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Christmas is for families...
And Felicity Gabriel intends to build a family right away! When she inherits a mansion, she decides to turn it into a home for orphans. But her first charges test her resolve. One child is a thief, suspicious of her kindness. The other is the local judge's traumatized daughter.
Broken by war, Judge Tyrone Hawkins is devastated when his little girl runs from him to Felicity. But Felicity's courage despite the town's...
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THE WAR HAS ENDED, BUT THEIR BATTLE HAS JUST BEGUN...
Nothing is impossible-as far as idealistic schoolteacher Verity Hardy is concerned. The lovely widow is certain teaching freed slaves in a Virginia town torn apart by the Civil War will help heal bitterness and old wounds. But she's finding that the school's cynical builder, Matthew Ritter, has little reason to have faith in her-or anything else.
An ex-Union captain, Matt has seen more than his...
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New hope for a soldier
Heartland Courtship by Lyn Cote
Quaker Rachel Woolsey's plans to have her own bakery and homestead seem out of reach-until the handsome ex-soldier she nurses back to health offers to help her. At first, Brennan Merriday intends to stay in Pepin, Wisconsin, only long enough to repay his debt to the pretty baker. But soon he longs to rescue dreams of family-for both of them
Homefront Hero by Allie Pleiter
Dashing and valiantly...
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In Book 4 of the Northern Intrigue series, 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...
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Linda Leigh Sinclair is born into the privilege of Ivy Manor, but her overwhelming desire for freedom for herself and others leads her into the modern civil-rights movement. Choosing the dangerous path of a journalist, she is swept up in the winds of social change along with the challenges of youth.
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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. Family responsibilities demand she return to California. She promises she'll find a replacement and all will be well.
Kirsi is a dedicated...
8) Carly
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Carly grew up in the late twentieth century in the home of her independent mother. Scarred by a childhood trauma, Carly decides to face her fears head on by joining the Army, where she finds love. Wounded, she is sent home to Ivy Manor and the care of three generations of women who endured their own types of war.
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Some secrets chill to the bone . . . Smashed heirlooms, ripped upholstery, and rifled drawers-who is breaking into homes during a record-breaking snowy winter, vandalizing and stealing? Whoever it is, is targeting the most vulnerable-the seniors of a small northwoods town. As the new sheriff, Rodd Durand, home again to small-town Steadfast, Wisconsin, takes on the Snowmobile Burglar. In the course of her duties, Wendy Carey, the home health nurse,...
10) Bette
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Elizabeth “Bette” Leigh Black comes of age in the years before World War II. Although money is scarce in the aftermath of the Depression, her home life is happy and filled with love, and Bette dreams of one day having her own family. But as the war taints their sheltered world, Bette begins to realize life is sometimes cruel—and not everyone has the happiness she does. Eagerly and secretly, she becomes involved in anti-Nazi espionage, even though...
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Two inspiring stories of determination, courage…and love
Hill Country Christmas
In the rugged Texas Hill Country, Delia Keller went from penniless preacher's granddaughter to rich young heiress. She's determined to use her money to find the security she's always lacked, and build herself a new house by Christmas. Former Civil War chaplain Jude Tucker longs to show her what true Christmas joy means. Can he restore his own faith and give Delia his...
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Love is in the air this Christmas
Christmas Under Western Skies by Janet Tronstad and Sara Mitchell
In "A Prairie Family Christmas" by Anna Schmidt, a thriving homestead is Julianne Cooper's dearest wish. Can Nathan Cook help her reach it? In "A Cowboy's Christmas" by Linda Ford, rancher Derek Adams needs a nanny until Christmas. Winnie Lockwood doesn't want to get attached, but could she find her forever family with Derek and his young sister?
Her...