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With his beloved wife dead and his boys needing a mother’s touch, Billy Henderson reluctantly writes for a mail-order bride. Although no one will ever replace his wife, Billy wants to do what’s best for his boys - the only family he has left. So when Beth Bennett agrees to travel West and be his bride, he is both grateful and anxious. Beth Bennett had just begun to recover from the death of her husband, when she learns the bank has come for her house.

When Harland McKinley sees the joy that mail-order bride Josie brings to his twin brother's heart, he begins desperately looking for a way to earn the hand of his own long time beau, Beth Drescher. But will his intended forgive him for stepping out with her rival, the fashionable daughter of the local banker? News of thieveries in Cowtown - ones that the stern new sheriff believes may be connected to the McKinleys in some way - further threatens to keep the young couple apart.

Violet Robinson grew up straddling the world of her father, a U.S. Senator, and her mother, who was raised Amish. Then Violet gets the chance to live in an Amish house without modern amenities. Violet's father hopes this will make her realize how hard an Amish life is, but the opposite happens. Especially when Violet finds herself falling for Luke. Although buggy shop owner Luke King was raised Amish, he hasn’t yet been baptized into the church. He’s always felt something waited out there for him. When he meets Violet, he knows why God set him on this path.

Judith Hershberger wonders what her life would have been like had she been born into an English family instead of an Amish one. Would she be happier with the freedom to obtain more schooling as an English young woman instead of being limited to only an eighth-grade Amish education? In Judith’s Place, the second book in the Dreams of Plain Daughters series, schoolteacher Judith Hershberger yearns to learn more despite the educational restriction imposed on her because of her Amish upbringing.

Recently released from the orphan’s home and with nowhere to go, Olivia Lester accepts a last-minute proposition to travel west as a mail order bride. Judd Brockman has made it clear that he only needs a wife as a partner on the farm - not in love - and Olivia accepts his wishes. Judd is a kind man, so when Olivia find herself falling in love with him, she chooses silence over breaking her agreement. But when a woman from Judd’s past returns with a scandalous accusation, Olivia begins to wonder if maybe her life with Judd is not what she thought.

After her fiancé, Daniel Beachy, died in a buggy accident, schoolteacher Ruth Yoder decided to move out of her parents’ home and into the house he’d built for their married life together. Ruth has lived alone for the past 11 years. When David Hershberger, a widower, starts spending time with her, Ruth is surprised. David’s children are amazed, too, that their father is interested in their longtime neighbor. Ruth hopes that she and David will become more than friends.

The Goldflower Adventures stands as a completed children’s literature pentalogy, offering five unique, but intertwined, stories. Seven amazing and remarkable young children invite the listener into their world of journey and discovery throughout the course of these literary adventures. Sisters of Chaos is the fourth book in the series. In this story, Olivia and her friends find themselves in a never-ending predicament. They encounter two evil sisters whose magic is utterly deceptive.

The Goldflower Adventures stands as a completed children's literature pentalogy, offering five unique but intertwined stories. Seven amazing and remarkable young children invite the listener into their world of journey and discovery throughout the course of these literary adventures. The Rainbow Amulet is the second book in the series. In this story, Olivia's imagination has gotten the best of her once again. She wishes for a more adventurous day, and sure enough, she gets precisely what she asks for - and then some.

The Goldflower Adventures stands as a completed children’s literature pentalogy, offering five unique, but intertwined, stories. Seven amazing and remarkable young children invite the listener into their world of journey and discovery throughout the course of these literary adventures. A Day with Gran is the first book in the pentalogy. This story is meant to introduce you to Olivia and explain how her sense of adventure and bravery are given life.

The Goldflower Adventures stands as a completed children’s literature pentalogy, offering five unique but intertwined stories. Seven amazing and remarkable young children invite the listener into their world of journey and discovery throughout the course of these literary adventures. Tauren Forest is the third book in the series. In this story, Olivia discovers just how fast a situation can change.

The story takes the listener through a year of high school that Taruka is not likely to forget. Taruka is the new girl at the high school in town. She makes friends and meets a boy, Cooper. Like Cooper and many of the students at the school, Taruka is very involved in sports, so she gets along with her new classmates well. But issues arise with her newfound friendship with Cooper when their differences are highlighted by the adults in their lives.

Mickey is a 12-year old, asthmatic boy who spends his time with his iPad, iPod, and tons of video games. He does not participate in the rough and tumble activities of boys his age including sports and considers himself a nerd. That does not stop his parents from sending him to camp for the summer. While there, he meets Jackson, a beaten down plow horse that seems to need Mickey's friendship as much as Mickey needs his.

A series of city girls head west to escape their problems...they arrive, full of promise, at a place called Summer Hope.

Fiona Cantrell is a woman on a mission. More aptly put, she's a fairy godmother on a mission. Her dream of moving to London is about to come true now that all that stands between her and her new job is a few unpacked suitcases. Or so she thinks until her old boss shows up with one more little task for her to complete before she leaves for Europe. Her new assignment involves a handsome cowboy named Cody, his two rascally nephews, and a mountain of laundry...all of which would be no problem for any self-respecting fairy godmother.

Joshua Grayson could never understand why his brother left the family ranch to wed--in secret--a woman he'd never met. And now Matthew is dead. Killed just moments after taking his wedding vows. Joshua struggles with both resentment and a growing attraction for his mysterious sister-in-law. He knows Careen is hiding something, but can he give love another chance, or is he just setting up his heart for another break?

What if there were angels who came to assist us in human form? What if the Golden Angels were looking over the people of the world and sent one of their own to the Earth to help humanity to achieve peace, happiness, love and joy? Follow the journeys of a Golden Angel as she leaves her heavenly homeland to enter into the body of a person to work as an angelic secret agent amongst the people. Watch as she seeds humanity with what they need to become better people, save themselves from accidents or simply making a bad decision.

Investigative historical journalist Andrea Andrews is tired of waiting tables to make ends meet. If she could find and write the next breakout story, she could secure a promotion with Smithsonian Magazine as their writer-at-large. But not much happens in lower Manhattan out of the ordinary until she discovers post-Civil War counterfeit bills hidden in the wall of her historic district apartment.

A young man has breakfast with Jesus and discovers the meaning of life. What lessons will he learn? What secrets are going to be revealed? Jump into this inspiring book and you will find out.... . If you could have a private conversation with Jesus Christ and ask him anything you wanted, what would ask him?

The sleepy community of Kenorapeake Falls in northern Ontario seems like somewhere Constable Oaklynn Brock can finally outrun her violent past. That is, until she’s assigned to investigate a series of suspicious deaths. She can’t reveal that she knows how serial killers think because she grew up with one. Yet the eerie similarities between these murders and those committed by her father, known as the Suicide Slayer, hint at a copycat in their midst. But why here and why now?

Returning home from a summer away, it is evident that Marjorie’s faith has grown and her heart is on the mend. However, the gossip in town, as well as the disrupting presence of a newcomer, begins to reach a height that threatens reputations as well as relationships. While Marjorie and Leonard are working to find where their paths will lead, Ralph and Estelle begin to question if the paths they chose were the right ones with the best possible outcomes. In Overruled, fate is questioned.