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When Bethany Silverton left the genteel life of Miss Henderson's School for Young Ladies back in Philadelphia for the raw frontier town of Sweetwater, Montana, she had no idea how much she would enjoy the freedom and danger of this wild country. A conservative preacher's daughter, Bethany can't resist the challenge of charming the most attractive cowboy in town into attending her father's new church. She never dreamed that the cowboy would charm the...
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In Westerville, Ohio, 1855, Kate Winter's dreams are almost within reach. As the first woman to graduate from Otterbein College, she'll be guaranteed her deepest wish: escape from the dark secret haunting her family. But with her mother determined to marry her off to a wealthy man, Kate must face reality. She has to run. Now. And she has the perfect plan. Join the upcoming musical performance -- and use it to mask her flight. Ben Hanby, Otterbein...
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As a child, Lydia Pallas became all too familiar with uncertainty when it came to the future. Now, in 1891, she's finally carved out a perfect life for herself -- a life of stability and order. She adores her apartment overlooking bustling Boston Harbor, and her skill with languages has landed her a secure position as a translator for the U.S. Navy. Then Alexander Banebridge, who equally attracts and aggravates Lydia, hires her to translate seemingly...
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1884 - When Rebecca Switzer hears that Jesse Montgomery is near Apple Grove, she must see the rugged but dissolute cowboy who had stolen her heart years earlier. Sheriff Colin Maddox is counting the days until he can quit and follow his dream of starting a church. When a lovely woman, looking travel-weary and lost, gets caught up and arrested with the leaders of a temperance riot, he can hardly believe she is a Plain and simple woman. Nor can he believe...
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Geesje de Jonge crossed the ocean at age seventeen with her parents and a small group of immigrants from the Netherlands to settle in the Michigan wilderness. Fifty years later, in 1897, she's asked to write a memoir of her early experiences as the town celebrates its anniversary. Reluctant at first, she soon uncovers memories and emotions hidden all these years, including the story of her one true love. At the nearby Hotel Ottawa Resort on the shore...
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In 1846, young widow Mariel survived the grueling voyage from Germany to start a new life in the "promised" land of Texas. Forced by circumstances to become a servant, Mariel is now determined to leave her harsh master. But how can a single woman face the frontier on her own? Texas Ranger Carson Quinn is responsible for leading Mariel's party of immigrants safely through Comanche territory. As he watches Mariel, he knows he will do anything to protect...
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