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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
Paper Book
Ex-cavalry officer Matthew Hanger leads a band of mercenaries who defend the innocent, but when a rustler's bullet leaves one of them at death's door, they seek out help from Dr. Josephine Burkett. When Josephine's brother is abducted and she is caught in the crossfire, Matthew may have to sacrifice...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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A Bride Most Begrudging A Novel
Gist, Deeanne.
Paper Book
This zesty and funny historical romance finds a marriage of convenience becoming most inconvenient when a headstrong bride is more than one farmer bargained for.
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The calling of Emily Evans
Oke, Janette
Paper Book
A Janette Oke Classics for Girls book. When Emily learns of the vast needs in the prairie settlements, she feels God's call there. But is her training enough preparation for the responsibilities of running a country parish alone?
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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...
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Courting misfortune
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
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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...
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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,...
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Deeply Devoted Blue Willow Brides Seres, Book 1
Brendan, Maggie.
Ebook
A Blue Willow tea set, a tragic past, a worn letter, and devotion to her two younger sisters, is all that mail order bride Catharine Olsen brings from Amsterdam to Cheyenne, WY to meet her future husband. Peter is a gentle, but hard-working wheat farmer, who doesn't realize the extent his meddling...
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Engaging deception
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
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For the record
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
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...
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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...
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From a distance
Alexander, Tamera.
Paper Book
First in a new romantic historical series from a best-selling author, set in the Colorado Territory during the 1870's.
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In honor's defense
Witemeyer, Karen
Paper Book
"When her brother dies suddenly, Damaris Baxter moves to Texas to take custody of her nephew. Luke Davenport winds up gravely injured when he rescues Damariss nephew from a group of rustlers. As suspicions grow regarding the death of her brother, more danger appears, threatening the family Luke may...
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Inventions of the heart
Connealy, Mary
Paper Book
"If they go to the sheriff, theyll reveal her location, but if they do nothing-their troubles have only just begun"--
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Karyn's memory box
Whitson, Stephanie Grace.
Paper Book
Prairie life challenges newlywed Karyn Ritter, but she finds beauty in the wilderness while learning that love can come from unexpected places.
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Land of my heart
Peterson, Tracie.
Paper Book
Book 1 of Heirs of Montana from bestselling author Tracie Peterson. Adventurers, families, outlaws...all driven west in the 1860s by a longing for endless blue sky along with wild and wide-open spaces. Tracie Peterson, from her own Montana home, paints an unforgettable portrait of this rich, rugged...
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The Lieutenant's Bargain Fort Reno Series, Book 2
Jennings, Regina.
Ebook
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...
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Love comes softly
Oke, Janette
Paper Book
A Hallmark Channel Film -- Janette Oke's signature first novel, the beloved classic story of loss and love that launched an inspirational fiction phenomenon!Introduced in 1979, Love Comes Softly established an enduring and endearing genre of fiction that has captivated readers of all ages and...
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Love in the Balance Ladies of Caldwell County Series, Book 2
Jennings, Regina.
Paper Book
Jennings's Newest Historical Romance Is a Delight Molly Lovelace dreams of being a society leader in 1878 Lockhart, Texas, but being smitten with handsome wrangler Bailey Garner doesn't seem the quickest route. If only he would settle down so he could support a family. Bailey...
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Maid to match
Gist, Deeanne.
Paper Book
From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled - by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tillie is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged behaviour by tutoring him in the ways of refined society, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's...
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Maid to match
Gist, Deeanne.
Paper Book
From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled - by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tillie is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged behaviour by tutoring him in the ways of refined society, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's...
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The major's daughter
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
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...
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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...
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The measure of a lady
Gist, Deeanne.
Paper Book
Rachel van Buren arrives in Gold Rush San Francisco with two wishes: to protect her younger siblings and to return east as soon as possible. Both goals prove more difficult than she could imagine as her brother and sister are lured by the city's dangerous freedom and a missionary-turned-gambler...
