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When Ingrid Chastain agreed to accompany her father to deliver vaccines to a mining town in the Montana Territory, she never could have anticipated a terrible accident would leave her alone and badly injured in the wilderness. Rescue comes in the form of a mysterious mountain man who tends her injuries, but she's hesitant to put her trust in this man who seems to have wounds of his own.</div>
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After tragedy struck his family, Micah Bradley left his work as a doctor and escaped to the wilds of Montana. But his self-imposed solitude is broken when he finds Ingrid in desperate need of medical attention, and he's forced to call on his doctoring skills once again.</div>
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Micah can't help but admire Ingrid's tenacity despite the severity of her injuries, until he learns the crate she brought contains smallpox vaccines to help quell a nearby outbreak. With Ingrid dead set on delivering the medicine--with or without his help--he has no choice but to accompany her. As they set off through the treacherous, snow-covered Rocky Mountains against all odds, the journey ahead will change their lives more than they could have known.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span id="freeText12308111867622318800">Misty M. Beller writes romantic mountain stories, set on the 1800s frontier and woven with the truth of God’s love. For a limited time, you can get her bestselling novel, The Lady and the Mountain Man, <span style="color: blue;">FREE here:</span> <a href="http://bit.ly/2gvrW1a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2gvrW1a</a><br /><br />She was raised on a farm in South Carolina, so her Southern roots run deep. Growing up, her family was close, and they continue to keep that priority today. Her husband and daughters now add another dimension to her life, keeping her both grounded and crazy.<br /><br />God has placed a desire in Misty’s heart to combine her love for Christian fiction and the simpler ranch life, writing historical novels that display God’s abundant love through the twists and turns in the lives of her characters. <br /><br />Writing is a dream come true for Misty. Her family—both immediate and extended—is the foundation that holds her secure in that dream.<br /><br />Learn more at <a href="http://www.mistymbeller.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.MistyMBeller.com</a>.I</span><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></h2>
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I use the word heart wrenching a lot in my reviews but this book gripped my heart like a vise at times. </div>
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This is what happens to Ingrid and Micah with astonishing occurrences. They are blessed with several people along their treacherous journey to aid and to be aided on getting the much needed vaccines to the Fort so as to save many lives from the deadly disease Smallpox.</div>
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Author Misty M. Beller is a new author for me and I am not to sure how I managed to not have read any of her numerous books. I am looking forward to putting her on my to read author list.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">Dreams of Finding Mr. Right Go Wrong in the Old West</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Wyoming, 1883</span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;">Eve Martin arrives in Cheyenne to learn that man she came to marry is in jail, accused of a violent murder. Should she get on the next eastbound train, or has God brought her here to help save Caleb Blair’s life?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Eve and Blair were looking to wed for better or worse. I felt the emotions of this couples desire to turn the worse situation into better for a happy future. Thankfully they both had faith in God and good friends. </span><span style="color: #b45f06;">It was difficult to set the book down because I was so anxious to find out how it all played out. </span><span style="color: #b45f06;">The author did not disappoint me it was even better than I expected.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Montana, 1886</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Loved this story! It hit home hard having gone through similar situation with my Father and then my husband due to their dementia. Heartache and feelings of hopelessness blinded this couple in search of their own needs. Thanks to this author for an amazing read.</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Marriage Sham</span></em><span style="color: #b45f06;"> by </span><a href="https://www.vickiemcdonough.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Vickie McDonough</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Zola needed someone to give her a break at starting over. This young woman thrilled me with her tenacity which eventually earned herself to be trusted beyond all measure. A fun and full of mishaps. A must read. Wished it could have been longer. Author must have a great since of humor.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">A mail-order mix-up sends Irish lass Maeve O’Reilly to the Swedish community of Lindsborg, Kansas. Will Kaspar Sandberg consider it a happy accident or a disaster to be rectified as soon as possible?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Maeve reminds me of a firecracker, watch out there she goes. Me having four daughters had me routing for this young woman to overcome all odds. The author built an amazing character that would give hope to many a young girls facing hard times. </span><br />
