Compiled by Reader Advisor Eileen
Alexander, Tamara
Rekindled: Fountain Creek Chronicles, Book 1
RC 66062,
CL 12872
Colorado Territory, 1868. Bostonians Larson and Kathryn Jennings move west, but a decade later, someone sabotages their homestead and Larson disappears. Kathryn, pregnant, trusts in God and takes a housekeeping job on a ranch. Larson, burned beyond recognition, returns but fears facing Kathryn. Then danger strikes. Rita Award Nominee. 2006.
Barton, Janet
Bayou Brides: Four Generations of Couples are Bound by Love, Faith and Land
CL 13304
Four generations return to Cajun country to discover family secrets of love and redemption. In 1755, after Capucine Louet is exiled from Nova Scotia and heads for Louisiana, she's given a journal which helps her to forgive the man she loves. Josee Broussard continues fifty years later while struggling with an arranged marriage. In 1918, Nic LeBlanc finds the journal when he returns home after World War I. Finally free, Justin LeBlanc wants to hit the road but is attracted to a woman who wants to put down roots. 2006.
Brunstetter, Wanda E.
A Sister's Secret: Sisters of Holmes County, Book 1
RC 65578,
CL 13297
Grace Hostettler returns to Holmes County, Ohio, and joins the Amish church after sampling the outside world. Grace plans to marry Cleon Schrock, but Gary Walker, a former Englisher boyfriend, arrives in town and threatens to reveal Grace's secrets. Grace also suspects that Gary is sabotaging her family's businesses. 2007.
Copeland, Lori
Yellow Rose Bride
CL 12977
Vonnie hasn't gotten over the handsome rancher, though she'd tried to put him out of her mind ever since a family feud had doomed them. Now, as past secrets are uncovered, danger is unleashed -- and Vonnie is forced to be around Adam. Will the Yellow Rose of Texas discover that love is worth the wait? 2006.
Gist, Deeanne
Courting Trouble
RC 66255
Texas, 1894. Thirty-year-old eccentric Essie Spreckelmeyer is tired of being the town spinster. She sets her sights on marrying the widower Hamilton Crook but misses her chance. Drifter Adam Currington and preacher Ewing Wortham both express interest in romance, while Essie prays to God for guidance. 2007.
Hatcher, Robin
Catching Katie
RC 59099,
CL 12272
Idaho, 1916. Headstrong Katie Jones returns to her parents' traditional home after graduating from Vassar College and becoming involved in the women's suffrage movement. Soon Ben Rafferty's newspaper, the Homestead Herald, provides a forum for her views, and her ideas incite community tempers as well as Ben's heart. 2003.
Kingsbury, Karen
Sunrise: Sunrise, Book 1
RC 66455,
CL 13106
Bloomington, Indiana. Actor Dayne Matthews tries not to attract media attention while planning his marriage to Katy Hart. Dayne's widowed father, John Baxter, falls for his friend Elaine. Coach Jim Flanigan's star football player Cody Coleman nearly dies from alcohol poisoning. Their faith carries them through. 2007.
Lewis, Beverly
The Parting: The Courtship of Nellie Fisher, Book 1
RC 66456,
CL 13127
Nellie Mae Fisher, still struggling with guilt and grief over her younger sister's death, dreams of marrying handsome Caleb Yoder. But some people in their Pennsylvania Amish community don't want them together--including Caleb's father. Rebellion against Old Order ways threatens to tear them, and their church, apart. 2007.
Parr, Delia
A Hearth in Candlewood: Candlewood Trilogy, Book 1
CL 13559,
CL 12863
1840's. Emma Garret runs Hill House, a boarding house in the village of Candlewood, New York. Gifted with an uncanny ability to see the unique strengths of her guests, Emma challenges them with homespun wisdom and absolute faith in God. When eighty-year-old Widow Leonard shows up at Hill House to escape a land dispute between her two sons, Emma tries to help heal the family feud. 2006.
Peterson, Tracie
A Lady of High Regard: Ladies of Liberty, Book 1
RC 65891,
CL 13591,
CL 13094
Philadelphia, 1852. Matchmaking socialite and women's magazine writer Mia Stanley uncovers a heinous plot to extort the impoverished wives of absent seamen. The investigation puts her in grave danger. Meanwhile, Mia attempts to find a wife for her friend Garrett Wilson but can't deny her own affection for him. 2007.
Sawyer, Kim
Waiting for Summer's Return
CL 13104, CL 13011
After losing her husband and children to typhoid, Summer Steadman seeks employment in the small Mennonite community of Gaeddert, Kansas, to be near the graves of her family. But when widower Peter Ollenberger's son begins looking at Summer as more than a teacher, Peter must decide whether to marry Summer to give his son a new mother or to marry for love. 2006.
Sims, Janice
Can I Get an Amen
RC 61218
Four stories in which Mother Maybelle helps the women at Red Oaks Christian Fellowship understand love. In "A Love Supreme" a sworn bachelor falls for his landscaper. In "Love under New Management" a gifted singer finds the courage to sing and to love again. 2005.
Snelling, Lauraine
A Promise for Ellie: Daughters of Blessing, Book 1
CL 13087
After graduating in May of 1900, Andrew Bjorklund and Ellie Wold plan to marry once the harvest is over and their new house is finished. Everyone seems to rejoice in their happiness, and the Lord seems to shine on them in a special way. But when their new barn burns, and many of their possessions and dreams with it, Andrew goes looking for revenge. 2006.
If you're interested in any of these books or in finding books like them, please contact the library.
Revised February 2009
