Heartwarming Pioneer Romance Fiction

For those of us who enjoy the comforting reads like Janette Oke's Love Come Softly series.

Updated October 27, 2023
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At love's command
Witemeyer, Karen
Audiobook
Haunted by the horrors of war, ex-cavalry officer Matthew Hanger leads a band of mercenaries known as Hanger's Horsemen who have become legends in 1890s Texas. They defend the innocent and obtain justice for the oppressed. But when a rustler's bullet leaves one of them at death's door, they're the...
Belonging
Hatcher, Robin Lee.
Paper Book
In the high desert town of Frenchman's Bluff, Idaho, Felicia Kristoffersen has set out to create a future for herself that is better than her painful past. Alone in the world with only her faith to sustain her, she must prove herself as this tiny community's new school teacher. She cannot, must...
Braced for Love Brothers in Arms Series, Book 1
Connealy, Mary.
Ebook
Left with little back in Missouri, Kevin Hunt takes his younger siblings on a journey to Wyoming when he receives news that he's inheriting part of a ranch. The catch is that the ranch is also being given to a half brother he never knew existed. Turns out, Kevin's supposedly dead father led a secret...
A Bride in the Bargain
Gist, Deeanne.
Ebook
In 1860s Seattle, a man with a wife could secure himself 640 acres of timberland. But because of his wife's untimely death, Joe Denton finds himself about to lose half of his claim. Still in mourning, his best solution is to buy one of those Mercer girls arriving from the East. A woman he'll marry...
A Bride Most Begrudging A Novel
Gist, Deeanne.
Ebook
When Lady Constance Morrow ?nds herself held against her will aboard a ship bound for the American colonies--a ship ?lled with "tobacco brides" and felons--she is quite sure that as soon as she arrives she will ?nd a reasonable man who will believe her father is an earl and send her back on the next...
Caught in the Middle Ladies of Caldwell County Series, Book 3
Jennings, Regina.
Paper Book
She Wants the Freedom of the Open Plains. He Wants the Prestige of a Successful Career. Neither is Ready for What Comes Instead. The train to Garber, Texas, is supposed to bring life's next victory to Nicholas Lovelace. Instead, it gets held up by robbers who are thwarted...
Courting misfortune
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
Calista York needs one more successful case as a Pinkerton operative to secure her job. When she's assigned to find the kidnapped daughter of a mob boss, she's sent to the rowdy mining town of Joplin, Missouri, despite having extended family in the area. Will their meddling expose her mission and...
Courting misfortune
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
Calista York needs one more successful case as a Pinkerton operative to secure her job. When she's assigned to find the kidnapped daughter of a mob boss, she's sent to the rowdy mining town of Joplin, Missouri, despite having extended family in the area. Will their meddling expose her mission and...
A Cowboy for Keeps Colorado Cowboys Series, Book 1
Hedlund, Jody.
Ebook
Greta Nilsson's trip west to save her ailing little sister, Astrid, could not have gone more wrong. First, bandits hold up her stagecoach, stealing all her money. Then, upon arriving in Fairplay, Colorado, she learns the man she was betrothed to as a mail-order bride has died. Homeless, penniless,...
Engaging deception
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
A lively competition draws her into her rival's blueprints--and maybe even his heart.Olive Kentworth has spent her life hiding her interest in architecture, even though she pores over architectural books and sketches buildings. When she accepts a job on a home expansion, it's only because her...
For the record
Jennings, Regina
Ebook
Jennings Offers Another Delightful Blend of History and Romance Betsy Huckabee might be a small-town girl, but she has big-city dreams. Writing for her uncle's newspaper will never lead to independence, and the bigger newspapers don't seem interested in the Hart County news. Trying a...
Forged in love
Connealy, Mary
Paper Book
When sparks begin to fly, can a friendship cast in iron be shaped into something more?Mariah Stover is left for dead and with no memory when the Deadeye Gang robs the stagecoach she's riding in, killing both her father and brother. As she takes over her father's blacksmith shop and tries to...
In honor's defense
Witemeyer, Karen
Paper Book
He's Faced Countless Perils on the Battlefield, but Nothing so Dangerous as Falling in Love.Luke Davenport has been fighting all his life--for respect, for country, and for those unable to fight for themselves. But now that his Horsemen brothers are domesticated, he's left alone to battle the...
Inventions of the heart
Connealy, Mary
Ebook
Her heart seeks safety. But will trouble find her even here?After her sister's marriage, Michelle Stiles is left hiding at Two Harts Ranch with the handsome but stubborn Zane Hart. She's managed to stay one step ahead of her stepfather and his devious plans, but if he finds her, she will no...
The Lieutenant's Bargain Fort Reno Series, Book 2
Jennings, Regina.
Audiobook
Hattie Walker dreams of becoming a painter, while her parents want her to settle down. As a compromise, they give her two months to head to Denver and place her works in an exhibition or give up the dream forever. Her journey is derailed when a gunman attacks her stagecoach, leaving her to be...
Love comes softly
Oke, Janette
Audiobook
A Compelling Love Story Set in the "Little House on the Prairie" Era She ventured west with the man she loved, but in one day her whole world had crumbled around her ... Nineteen-year-old Marty Claridge starts west with her adventurous, boyish...
The major's daughter
Jennings, Regina
Audiobook
Caroline Adams returns to Indian Territory after tiring of confining society life. She wants adventure, and when she and her friend Amber come across swaggering outlaw Frisco Smith, they find his dreams for the new territory are very persuasive. With the much-anticipated land run pending, they may...
The Major's Daughter Fort Reno Series, Book 3
Jennings, Regina.
Ebook
