back and hoping for a transformation. All she needs is a new dress, a new town, a husband, and a fresh start. Daughter of a traveling merchant, Bethel is tired of peddling her Daddy’s “Special Sauce” and being run out of town by every sheriff east of the Mississippi. So, it’s time to head west. She just needs to sell a few more bottles to help fund her trip. After all, who wants to meet their new husband looking like a gypsy? If only she could shake off that irritating detective waiting at ...