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Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736398223095402564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817464066393288406.post-42080803843274959302019-10-01T03:00:00.000-05:002019-10-23T15:03:47.737-05:00AIMING FOR LOVE, Brides of Hope Mountain Series by Mary Conn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Josephine Nordegren is one of three sisters who grew up nearly wild in southwestern Colorado. She has the archery skills of Robin Hood and the curiosity of the Little Mermaid, fascinated by but locked away from the forbidden outside world--a world she's been raised to believe killed her parents. When David Warden, a rancher, brings in a herd much too close to the girls' secret home, her older sister is especially frightened, but Jo is too interested to stay away.<br />
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This Story reminds me of the many fairy tales I read as a child, such as Jungle Book and Tarzan among others. Just imagine three sisters alone on a mountain yet resourceful of their needs and the bounty God has set before them in nature. Yet they are secluded by choice and fearful of mankind, wild yet like the animals they imitate for survival. They are oddities in the eyes and minds of the men that find them outside the realm of the real world. </div>
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After a sheltered life in Pittsburgh, Hope Irvine is ready for a new adventure. When her father takes a position as a preacher in a railroad car converted into a traveling church, she's thrilled at the chance to accompany him. While accommodations in their new chapel car home are tight, Hope couldn't be happier putting her musical skills to good use and ministering to the people of West Virginia alongside her father. But when their chapel car arrives in Finch, West Virginia, they find a coal mining community that has hit hard times and is suspicious of outsiders.<br />
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Hope had to beg her father to let her go with him on the Railroad Chapel Car. Reverend Irvine took everything she said into consideration. He finally gave in making sure she would adhere to the rules he set before her. It was apparent his main concern was her safety.<br />
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When her father never returned from the war, Abigail Melton stepped into his role as town mayor. The town needs men, and she needs a husband—and she has a big idea how to find both—but her first duty is to hire a sheriff. And drifter Josiah Ingram will do just fine.</div>
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Schoolmarm Roberta “Birdy” Green won’t marry any of the prospective grooms flocking to town. After losing her fiancé in the war, the only love her broken heart can bear is for her students. But then she takes on a new pupil—Drew Cooper, one of the gentlemen drawn to Kansas by the advertisement for grooms.</div>
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Debbie Barker longs to bring beauty to her new home on the prairie, where her family moved after the war, and seeks a husband to help her father run the ranch. Zack Gage returned home from the war to a life in ruins—family dead and business bankrupted. He answers the mail-order husband ad to seek a fresh start. But neither Debbie nor Zeke know what they are doing when it comes to ranching. . .or love.</div>
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Widow Caroline Kane is the proprietor of a restaurant and inn—and responsible for her five teenaged siblings. But she has no plans of finding a mail-order groom. Britisher Barden Granville IV is on a “cowboy holiday” when he finds himself flat broke in Kansas. When he answers an old “help wanted” ad, Caroline misconstrues Barden is there as a potential husband. Will the beautiful and fiesty widow cause the new vicar to make Kansas his home? </div>
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After years of writing abolitionist pamphlets and chronicling soldier life during the war, J.R. Lockhart is bored and jumps at the opportunity to investigate an advertisement for husbands for an article in Godey’s Lady’s Book. Jane Ransome would like to help the charming-but-oblivious-to-life-out-West man chronicle the courtships developing in town, but she has her own husband to find—one who will fit perfectly in her picket-fenced Kansas home.</div>
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I had a hard time setting this book aside. Being familiar with all of these authors it was exactly what I expected, which was to draw me into the hearts of each and every woman and man in search of a secure future. God was in attendace at these auditions and knew what was in each and every heart involved. It was definitely not an easy transition for anyone but with trust in the Lord and hard work a new future could be seen.</div>
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<b>I very much enjoyed all the books in this collection. Thanks to the outstanding authors coming together to share a wide span through history of love and circumstances for couples searching for a second chance to marry. All along the Lord is leading. </b></div>
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Five decades before the birth of Christ, Chava, daughter of the royal tutor, grows up with Urbi, a princess in Alexandria's royal palace. When Urbi becomes Queen Cleopatra, Chava vows to be a faithful friend no matter what--but after she and Cleopatra have an argument, she finds herself imprisoned and sold into slavery. </div>