Caroline Adams returns to Indian Territory after tiring of confining society life. She wants adventure, and when she and her friend Amber come across swaggering outlaw Frisco Smith, they find his dreams for the new territory are very persuasive. With the much-anticipated land run pending, they may...
The measure of a lady
Gist, Deeanne.
Ebook
Rachel van Buren is on a whirlwind tour of the west in this humorous historical romance. Can she unhook her endangered heart or will she leave it in San Francisco?
The Measure of a Lady A Novel
Gist, Deeanne.
Ebook
Rachel van Buren is on a whirlwind tour of the west in this humorous historical romance. Can she unhook her endangered heart or will she leave it in San Francisco?
The Meeting Place Song of Acadia Series, Book 1
Oke, Janette
Audiobook
A Chance Encounter Forever Changed Their Lives--and Destinies. Crafted by two masters of inspirational fiction--Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn--and combining the engaging historical settings, rich characterization, and heartwarming messages quintessential to both authors, The Meeting Place is another...
More than meets the eye
Witemeyer, Karen
Paper Book
Many consider Evangeline Hamilton cursed. Orphaned at a young age and possessing a pair of mismatched eyes--one bright blue, the other dark brown--Eva has fought to find her way in a world that constantly rejects her. Yet the support of even one person can help overcome the world's judgments, and...
A most inconvenient marriage
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
Abigail Stuart Thought She was Jeremiah Calhoun's Widow. But Jeremiah Calhoun Is Very Handsome, Very Alive, and Very Perplexed. Most Inconvenient Indeed. With few options of her own, nurse Abigail Stuart agrees to marry her patient, a gravely wounded soldier calling himself...
No Other Will Do Ladies of Harper's Station Series, Book 1
Witemeyer, Karen.
Ebook
Emma Chandler founded the Harper's Station women's colony with the credo men are optional. But when the town is threatened, Emma has to admit they might need a man after all--one who can fight. The only man she trusts enough to ask is Malachi Shaw, whose life she once saved. As Mal returns...
Out of Control Kincaid Brides Series, Book 1
Connealy, Mary.
Audiobook
Rafe Kincaid controls everything in his life... until he meets Julia. Julia Gilliland has always been interested in the natural world around her. She particularly enjoys studying the fossils and formations in the magnificent cave near her father's house. The cave seems plenty safe--until the day...
Proposing mischief
Jennings, Regina
Audiobook
Proposing Mischief The Joplin Chronicles Series, Book 2
Jennings, Regina.
Ebook
Only one person can give her the freedom she seeks--but is it worth the risk?Maisie Kentworth is being forced to stay on her parents' ranch. After a short-lived relationship with the wrong man, she's worried about inflaming things further between her former beau and her protective family....
Redeeming Love A Novel
Rivers, Francine
Ebook
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * The classic story that has captured the hearts of millions worldwide: a tragically wounded soul, the man called to marry her, and the only love that heals all. "A literary masterpiece, reminding us that God's love is...
Serving Up Love A Four-in-One Harvey House Brides Collection
Peterson, Tracie.
Ebook
Bestselling novelist Tracie Peterson joins Karen Witemeyer, Regina Jennings, and Jen Turano in this collection of four novellas, each featuring a Harvey Girl heroine. From Kansas to Texas, the Grand Canyon to New Mexico, the stories cross the country with tales of sweet romance and entertaining...
Short-Straw Bride Archer Brothers Series, Book 1
Witemeyer, Karen.
Ebook
Lighthearted Historical Romance From a Rising StarNo one steps on Archer land. Not if they value their life. But when Meredith Hayes overhears a lethal plot to burn the Archer brothers off their ranch, a twelve-year-old debt compels her to take the risk.Fourteen years of constant vigilance hardens a...
Sixty acres and a bride
Jennings, Regina
Ebook
She's Finally Found a Place to Call Home . . . How Far Will She Go to Save It? With nothing to their names, young widow Rosa Garner and her mother-in-law return to their Texas family ranch. Only now the county is demanding back taxes and the women have just three months to pay.
Sixty Acres and a Bride
Jennings, Regina.
Ebook
She's Finally Found a Place to Call Home . . . How Far Will She Go to Save It? With nothing to their names, young widow Rosa Garner and her mother-in-law return to their Texas family ranch. Only now the county is demanding back taxes and the women have just three months to pay.
The Tender Years Prairie Legacy Series, Book 1
Oke, Janette
Audiobook
Twenty years have passed since youngest daughter Belinda's story in Love Finds a Home. Marty and Clark's spiritual heritage has been lovingly passed on to their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. And now, beloved granddaughter Virginia faces the test of her young life. Caught in...
To win her heart
Witemeyer, Karen.
Ebook
A blacksmith with a criminal past. A librarian with pacifist ideals. Do they have a chance at finding love? Set in Texas in the 1880s.
When calls the heart
Oke, Janette
Ebook
Nothing in her cultured East Coast upbringing prepared Elizabeth for a teaching position on the Canadian frontier. Yet, despite the constant hardships, she loves the children in her care. Determined to do the best job she can and fighting to survive the harsh land, Elizabeth is surprised to find her...
With this pledge
Alexander, Tamera
Paper Book
From the pages of history and the personal accounts of those who endured the Battle of Franklin, Tamera Alexander weaves real-life love letters into a story of unlikely romance first kindled amid the shadows of the Civil War. "Beautifully-drawn characters and rich history in...
A worthy pursuit
Witemeyer, Karen.
Audiobook
A teacher on the run. A bounty hunter in pursuit. Can two enemies learn to trust each other before they both lose what they hold most dear? Stone Hammond is the best tracker in Texas. He never comes home empty-handed. So when a wealthy railroad investor hires him to find his abducted granddaughter,...

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