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Sixteen Brides

Stephanie Grace Whitson · 348 pages

Sixteen Civil War widows settle in Nebraska after they are wooed by a land speculator, only to discover that they were lured there in hopes that they would accept marriage proposals shortly after their arrival.

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Waiting for Summer's Return

Kim Vogel Sawyer · 348 pages

All alone on the Kansas prairie, Summer Steadman has few options. With her husband and children lost to illness, she has no desire to continue on farther west to where she and her husband planned to build their future. Instead, she seeks employment in a small Mennonite community in order to be near the graves of her family. Widower Peter Ollenburger, the local gristmill owner, needs someone to

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The Widow of Larkspur Inn

Lawana Blackwell · 432 pages

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The Shell Seekers

Rosamunde Pilcher · 582 pages

The Shell Seekers is a novel of connection: of one family, and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. The Shell Seekers is filled with real people--mothers and daughters, husband and lovers--inspired with real values. The Shell Seekers centers on Penelope Keeling--a woman you'll always remember in world you'll never forget. The Shell Seekers is a magical

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Forsaken Dreams

MaryLu Tyndall · 313 pages

Eager to leave the South after seeing the devastation caused by the Civil War, Blake Wallace embarks on a journey to Brazil, while widow Eliza Crawford seeks passage on Wallace's ship while harboring a dirty secret.

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Chateau of Echoes

Siri L. Mitchell, Siri Mitchell

Suddenly widowed in a foreign country, Frédérique Farmer did what any girl would do: She bought a castle. She just never imagined that its mysterious fifteenth-century owner would hold the keys to her second chance at life. When an extensive restoration of the chateau reveals an ancient treasure, Frédérique kisses her reclusive life good-bye. She opens a bed-and-breakfast, hires a capricious g

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Blue Dahlia

Nora Roberts · 375 pages

A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries- old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing lullabies at night... Trying to escape the ghosts of the past, young widow Stella Rothchild, along with her two energetic little boys, has moved back to her roots in southern Tennessee--and into her new

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Springwater

Linda Lael Miller · 289 pages

Montana Territory, 1870 Evangeline Keating came west because she had to; after her husband's passing, she needed to build a new life for her young daughter, and marrying a stranger from Montana Territory was her best chance. After a difficult winter journey, she arrives at an isolated outpost called Springwater Station. But the handsome man who's come for her is not her husband-to-be, and Evang

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Going Home

Wanda E. Brunstetter · 188 pages

It was a very good book.It gave some of the triditions of the amish church ,and used many German-Dutch words.The story was about,an amish woman who came back home to a old order amish community,to give her daughter a stable home.As soon as her daughter gets settled in, she will go back to the "English"world.But,she unexpectedly falls in love.Excellent story.I would recamend this to anyone.

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The Girl You Left Behind

Jojo Moyes · 537 pages

In 1916, French artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his wife Sophie to fight at the Front. When her town falls into German hands, his portrait of Sophie stirs the heart of the local Kommandant and causes her to risk everything - her family, reputation and life - in the hope of seeing her true love one last time. Nearly a century later and Sophie's portrait is given to Liv by her young husband shortly

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The Husband Tree

Mary Connealy · 315 pages

"Standing over her third no-account husband's grave, Belle Tanner makes a vow--no more men. Now all she needs to do is get her cattle to market before winter sets in. But there's no one around except the drifter Silas Harden, and Belle is such a poor judge of men that she can't decide if he is worth hiring on. Silas just escaped a shotgun wedding--only to lose his money, his ranch, and his pride.

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A Necessary Deception

Laurie Alice Eakes · 346 pages

"When young widow Lady Lydia Gale helps a French prisoner obtain parole, she never dreamed he would turn up in her parlor. But just as the London Season is getting under way, there he is, along with a few other questionable personages. While she should be focused on helping her headstrong younger sister prepare for her entre into London society, Lady Lydia finds herself preoccupied with the myster

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Widow of Gettysburg

Jocelyn Green · 454 pages

"The farm of Union widow Liberty Holloway is confiscated and converted into a Confederate field hospital, bringing Liberty face-to-face with unspeakable suffering. In the wake of shattered homes and broken bodies, Liberty and Bella, her hired help and a former slave, struggle to pick up the fragments the battle has left behind"--

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Sarah, Plain and Tall

Patricia MacLachlan · 64 pages

This Newbery Medal winning book and children's literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and timeless stories using rich and beautiful language. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love. The 30th Anniversary edition includes author Patricia MacLachlan s Newbery speech, discussion guide a

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Keys to the Castle

Donna Ball · 332 pages

"Forty-something workaholic Sara Graves thought her chance for an outrageous life was over... until she met and married a charming Frenchman who left her widowed three weeks later. Suddenly she is the heiress to an estate she can't afford to keep and uncovering secrets she never wanted to know. Does she have the courage to leave her home, her country, and everything she's ever known for a second c

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The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill

Julie Klassen · 548 pages

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Coming to Rosemont

Barbara Hinske · 241 pages

"Forensic accountant Maggie Martin survives the sudden death of her husband, the charismatic President of Windsor College, only to uncover the secrets of his carefully-concealed double life. Dealing with the financial and emotional wreckage left in Paul's wake, she is stunned to learn he inherited an estate known as Rosemont in the seemingly-serene Midwestern town of Westbury. Why had he never tol

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Marrying Miss Marshal

Lacy Williams · 267 pages

"Filling the shoes of her late husband as town marshal hasn't been easy for Danna Carpenter. She's not only fighting criminals, she's also fighting to earn the respect of the townspeople. So crossing paths with tenderfoot detective Chas O'Grady is the last thing she needs. He's hunting a band of cattle rustlers and isn't used to the rugged Wyoming landscape. Teaming up is their only option, but wh

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Mine Is the Night

Liz Curtis Higgs

The emotional and spiritual journey that began with Here Burns My Candle soars to a triumphant finish in Mine Is the Night, a dramatic and decidedly Scottish retelling of the biblical love story of Boaz and Ruth.

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Hello Love

Karen McQuestion · 250 pages

The only thing that gets recent widower Dan through the long lonely nights is Anni, his cherished dog. Stolen from Dan's front yard, Anni is rescued from an abusive tenant by Andrea Keller, who is recovering from the heartbreak of a messy divorce. As Anni works to find her way home, can she bring these two lost souls together?

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Whirlwind

Cathy Marie Hake · 375 pages

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Land of My Heart

Tracie Peterson · 392 pages

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A Love Woven True

Tracie Peterson, Judith McCoy Miller · 349 pages

Jasmine Houston, a widow with a young son, agrees to harbor former slaves at her horse farm outside of Lowell, even though her father, a plantation owner, supports slavery. When a boardinghouse keeper unwittingly becomes involved with a traveling peddler who sells something infinitely more valuable than shoes, Jasmine is devastated to discover that her son and the former slaves have been kidnapped

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The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch

Marsha Moyer · 291 pages

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