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<?=$who;?> Reading Through 2013 This is a list of the books I read in 2013.
List created by Mary N. (maggysue) on Jan 12, 2013
List Votes: 1 Books: 113 Contributors: 1 Watchers: 1 List Type: Closed
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A Place to Belong (Wild West Wind, Bk 3) by Lauraine Snelling
As winter settles over the ranch, the Engstrom brothers are much on the mind of Cassie Lockwood. The way Lucas smiles at her should set her heart to tripping. But it doesn't. Shouldn't there be some attraction to him if they are going to be married? His vow to make her love him does not...  more


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Whispers in the Wind (Wild West Wind, Bk 2) by Lauraine Snelling
After fleeing North Dakota and the now defunct Wild West Show, Cassie Lockwood and her companions have finally found the hidden valley in South Dakota where her father had dreamed of putting down roots. But to her dismay, she discovers a ranch already built on her land. Cassie's arrival...  more


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The Promise Box by Tricia Goyer
Every year, young Amish men descend on the cozy little town of West Kootenai, Montana, arriving in the spring to live there for six months and receive 'resident' status for the hunting season in the fall. They arrive as bachelors, but go home with brides! In The Promise Box, the second book of...  more


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A Change of Fortune (Ladies of Distinction, Bk. 1) by Jen Turano
Lady Eliza Sumner is on a mission. Her fortune was the last thing she had left after losing her father, her fiance, and her faith. Now, masquerading as Miss Eliza Sumner governess-at-large, she's determined to find the man who ran off with her fortune, reclaim the money, and head straight...  more


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A Most Peculiar Circumstance (Ladies of Distinction, Bk 2) by Jen Turano
Miss Arabella Beckett has one driving passion: to help the downtrodden women of America. Naturally, she supports the women's suffrage movement and eagerly attends rallies and lectures across the country. On her travels, she makes a simple offer of assistance to a young woman in need that...  more


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River's Call (Inn at Shining Waters, Bk 2) by Melody Carlson
Anna Larson's daughter, Lauren, is confused, brokenhearted, and misguided. It's the turbulent 1960s and feeling alienated from her mother, Lauren chooses to stay with her paternal grandmother. However, repelled by the woman's manipulative and spiteful ways, Lauren returns to her...  more


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River's End (The Inn at Shining Water, Bk 3) by Melody Carlson
In the final story of The Inn at Shining Waters, Anna Larson's granddaughter Sarah is beginning to find her independence. But her relationship with her parents suffers as a result and she travels away from all that is familiar. While the solace of the river calls Sarah back,...  more


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Stealing the Preacher (Archer Brothers, Bk 2) by Karen Witemeyer
On his way to interview for a position at a church in the Piney Woods of Texas, Crockett Archer can scarcely believe it when he's forced off the train by a retired outlaw and presented to the man's daughter as the minister she requested for her birthday. Worried this unfortunate detour...  more


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Waiting for Spring (Westward Winds, Bk 2) by Amanda Cabot
After the loss of her husband and the birth of her baby, Charlotte has had a long, hard year. But when a notorious robber believes she knows the location of a long-lost treasure, she flees to Cheyenne and opens a dressmaker's shop to lie low and make a living. When wealthy cattle baron and...  more


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A Lady's Choice by Sandra Robbins
In 1916, eighteen-year-old Sarah Whittaker loses everything when a distant relative inherits her family's fortune, and she becomes convinced that women deserve equal rights under the law. Young lawyer Alex Taylor defends her cause, and in the process, he wins her heart. But Alex's...  more


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A Talent for Trouble (Ladies of Distinction, Bk 3) by Jen Turano
For years, Miss Felicia Murdock's every thought and action have been in pursuit of becoming a minister's wife. When the minister she'd set her sights on has other ideas, she decides something in her life needs to change--and soon--before she wastes any more time pretending to be...  more


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A Vision of Lucy (A Rocky Creek Romance, Book 3) by Margaret Brownley
Trouble may follow Lucy wherever she goes, but with the help of God and the rugged, reclusive David Wolf, she'll never face adversity alone.   Lucy Bradshaw dreams of working as a photographer at the Rocky Creek newspaper. If she can earn money making photographs, then maybe her...  more


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Lily's Plight (Harwood House, Bk 3) by Dianna Crawford & Sally Laity
Journey to Pennsylvania backcountry during the French and Indian War. Indentured servant Lily Harwood has always thought of herself as a good Christian lass. . .until she is struck with a deeper, more profound plight than the war that rages around her. When her mistress's...  more