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Torn from her family, her community, and her elevated place in Alexandrian society, Chava finds herself cast off and alone in Rome. Forced to learn difficult lessons, she struggles to trust a promise HaShem has given her. After experiencing the best and worst of Roman society, Chava must choose between love and honor, between her own desires and God's will for her life.</div>
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The author of more than 100 published books and with nearly 5 million copies of her books sold worldwide, Angela Hunt is the New York Times bestselling author of The Note, The Nativity Story, and Esther: Royal Beauty. Romantic Times Book Club presented Angela with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. In 2008, Angela completed her PhD in Biblical Studies in Theology. She and her husband live in Florida with their mastiffs. She can be found online at <a href="http://www.angelahuntbooks.com/">www.angelahuntbooks.com</a>.<br />
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Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736398223095402564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817464066393288406.post-89536259697160373482017-01-16T13:30:00.000-06:002017-01-16T13:41:31.101-06:00Behind the Scenes of Shoba Sadler's CHILD OF DUST<br />
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<b>Today we'll sit down to chat with Shoba Sadler, author of the contemporary title Child of Dust. Shoba will take us behind the scenes of her unique new novel and give us a glimpse into her writing.</b><br />
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<b>Shoba, why did you choose to write this type of novel?</b><br />
Social status and cultural barriers makes for great conflict. Child of Dust is like a modern-day classic of Romeo and Juliet only instead of opposing families, these lovers, Kim and Bryan have cultural and social barriers to contend with.<br />
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Kim, the rich and spoilt socialite who loses her money is taken under the wing of her reluctant chauffeur, Bryan, who has his own struggles to deal with. They find love under the most unexpected circumstances.<br />
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<b>Can you tell us why you started with an Asian setting for your first two novels?</b><br />
I was founder of Agape Christian magazine in Malaysia. I also freelanced for the leading English, secular newspaper in Malaysia, The Star. My feature stories forThe Star were several page write-ups with gorgeous photos. Many of my stories were selected by the features editor to be cover stories as well.<br />
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As I interviewed people all over the world for Agape, I saw God moving powerfully in Asia and yet there were so few stories coming from there especially in the Christian romance genre.<br />
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In Asia, Christianity is seen very much as a Western culture. Yet so many Asians have had powerful encounters with Jesus Christ. Then there is the struggle to validate their faith in the midst of culture, tradition, loss of identity, social stigma and so on.<br />
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There alone you have so much material for backdrop, tension, drama, conflict and final resolution.<br />
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An example of what I mean can be seen in my short story Finding Enlightenment that was awarded second place at <a href="http://faithwriters.com/">faithwriters.com</a>;. It can be read here:<a href="http://www.faithwriters.com/wc-article-level3-previous.php?id=54362">http://www.faithwriters.com/wc-article-level3-previous.php?id=54362</a><br />
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When I read novels I am drawn to the backdrop and setting. A great description of the setting subtly woven into the story is what makes the difference between being a narrator who takes a person on a journey through his "telling" and a facilitator who steps out of the way altogether to allow the reader to explore the journey on his own. The writer should aim to be the facilitator and not the narrator.<br />
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There is nothing like a great setting to make the reader feel like they are there with the characters. It is like the difference between watching a 2D and 3D movie.<br />
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Unfortunately, many formulaic romance novels that are churned out in quick production-line succession fails to capture this allure of setting because it takes research and time. It is also not easy to write setting discreetly in the background and that is the only way to write it. Otherwise it will seem like reading lecture notes instead of a story.<br />
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I read one review of a multi-cultural romance set in an Asian country where the reviewer said she felt like she was reading a tour company's brochure and that is the wrong emotion to invoke.<br />
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So another reason I wrote Child of Dust was to give romance readers a chance to explore unique settings and backdrops not normally experienced by a reader in the current trend of romance novels available out there.<br />
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<b>We'd love to hear a little about the historical background for your novel. Will you talk about that?</b> <br />
The main character, Bryan, Kim's chauffeur has been deeply affected by the Vietnam war in the sense that he is the illegitimate child of an American GI and a Vietnamese woman. This historical background sets a different dimension to the story and adds intrigue and authenticity.<br />
