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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 husband, Clem, seeking to claim land and hoping for good fortune. But when the venture turns suddenly to tragedy, Marty is left alone with her great loss. And coupled with her grief and heartache is the grim reality that there is no way to return home. Clark Davis and his little...
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The death of an infant and a severe drought test the faith of Christian pioneers Missy and Willie LaHaye as they try to eke out a living as cattle ranchers. Willie reluctantly takes a job as town sheriff, then finds he must evict friends and neighbors who have fallen behind in their payments to land baron Samuel Doros.
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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 heart softening towards a certain member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
5) Winter chill
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The moment Marian Larsen sees the patrol car stop outside her house, she's filled with foreboding. The news is worse than she feared. There's been a snowmobile crash. Her husband is paralyzed and her young daughter is dead. Friends rally around with help and comfort. But soon there are more horrible tragedies. Then the rumors start. And as winter deepens, the search for answers will reveal a killer whose blood runs colder than the blinding snow.
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Susan has never known anyone like Cord Blackstone. His pale blue eyes shine with temptation...and dark menace.
Cord has a score to settle with his family--the same genteel clan that sheltered Susan after her husband's death. He will stop at nothing to punish the Blackstones--even if it means ruining the one woman who can't stop loving him....
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After a year of teaching in a one-room schoolhouse on the western frontier, Elizabeth plans her wedding to Wynn Delaney, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. As they begin their new life together at his isolated outpost in the far north, Elizabeth is unprepared for the loneliness she feels and the rigors of life without any of the conveniences she's accustomed to. Her deep love for Wynn and her faith in God seem like all she has. But will...
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"Having survived the harshness of their first year in the far Northwest, Elizabeth and Wynn, her Royal Canadian Mountie, are now challenged by a crushing disappointment. Will their love for each other, hope for the future, and their faith in God carry them through?"--Provided by publisher.
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Belinda Davis had trained as a nurse to assist her older brother, Doctor Luke. But as time goes by and she sees those she's grown up with getting married and settling into their own lives, Belinda becomes restless. What had seemed exciting and fresh becomes dull and routine. When she meets an elderly woman who needs nursing care, Belinda jumps at the invitation to go to Boston--a large, "civilized" city with cultural opportunities she's never even...
10) Woman's own
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Set amid the bustle of 19th-century Philadelphia is a sweeping saga of three generations of strong, indomitable women. At its center is young Lilly Armstrong, a beauty on the brink of womanhood, too brave and fearless to settle for the status quo. Lilly aspires to carve out lives of independent freedom for herself and her women kin--lives not dependent on men. But one man would move heaven and earth to help Lilly realize her dreams.
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"The love of Wynn and Elizabeth Delaney healed their adopted son Henry's painful memories and helped him grow into a man of character. Then his job as a Royal Canadian Mountie brings tragedy into his life once again. Assigned to a new post some five years later, he rediscovers someone who may be able to help him put his past behind him. And when Henry's sister, Christine, leaves home, she finds employment and loses her heart. But is she on the wrong...
12) The mistress
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Chicago, 1871
A nighttime rendezvous, a secretive masquerade, and a city engulfed in flames…
Most days, Kathleen O'Leary is a penniless maid. But tonight, she takes a risk and masquerades as a glamorous heiress, thanks to a borrowed gown and her friends' sense of adventure. To her surprise, the ruse succeeds-even Dylan Kennedy, Chicago's most eligible bachelor, seems enraptured.
But like Kathleen, Dylan isn't who he says he is. And before...
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When successful family law attorney Charlene Dugan announces that she plans to get remarried, chaos ensues as her maid of honor falls in love with a younger man, her daughter decides to reinvent herself, her fiance spends all his time with the wedding consultant, and her mind becomes preoccupied with thoughts about her ex-husband.
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"Christine and her older brother, Henry, grew up in the Delaney family as loved and nurtured as if they had been born to it. Now adults, they are ready to make new lives for themselves. Henry has found love and is planning a wedding. Christine is delighted for her brother, but sill carries scars from a broken relationship. And the war in Europe causes uncertainty at every turn, while the Northland still calls to her heart. Amid this instability, more...
15) Windfallen
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"In the village of Merham, everyone knows her place--or is promptly put in it. Lottie Swift, a Londoner by birth, loves Mercham, while her best friend, Celia, chafes against it constraints. When a group of bohemians takes over Arcadia, a stark yet breathtaking art deco house on the seafront, the young women are drawn to it temptations. Their actions set off a chain of events with long-standing consequences. Years later, Daisy Parsons arrives to give...
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He was strong, charming and set in his ways. She was shy, unassuming and achingly innocent. Together, next-door neighbors Jordan Powell and Libby Collins were like oil and water. Yet when Jordan made it his personal crusade to help Libby hold on to her beloved homestead, everyone in Jacobsville knew it was just a matter of time before wedding bells chimed for these sparring partners. And if truth be told, the taciturn rancher wouldn't deny the exquisite...
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Lyn, Cat, and Gemma Kettle, beautiful thirty-three-year-old triplets, seem to attract attention everywhere they go. Whenever they're together, laughter, drama, and mayhem seem to follow. But apart, each is very much her own woman, dealing with her own share ofups and downs. Lyn has organized her life into one big checklist, juggling the many balls of work, marriage, and motherhood with expert precision, but is she as together as her datebook would...
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"Sophie Honeywell always wondered if Thomas Gordon was the one she let get away. A year after she broke his heart he married his travel agent, while she is mortifyingly single. Now Thomas is back in her life because Sophie has unexpectedly inherited his aunt Connie's house on Scribbly Gum Island ? home of the famously unsolved Munro Baby mystery. There she begins a new life as part of an unconventional family in which everyone seems to have a secret....
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Praise for the Billy Boyle series:
“A meaty, old-fashioned and thoroughly enjoyable tale of WWII-era murder and espionage.”—The Seattle Times
“The World War II atmosphere and history are expertly handled.”—Denver Post
“Great fun. Benn knows his war history. . . . The novel introduces a batch of intriguing characters who seem destined to make another appearance.”—The...
“A meaty, old-fashioned and thoroughly enjoyable tale of WWII-era murder and espionage.”—The Seattle Times
“The World War II atmosphere and history are expertly handled.”—Denver Post
“Great fun. Benn knows his war history. . . . The novel introduces a batch of intriguing characters who seem destined to make another appearance.”—The...