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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?
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The Meeting Place Song of Acadia Series, Book 1
Oke, Janette
Ebook
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,...
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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...
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More Than Words Can Say Patchwork Family Series, Book 2
Witemeyer, Karen.
Paper Book
After fulfilling a pledge to a dying friend, Zacharias Hamilton is finally free. No family entanglements. No disappointing those around him. Just the quiet bachelor existence he's always craved. Until fate snatches his freedom away when the baker of his favorite breakfast bun is railroaded by the...
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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...
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No Other Will Do Ladies of Harper's Station Series, Book 1
Witemeyer, Karen.
Paper Book
Enjoy Bestselling Author Karen Witemeyer's Terrific New Romance Men are optional. That's the credo Emma Chandler's suffragette aunts preached and why she started a successful women's colony in Harper's Station, Texas. But when an unknown assailant tries repeatedly to drive them out,...
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Out of Control Kincaid Brides Series, Book 1
Connealy, Mary.
Paper Book
Julia Gilliland has always been interested in the natural world around her. She particularly enjoys her outings to the cavern near her father's homestead, where she explores for fossils and formations, and plans to write a book about her discoveries. The cave seems plenty safe--until the day a...
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A Promise for Ellie Daughters of Blessing Series, Book 1
Snelling, Lauraine.
Ebook
Andrew Bjorklund and Ellie Wold are preparing for life together on their farm, but when their new barn burns will their dreams and future go up in smoke too?
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Proposing mischief
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Short-Straw Bride Archer Brothers Series, Book 1
Witemeyer, Karen.
Paper Book
Lighthearted Historical Romance From a Rising Star No 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...
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Sixty acres and a bride
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
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.Though facing...
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Sixty Acres and a Bride
Jennings, Regina.
Paper Book
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.Though facing...
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Summer dream
Rogers, Martha
Paper Book
The first book in the Seasons of the Heart series is set in Connecticut in 1888, the year of what historians call "The White Hurricane." The story reveals the power of God's love to change lives and heal hearts. Summer Dream tells of a young couple's love for each other and the obstacles...
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The Tender Years Prairie Legacy Series, Book 1
Oke, Janette
Paper Book
Desperate to escape the confinement of adolescence and rebel against restrictions, Virginia befriends a new girl at school who is everything she wants to be--independent, pretty, and gutsy--in a poignant coming-of-age story. IP.
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Tiffany girl : a novel
Gist, Deeanne.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of It Happened at the Fair and Fair Play comes a compelling historical novel about a progressive "New Woman"--the girl behind Tiffany's chapel--and the love that threatens it all. As preparations for the 1893 World's Fair set Chicago and the...
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To Everything a Season Songs of Blessing Series, Book 1
Snelling, Lauraine.
Paper Book
Beloved Author Lauraine Snelling Returns Again to Her Popular Red River Valley Setting Trygve Knutson is devoted to his family and his community. With his job on the construction crew, he is helping to build a future for the North Dakota town of Blessing. Though he loves his home, he...
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To win her heart
Witemeyer, Karen.
Paper Book
Having completed his sentence for the unintentional crime that derailed his youthful plans for fame and fortune, Levi Grant looks to start over in the town of Spencer, Texas. Spencer needs a blacksmith, a trade he learned at his father's knee, and he needs a place where no one knows his past. But...
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Two Brides Too Many A Novel, The Sinclair Sisters of Cripple Creek Book 1
Hodgson, Mona.
Paper Book
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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...
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Where courage calls : a When Calls the Heart novel
Oke, Janette
Paper Book
Her courage and her heart will be tested in ways she never expected... Beth Thatcher has spent her entire life in the safe, comfortable world of her family, her friends, and the social outings her father's wealth provides. But Beth is about to leave it all behind to accept a teaching position in...
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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...
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A worthy pursuit
Witemeyer, Karen.
Paper Book
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...
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