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Child of Dust is an appealing read for anyone. As I have also written for the secular press, I am able to write in a manner that appeals to all walks of life both Christian and non-Christian. I have had non-Christians tell me they were so engrossed in the story that they didn't not notice the message of the gospel woven into the story. Yet that message is undoubtedly there.<br />
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I am an inspirational writer and everyone loves a good inspirational story just as they love watching a Hallmark movie.<br />
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<b>What readers have to say about the novel:</b><br />
"Make sure when getting ready to read Child of Dust that you don't have anything else planned for the day, you won't be able to put this book down. I could go on and on about this book. Highly and strongly recommend it. Is it possible to give a book 10 stars?" --- Debra Dunson, reviewer at The Edgier Christian Fiction Fan<br />
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"I found the writing of this story to be close to excellent.... I found this book to be one of the most enjoyable books I have read in a long time. It was interesting, the story kept moving along, and I learned a lot as I read this story. I found myself intrigued with the constant difficulties faced by the protagonists and their stories were presented so much more like real life stories than any other book I have read in a long, long time." --- Marina, Community Writer, California<br />
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"This novel has a consistent rhythm, adding surprise after surprise, twisting our emotions at each new difficulty Kim faces. I couldn't put this book down, waiting to see if any or all the ends would be tired up. I would actually like to see the novel transcend into a movie. An amazing read." --- Brices Mice Christian Book Reviews<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Shoba Sadler has been a journalist for 20 years and founder of Agape magazine in Malaysia. She is a versatile inspirational author that likes to write in multiple genres. She has pioneered a new genre in Christian multi-cultural writing with her novel Child of Dust and her many award-winning short stories can be read here <a href="http://shobasadler.com/?page_id=250">http://shobasadler.com/?page_id=250</a></span><br />
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Peter Carlisle was on his way to become one of Great Britain’s best rowers—until he injured his shoulder and lost his chance at glory. He’s determined to fight his way back to the top even if it means risking permanent disability to do so. It’s the only way he can find his way past failing the one person who never stopped believing in his Olympic dream.<br />
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Mattie Schrock is no stranger to uprooting her life. Even as her father relocated her family from one Amish community to the next, she always managed to find a footing in their new homes. Now as the Schrock family plans to move west from Somerset County to a fledgling Amish settlement in Indiana, she looks forward to connecting with old friends who will be joining them from another Pennsylvania community--friends like Jacob Yoder, who has always held a special place in her heart.</div>
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Since Mattie last saw Jacob, they've both grown into different people with different dreams. Jacob yearns to settle down, but Mattie can't help but dream of what may lie over the western horizon. When a handsome Englisher tempts her to leave the Amish behind to search for adventure in the West, will her pledge to Jacob be the anchor that holds her secure?<br />
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Jan Drexler brings a unique understanding of Amish traditions and beliefs to her writing. Her ancestors were among the first Amish, Mennonite, and Brethren immigrants to Pennsylvania in the 1700s, and their experiences are the basis for her stories. Jan lives in South Dakota with her husband of thirty-four years and their two active dogs. She is the author of several novels, including <i>Hannah's Choice</i>.<b></b></div>
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Mattie Schrock is always ready to move further westward to see the image she has created in her head as the her perfect destiny. H<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span>er father is moving the family to Indiana to meetup with other families with the desire to maintain their Amish faith. They will be with friends like Mattie's dearest friend from her youth Jacob Yoder.</div>
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The sea has always been Deirdre MacKenzie’s home, and the crew of her father’s Baltimore clipper is the only family she loves. She’s happier wearing breeches and climbing the rigging of the Maid of Alexandria than donning a dress and learning to curtsey. But, when the War of 1812 erupts, the ship is captured by a British privateer . With her father, the captain, dead, Deirdre sees her crew herded into the hold as prisoners-of-war. Their fate is the notorious Dartmoor prison in England. Her fate as a noncombatant prisoner is uncertain, but the one thing she knows—she must find a way to free her crew. </div>
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Kieran Ashford has caused his family one too many scandals. On his way to exile in America, he is waylaid by the declaration of war and a chance to turn privateer and make his own fortune. But he regrets his actions as soon as the rich prize is secured. Kieran figures his best chance at redeeming himself in the eyes of his family is to offer Deidre the protection of his name in marriage. He has no idea that secrets from his parents’ past and Deirdre’s determination to free her crew are on a disastrous collision course. </div>
