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2) The witness
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After witnessing a murder eight years ago, Amy Griffin chose to accept a life in the shadows in order to protect her sisters' lives, but now that the man who wants Amy dead sees the sisters as the only way to locate her. Facing the future will take a faith deeper than any of them currently knows.
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Grace Martindale has known more than her share of hardship. After her parents died, raising her two younger sisters became her responsibility. A hasty marriage to a minister who is heading to the untamed West seemed like an opportunity for a fresh start, but a cholera outbreak along the wagon trail has left Grace a widow in a very precarious position. Having learned natural remedies and midwifery from her mother, Grace seeks an opportunity to use...
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2014.
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After she survived an attack that left her scarred and her father dead, Alice Chesterfield is never free from the memories and fear of the man who is responsible. Texas seems to be an answer to Alice's prayers, and when she relocates to a ranch near Dallas, Robert Barnett captures her attention. Unlike any man Alice has ever known, Robert doesn't worry about the obstacles that stand in their way and he hardly seems to notice the scar she bears.
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2014.
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"In the first of the LONE STAR BRIDES series, Marty Dandridge Olson is a widow looking for a way out of Texas. Widower Jake Wythe has secured a job as a bank manager in Denver, only to discover that the bank board wants him to be a married man. With Texas in his roots, he advertises for a Lone Star bride, and Marty answers the call. They both agree they are done with romance and love and will make this nothing more than a marriage of convenience.
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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When Alex Caldwell, a Wall Street whistle-blower under witness protection, arrives in their close-knit Amish community, Ella Lantz, who spends her days tending her lavender fields, finds her life forever changed by this man who brings violence--and love--to Home Valley.
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"With the death of her grandfather, her only living relative, Christine Bennett felt a deep loneliness. The words of his will rang in her ears. Jeffers had watched her with an evil, self-satisfied look that made her shiver. Now, afraid of what might happen, she was obeying a note she had received saying she was in danger and must leave town immediately. After escaping to the small community of Baxter, Christine begins to piece together a new life."--Page...
9) Four in hand
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Max Rotherbridge couldn't believe it. Along with the dukedom of Twyford, he -- London's most notorious rogue -- had inherited wardship of four devilishly attractive sisters! Including the irresistible Caroline Twinning. The eldest Twinning was everything he had ever wanted in a woman, but even Max couldn't seduce his own ward ... or could he? After all, he did have a substantial reputation to protect.
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Putting her rumschpringe (running-around years) behind her, Grace Hostettler returns to Holmes County, Ohio, joins the Amish church, and begins a new life with a new romance. The next four years are nearly idyllic for the oldest Hostettler child - except for the hidden pain she bears from a carefully harbored secret. Then her peaceful world is shattered the day she runs into Gary Walker - an Englisher who knows enough about her past to destroy her...
11) A sister's test
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Ruth is the second oldest sister in the Hostettler family, and she has one burning desire - to marry and fill her Amish household with children. Life seems to be falling into place when Martin Gingerich starts to court her and she befriends a motherless child. But her dreams are suddenly shattered in one horrific moment, putting Ruth's faith to the test. Finding herself spiritually adrift, Ruth's only real prayer becomes a desperate "God, why?"
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1890s. Emily Carver is tired of following her gold-hunting father from one mining camp to another: she wants a home where she can put down roots. When she realizes she's losing her heart to the intriguing new man in their Montana camp, she is afraid that love will only result in disappointment and heartache. Caeden Thibault is a young geologist cataloging minerals indigenous to the state. He avoids romantic entanglements, fearing he might become like...
13) To win her heart
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Having served his sentence for the unintentional crime that derailed all his youthful plans, Levi Grant is starting over in Spencer, Texas. They need a blacksmith, a trade he learned at his father's knee. He needs a place where no one knows him. But small towns have no secrets...Eden Spencer has sworn off men to devote her time to her lending library. When a mountain-sized stranger asks to borrow a book, Eden steels herself against the attraction...
14) A sister's hope
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Martha is the youngest of the Hostettler sisters and the most daring. While her main focus has been on her dog breeding business Martha has also been troubled about the continuing attacks against her family and home in an Ohio Amish community. When the prime suspect turns out to be Luke Friesen - the man she loves - Martha decides to play detective. Will her hope in Luke's innocence be enough to bring the real criminal to justice?
16) A beauty refined
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Phoebe Von Bergen is excited to accompany her father when he travels from Germany to purchase sapphires in Montana. Little does she know that her father's plans--for the gemstones and his daughter--are not what they seem. Ian Harper, a lapidary working in Helena, finds the young woman staying at the Broadwater Hotel more than a little intriguing. Yet the more he gets to know her, the more he realizes that her family story is based on a lie--a lie...
17) Steadfast heart
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Lenore Fulcher's deepest desire at the age of twenty is to find true love. However, her father wants to marry her off to James Rybus, one of his business partners. But the idea of marriage to a man seventeen years older is out of the question for Lenore. Kolbein Booth, a lawyer from Chicago, arrives in Seattle looking for his headstrong sister who he believes may have answered an advertisement for mail-order brides. Sick with worry, he storms the...
18) Undaunted hope
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2016.
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Running from the mistakes of her past, Tessa Taylor heads to the uppermost reaches of Michigan, planning to serve as the new teacher of the children of miners. She quickly learns the town has requested a male teacher, but Percival Updegraff, supertintendent and chief mine clerk, says she can stay through winter since it's too late to replace her. Tessa can't help but thank him and say she is in his debt. Determined to make herself irreplacable one...
19) Refining fire
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"In 1889 Seattle, Washington, Militine and Thane meet while serving the local poor. Though both carry a dark history and a sense of haunting pain, they begin to grow closer and wonder whether God can build something new and beautiful from the debris of the past"--
20) Love everlasting
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"After the great fire that destroyed much of Seattle in 1889, Abrianna Cunningham recognizes that her longtime friendship with Wade Ackerman is changing, but she finds herself overwhelmed by her conflicting feelings and the pursuit of another relentless suitor"--