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Where the Heart Is Romance Collection Love Is a Journey in Nine Historical Novellas by  Andrea Boeshaar, Carol Cox, Rhonda Gibson, Sally Laity, Jane LaMunyon, Claire Sanders, Pamela Kaye Tracy, & Erica Vetsch BOOK DESCRIPTION:  Journey along with nine women who find themselves on the move out of their comfortable lives and into the unknown as they set up new homes, take on new jobs, seek out loved ones, and encounter romance. Will their faith endure the hardships, and will love form when life is in transition? Written by nine inspirational romance authors who have a passion for American history and faith. Novella's included in collection: Where the Heart Is by Sally Laity--Pennsylvania, 1860 The Midwife's Apprentice by Rhonda Gibson--Summer, 1860, Oregon Trail Murder or Matrimony by Pamela Kaye Tracey--Oregon Trail Bride in the Valley by Andrea Boeshaar--Oregon Trail New Garden's Inspiration by Claire Sanders--Wayne County, Indiana, August 1861

Mended Heart  by Mary Manners Book Description: Jade McAllister returns home to Pineyville, Tennessee to help nurse her estranged mother back to health. She's grateful her friend found her a job as an assistant at Pineyville Church. That is, until she runs into Shane Calkin, the bad-boy-wannabe who broke her heart. Shane is no longer the self-centered boy who hurt Jade. Now he wants is a second chance to love her, but how can he prove it? MY REVIEW:  Mary Manners never fails to leave my heart swooning and feeling such empathy for the characters.   Jade McAllister doesn't believe that Shane Calkin can truly have changed enough from their high-school days to be capable of serving as a youth director in a church.  Shane's heart is determined to win Jade's heart, but will she let him?  Will she allow forgiveness in her heart and believe in love?           This novel is sure to delight those who love to read Christian fiction.  Jade is a caregiver to her mother,

Book Description: In the year 2069 the Apocalypse came and went, but Jesus didn’t show up, as some expected. Instead, a cataclysmic war, natural disasters and pandemics eradicated 90 percent of earth’s population. Now, in 2131, a totalitarian government rules the world from the majestic, opulent capitol of Carthage, Tunisia. Blamed for igniting the war, religion and religious books are banned. Citizens who will not renounce their religion are sent to work camps. Grant Cochrin, imprisoned in a bleak petroleum camp in what was once North Dakota, leads his family and friends to escape and embark on a long, dangerous quest for a Christian community. Their resource in this journey? A cherished page torn from the now banished Bible—a  remnant  of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount handed down from Grant’s grandparents. MY REVIEW:     This book is a fictional, dystopian account of events that might occur in the book of Revelation in the Bible.  The Apocalypse is a time when Christians a

Mountain Christmas Brides Nine Historical Novellas Celebrate Faith and Love in the Rocky Mountains by  Mildred Colvin, Mary Davis, Susan Page Davis, Lena Nelson Dooley, Darlene Franklin, Debby Lee, Tamela Hancock Murray, Carrie Turansky, Gina Welborn Book Description:   A Trusting Heart / by Carrie Turansky  Home for the Holidays / by Mildred Colvin  One Evergreen Night / by Debby Lee  All Ye Faithful / by Gina Welborn  A Carpenter Christmas / by Mary Davis  Fires of Love / by Tamela Hancock Murray  The Best Medicine / by Lena Nelson Dooley  Almost Home / by Susan Page Davis  Dressed in Scarlet / by Darlene Franklin From a Wyoming ranch in 1880, to a logging camp in Washington Territory in the late 1800s, to Denver, Colorado, in 1913, meet nine couples who find that Christmas is the perfect time for climbing to the heights of romance. Watch as their faith and courage propel them through challenges that come with mountain winters to cozy fireside celebrations th

by  Lauralee Bliss, Angela Breidenbach, Ramona K. Cecil, Pamela Griffin, Grace Hitchcock, Pam Hillman, Laura V. Hilton, Tiffany Amber Stockton, Liz Tolsma Nine Historical Romances Offer New Hope for Love Hope for Happy Endings Is Renewed in Nine Historical Romances   Meet nine women from history spanning from 1777 to 1944 feel the sting of having lost out on love. Can their hope for experiencing romance again be renewed? Love in the Crossfire  by Lauralee Bliss -  Trenton, New Jersey, 1777 Gretchen Hanson watched her beau go off to war and never return. Now she falls for an enemy scout who stumbles upon her farm. If Jake is discovered, it could mean death for them all. Will Gretchen let go of love or stand strong?   Daughter of Orion  by Ramona Cecil -  New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1859 Whaling widow, Matilda Daggett, vows to never again give her heart to a seaman. But when debt drives her to masquerade as a cabin boy on a whaling ship, a young harpooner threatens both her vow and