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“Eakes has a charming way of making her novels come to life without being over the top,” writes Romantic times of bestselling, award-winning author Laurie Alice Eakes. Since she lay in bed as a child telling herself stories, she has fulfilled her dream of becoming a published author, with a degree in English and French from Asbury University and a master’s degree in writing fiction from Seton Hill University contributing to her career path. Now she has nearly two dozen books in print.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Her novels feature regular people with flaws, but they also have the strength to face the challenges of the time, and come out stronger. It is important to her for her characters to have imperfections, like all people, and they make many mistakes along the way. As she writes, she is always reminded of her favorite biblical character: King David. He was a man with many, many flaws, yet he was described as a man after God’s own heart. Like King David, Scarlett’s heroes have good hearts with a desire to do what is right, but sometimes do the wrong thing as they are trying to figure out this thing called life. In the end, they are better men, and have won the hearts of the right women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Scarlett lives in Kentucky, the bluegrass land of beautiful horses. An avid animal lover, she is surrounded by various four-legged creatures</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Her website: <a href="http://www.scarlettdunn.com/" target="PARENT">www.scarlettdunn.com</a> , <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scarlett-Dunn/262836103906071">Facebook Page</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thorpe Turlow is headed on a long ride back to his Ranch in Wyoming. His luck is about to run out when he is rescued from a confrontation with a group of Indians on his tail. He finds himself in the camp of several women and one lone man. This rag tag group is traveling from Missouri to Wyoming praying to arrive by Christmas. Thorpe decides to joined the group due to the fact that the journey is dangerous and he can not see how their leader, crack shot Lily Starr thinks she can be their sole protector.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">The journey brings additional oddballs to their group such as an outlaw wanted for murder and the Sheriff whom arrested the said outlaw. This makes Thorpe and Lily uneasy having the outlaw travel with them. One of the women is pregnant and due to deliver in December this is why they must be at the end of the journey before the baby comes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lily and Thorpe can not deny the spark growing between them. But they can not give in to that spark due to both of their lack of trust in the opposite sex. They keep hitting a wall in their trek to Wyoming. They knew from the beginning it would be hard but not as hard as what they have had to face. there for no time for sparkin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Will they make it to Wyoming unscathed? Is there a rainbow at the end of their trail? The good Lord only knows. He will lead and protect them if they trust and believe in Him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first book in the Flowers of Eden series introduced readers to Bryony Linwood, an orphan trying desperately to provide for her sisters in the shadow of the Great Depression. In </span><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Castles in the Clouds</span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, we meet one of those sisters—Larkspur Linwood, a young woman who has a passion for teaching but yearns for something more than life as a small-town Arkansas schoolmarm.<br /><br /> Young and impressionable, Lark mistakes a college professor's interest for romantic love. When he offers her the chance to join his efforts to start a school in Kenya, she pictures herself bringing the light of knowledge to hundreds of African children eager to learn. But the menial tasks she's assigned at the school aren't so different from life on the farm where she grew up. Worse, her fragile heart is broken when she realizes her feelings for the charismatic professor are not returned. Miserable and deflated, she gives up and returns home.<br /><br /> Enter Professor Anson Schafer, whom she met briefly in Kenya. Partially blinded from an eye infection he contracted there, Professor Schafer cannot return to Africa. He has come to Lark's school to recruit teachers like her for a more modest venture—the founding of schools and relief efforts here in the U.S. for those struggling through the Depression.<br /><br /> Still stinging from her experience in Kenya, Lark is reluctant to risk leaving her familiar surroundings, but she knows how great the need has become, and—although this isn't the exciting life she'd envisioned—she finally agrees. As they work side by side, Lark begins to realize that the deepest satisfaction comes not so much from what you do, or where you do it, but from the attitude of your heart. She also slowly realizes that the gentle, determined Anson is the true love of her life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">by <a href="https://www.franciscanmedia.org/castles-in-the-clouds/" target="_blank">Franciscan Media</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He offers her and a couple of other women a chance of a lifetime adventure which would advance their teaching skills. This adventure will be taking them to Kenya, Africa to a missionary school under the tutelage of a Professor Schafer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Schafer was highly overworked and sadly had a disease which was taking his eyesight. He was very kind and handsome but different than her Professor from the college. After finding her relationship with her college Professor was not reciprocated she felt naïve and became depressed then decided to return home to the disappointment of the Kenya Professor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Professor Schafer ends up having to go to the States hoping he was leaving his Kenya school in capable hands. While he is in the States he decides with the help of a colleague to start a missionary school for the farmer's children whom were without schooling. He gets in touch with Larkspur in hopes of recruiting her as a teacher since she had not returned to college. Reluctantly she agrees to help. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Schafer and Larkspur slowly but surely to find a attraction and respect for each other. But Larkspur was as resistant as Schafer to feed into any romantic feelings due to her trust issues and his health issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will they get past their issues in this Great Depression and the ever growing problem of bigotry among parents of potential students..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved this story remembering stories my mother and grandparents shared with me about their lives during the Great Depression. The names of the characters were right on for that era. When I was small I remember in the early 50's the attire my grandparents and great grandparents wore was still very similar to that worn during the Great Depression.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now remembered as the author of the world's most famous hymn, in the mid-eighteenth century as England and France stand on the brink of war, John Newton is a young sailor wandering aimlessly through life. His only duty is to report to his ship and avoid disgracing his father—until the night he hears Polly Catlett's enchanting voice, caroling. He's immediately smitten and determined to win her affection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An intense connection quickly forms between the two, but John's reckless spirit and disregard for the Christian life are concerns for the responsible, devout Polly. When an ill-fated stop at a tavern leaves John imprisoned and bound, Polly must choose to either stand by his side or walk out of his life forever. Will she forfeit her future for the man she loves?</span></div>
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Winner of the 2016 Christian Book Award and finalist for the Christy Awards, best-selling author Jody Hedlund writes inspirational historical romances for both youth and adults.</div>
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When she’s not penning another of her page-turning stories, she loves to spend her time reading, especially when it also involves consuming coffee and chocolate.</div>
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John Newton is young and adventurous with a tendency to give into distractions which angers his father. He has neglected to show up for several jobs aboard ships of which his father had arranged. On one such distraction he hears the voice of an angel singing, and this angel looked the image of an angel and her name was <span style="font-size: small;">Polly Catlett</span> . He becomes somewhat of a hero and at times a nuisance to her. </div>
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Polly's father made it clear that John needed to show him that he was responsible and financially stable enough to court his daughter. Which meant he would need to take the job John's father had arranged for him or one of his own choosing. </div>
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I found John to be like many of our kids looking for fun and adventure living off their parents seeing no need of responsibility for themselves. Now Polly she was young and still hanging to her parents coattails with blinders on that concealed the real word outside her home life yet she knew for sure she would not stray from her Christian values.</div>
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This book kept my attention until the very last page. Love the story line center on the gospel song AMAZING GRACE. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>by<span style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span class="Author" id="ctl00_MainContent_ProductInfo1_ctl00_AuthorLineModule_lblAuthorLine" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a allee="" class="AuthorLink" href="http://www.barbourbooks.com/product/AlLee-Jennifer-L,13078.aspx?Tab=Authors" jennifer="" l.="" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="View">Jennifer L. AlLee</a>, <a angela="" breidenbach="" class="AuthorLink" href="http://www.barbourbooks.com/product/Breidenbach-Angela,14395.aspx?Tab=Authors" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="View">Angela Breidenbach</a>, <a class="AuthorLink" darlene="" franklin="" href="http://www.barbourbooks.com/product/Franklin-Darlene,12150.aspx?Tab=Authors" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="View">Darlene Franklin</a>, <a class="AuthorLink" cynthia="" hickey="" href="http://www.barbourbooks.com/product/Hickey-Cynthia,13001.aspx?Tab=Authors" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="View">Cynthia Hickey</a>, <a carrie="" class="AuthorLink" fancett="" href="http://www.barbourbooks.com/product/Pagels-Carrie-Fancett,14638.aspx?Tab=Authors" pagels="" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="View">Carrie Fancett Pagels</a>, <a amber="" class="AuthorLink" href="http://www.barbourbooks.com/product/Stockton-Amber,12201.aspx?Tab=Authors" stockton="" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" tiffany="" title="View">Tiffany Amber Stockton</a>, <a class="AuthorLink" href="http://www.barbourbooks.com/product/Turner-Niki,14639.aspx?Tab=Authors" niki="" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="View" turner="">Niki Turner</a>, <a class="AuthorLink" gina="" href="http://www.barbourbooks.com/product/Welborn-Gina,13028.aspx?Tab=Authors" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="View" welborn="">Gina Welborn</a>, <a becca="" class="AuthorLink" href="http://www.barbourbooks.com/product/Whitham-Becca,13569.aspx?Tab=Authors" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="View" whitham="">Becca Whitham</a></span></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Meet nine men and women whose competitive goals take them to state and county fairs between 1889 and 1930. From baking pie to polishing pigs, from sculpting butter to stitching quilts, everyone has something to prove to themselves and their communities. But in going for the blue ribbon, will nine women miss the greatest prize of all—the devoted heart of a godly man?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Each novella takes us to a different state telling the history for that year and about the Fair itself. Like how the Fair is set up, what it offers as attractions and more adventure than any of these young people may have ever experienced in the lives. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The County Fairs I attended were not State Fairs but I found them memorable. My kids have even walked away with some Blue and Red Ribbons showing Nubian Dairy Goats.</span></div>
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Widower Dr. Matthew Clayborne is devoted to two things: his work withwounded soldiers and his four-year-old daughter, Phoebe. When DeirdreO�Leary, a feisty New Yorker, arrives requesting he use his skills tohelp her stricken mother, he has no idea how his life is about tochange.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.dianabrandmeyer.com/" target="_blank">Diana Lesire Brandmeyer</a>, <a href="http://www.amandacabot.com/" target="_blank">Amanda Cabot</a>, <a href="http://www.lisacarterauthor.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Carter</a>, <a href="http://www.ramonakcecil.com/" target="_blank">Ramona K. Cecil</a>, <a href="http://www.lynncoleman.com/" target="_blank">Lynn A. Coleman</a>, <a href="http://www.susannedietze.com/" target="_blank">Susanne Dietze</a>, </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><b>Journey the Transcontinental Railroad along with nine unlikely couples who encounter all the dangers and disappointments of traveling the rails in the late 1800s. From sight-seeing excursions to transports toward new lives, from orphan trains to circus trains, can romances develop into blazing love in a world of cold, hard steel?</b></span></div>
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Now remembered as the author of the world's most famous hymn, in the mid-eighteenth century as England and France stand on the brink of war, John Newton is a young sailor wandering aimlessly through life. His only duty is to report to his ship and avoid disgracing his father—until the night he hears Polly Catlett's enchanting voice, caroling. He's immediately smitten and determined to win her affection.</div>
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<b>JULIANNA DEERING </b>has always been an avid reader and a lover of storytelling, whether on the page, the screen or the stage. This, along with her keen interest in history and her Christian faith, shows in her tales of love, forgiveness and triumph over adversity. A fifth-generation Texan, she makes her home north of Dallas with three spoiled cats and, when not writing, spends her free time quilting, cross stitching and watching NHL hockey. Her new series of Drew Farthering mysteries set in 1930s England debuted from Bethany House with <i>Rules of Murder</i> (2013) and is followed by <i>Death by the Book </i>and <i>Murder at the Mikado</i> (2014), <i>Dressed for Death</i> (2016) and <i>Murder on the Moor</i> (Coming 2017). Also, as <b>DeAnna Julie Dodson</b>, she has written a trilogy of medieval romances (<i>In Honor Bound, By Love Redeemed </i>and <i>To Grace Surrendered</i>) and six contemporary mysteries for Annie�s Fiction. She is represented by Wendy Lawton of the Books & Such Literary Agency (<a href="http://www.booksandsuch.biz/">www.booksandsuch.biz</a>).<br />
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Drew and Madeline Farthering arrive at a Regency-era house party at Winteroak House, excited to be reunited with old friends, including Drew's former Oxford classmate Talbot Cummins. Tal is there with his fianc�e, Alice Henley, and though many present seem worried about the couple, nobody is prepared when Alice dies from an apparent overdose. Tal refuses to believe she'd taken the drugs intentionally, and a dark question arises of whether the death is an accident or murder.<br />
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<li>"Dressed for Death" is the best Drew Farthering mystery yet, and I'm really looking forward to the next one (and yes, even more after that)! Julianna Deering has a gift for storytelling that keeps me turning the pages long into the night, and her characters are always so vivid and lifelike! I love pulling out her books and re-reading them over and over again.</li>
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This sounds like such a FANTASTIC read! Ready to dive in? Want to peek at the sample? It's right here:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And don't Miss Drew's Upcoming Adventure:</span></div>
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<i>Murder on the Moor</i><br />
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At the urgent request of Drew's old school friend, Hubert "Beaky" Bloodworth, Drew and Madeline Farthering come to Bloodworth Park Lodge in the midst of the Yorkshire moors, a place as moody and mysterious as a Bront� hero. According to Beaky, there have been several incidents of mischief making out on the moor, property destroyed, fires started, streams dammed up, sheep and cattle scattered and, if local gossip is to be believed, the sighting of the shadowy figure of a great black hound. Worst of all, the vicar has been found dead on the steps of the church, and no one can imagine who would want to kill him.<br />
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Beaky is obviously smitten with his wife of eight months, the gorgeous and vivacious Sabrina Bloodworth, though it's hard to imagine what she sees in a man as awkward and plain as he. Drew can't help wondering if Sabrina's affections lie more with Beaky's money than himself and, just perhaps, with the fiery Welsh gamekeeper, Rhys Delwyn. Delwyn says poachers are to blame for the recent trouble, Sabrina claims the moor is haunted, and Beaky suspects that Carter Gray, a neighboring landowner with a longstanding grudge against the Bloodworths, is behind the episodes. But when someone else is murdered and the troubling incidents grow more threatening, Drew begins to suspect local ne'er-do-well Jack Midgley of more than poaching. But just how does Midgley fit into the scheme and who is paying him? It's up to Drew to look past his own prejudices, determine what is really going on, and find the killer before it's too late.<br />
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>>Would you like to see the cover for <i>Murder on the Moor</i>? <b>Sign up for Drew�s News </b>at <a href="http://www.juliannadeering.com/newsletter.php">http://www.juliannadeering.com/newsletter.php</a> for exclusive series information and giveaways.<br />
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One accidental kiss from Lawry Hampton. That was all it took to throw Meredyth Summercourt's world upside-down. Determined to marry the ever-elusive Vance Everstone, she simply doesn't have the time or the desire to fall for her best friend...<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Melissa Jagears! </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><i>Abandoned by his mail-order bride, Silas Jonesey has fought an uphill battle to recover from a pattern of poor choices. Now his prayers for reconciliation have finally come true and his estranged wife has contacted him with her whereabouts. Kate Dawson was supposed to be a mail-order bride, but upon realizing she'd been deceived about her intended groom, she's now settled into life as a schoolteacher. When the mother of a student passes away, Kate assumes she'll take on care of nine-year-old Anthony--until two men suddenly show up in town, claiming to be the boy's father. Silas can see Anthony loves Kate, so he enlists her help in reaching out to the boy and attempting to prove his paternity to the court. When a common interest in Anthony leads to an interest in each other and Silas and Kate begin to think they can overcome their rocky start, neither is prepared for the secrets and past hurts that have yet to come to light. Can Silas, Kate, and Anthony's wounded souls bind them together or will all that stands between them leave them lonely forever? </i></span></div>
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In [Jagears'] latest novel [A Bride at Last], . . . the characters are all well-balanced and engaging: Silas' struggle with his failed marriage, struggling faith, and dark past makes him sympathetic; Kate's commitment to Anthony gives her depth and pathos; and their romance develops realistically . . . a memorable read for fans of redemptive historical romances.<br />
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A historical novella compilation of four award winning authors - Karen Witemeyer, Mary Connealy, Regina Jennings and Melissa Jagears Four top historical romance novelists team up in this new collection to offer stories of love and romance with a twist of humor. In Karen Witemeyer's "The Husband Maneuver," Marietta Hawkins decides to grab the reins when the ranch foreman she loves seems to be leaving forever. Regina Jennings offers "Her Dearly Unintended," where friends stranded by a rising river pretend to be newlyweds when a dangerous stranger arrives. Mary Connealy's "Runaway Bride" finds a Texas ranger getting more than he expected when he rescues a young woman fleeing a dangerous arranged marriage. And Melissa Jagears' "Engaging the Competition" finds a young woman forced to assist the man she's often sparred with after an accident leaves him helpless. Each tale is a fun blend of history and romance that will delight readers.<br />
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Melissa Jagears is a homeschooling mom who writes Christian Historical Romance after everyone is asleep. She’s the author of the Unexpected Brides Series with Bethany House. The prequel ebook novella, Love by the Letter is free to try. You can learn more about her, her books, and where she hangs out online at www.melissajagears.com <http: www.melissajagears.com=""> <br />
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