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Swept Away (Trouble in Texas, Bk 1) by Mary Connealy
Swept away when her wagon train attempts a difficult river crossing, Ruthy MacNeil isn't all that upset at being separated from the family who raised her. All they've ever done is work her to the bone. She prayed for a chance to get away, and then came the raging flood. Alive but...  more


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Miriam's Quilt (Forever After in Apple Lake, Bk 3) by Jennifer Beckstrand
When a young Amish woman is rejected by her fiance following a family scandal, she finds healing and love in the most unexpected place. Miriam Bontrager has had her heart broken and vows to never trust anyone with her affections. She finds comfort only by spending time with horses at a...  more


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Maggie's Journey (McKenna's Daughter's, Bk 1) by Lena Nelson Dooley
On her eighteenth birthday, Margaret Lenora Caine finds a chest hidden in the attic containing proof that she's adopted. The spoiled daughter of wealthy merchants in Seattle, she feels betrayed by her real parents and by the ones who raised her. But mystery surrounds her new discovery, and...  more


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Be Still My Soul (Cadence of Grace, Bk 1) by Joanne Bischof
Night’s chill tickled her skin. Lonnie pressed her hands together and glanced up. He was even more handsome up close. Having grown up the shy, awkward daughter of Joel Sawyer, she’d hardly spoken to any boy, let alone the one who had mothers whispering warnings in their...  more


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Travelers Rest by Ann Tatlock
Jane Morrow has a dilemma. She's engaged to Seth Ballantine, a member of the National Guard's 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, and he's returned from Iraq severely wounded. Jane hasn't seen him for nearly a year, and with trepidation, she heads to the VA hospital in Asheville,...  more


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River's Song (Inn at Shining Waters, Bk 1) by Melody Carlson
Sometimes when we look back, we are able to see ahead. Following her mother's funeral, and on the verge of her own midlife crisis, widow Anna Larson returns to the home of her youth to sort out her parents' belongings, as well as her own turbulent life. For the first time since...  more


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Lady in Waiting by Susan Meissner
Present day 40-something Jane Lindsey manages an antique store in Manhattan so she's surrounded all day long with remnants of other peoples' pasts. When the story opens, her husband of 23 years has just taken a job in another state and to her shock he's asked her not to come with...  more


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Rose's Pledge (Harwood House, Bk 1) by Dianna Crawford & Sally Laity
Step back into the early days of America, where Rose Harwood and her sisters become indentured to the highest bidders. When Rose's new owner takes her deep into Indian Territory, a young frontiersman named Nate Kinyon tags along, hoping to save Rose from the machinations of a grubby trader...  more


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When Hope Blossoms by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Amy Knackstedt moves with her children to Weaverly, Kansas, to escape the speculation surrounding her husband's untimely death. She hopes the new location will provide a fresh start for them all. But her neighbor, Tim Roper, is not pleased to have a Mennonite family living next to his apple...  more


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Unbridled Hope (Lone Star Legends, Bk 3) by Loree Lough
Life is a dream come true for Callie Roberts -- until her worst nightmare ruins the fairy tale. A steamboat boiler explosion kills her parents, her older brother, and her beloved fiancé. It also deafens her younger brother and leaves Callie with a scar from cheek to chin, a haunting...  more


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Fired Up (Trouble in Texas, Bk 2) by Mary Connealy
Dare Riker is a doctor who saves lives, but someone seems determined to end his. It may have something to do with the traitors he dealt with during the Civil War, or it might be related to the recent incident with Flint Greer and the ranch. Whoever the culprit is, he or she seems really fired...  more


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A Lady in the Making (Prairie Dreams, Bk 3) by Susan Page Davis
Millie Evans has changed, choosing to leave rather than join an outlaw gang with her brother. Hoping for a new future, she boards a stagecoach but runs into her past and David Stone, a man she and her brother once tried to swindle. As she tries to convince David she's changed, her...  more


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The Tutor's Daughter by Julie Klassen
Emma Smallwood, determined to help her widowed father regain his spirits when his academy fails, agrees to travel with him to the distant Cornwall coast, to the cliff-top manor of a baronet and his four sons. But after they arrive and begin teaching the younger boys, mysterious things begin to...  more


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A Texan's Honor (Heart of a Hero, Bk 2) by Shelley Gray
Texas, 1874. Years ago, Will McMillan had fought in the open, next to his Captain, Clayton Proffitt. Now he's waging another war undercover, pretending to be a member of the notorious Walton Gang.   But when a hostage situation goes awry and an innocent woman is in the middle of the...  more


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Mariah's Quest (Harwood House, Bk 2) by Dianna Crawford & Sally Laity
Mariah Harwood, one of three indentured sisters, stands on a Baltimore auction block in 1753.  The dashing young gentleman who buys her just may be her ticket to marriage, wealth, and freedom.  Once in Colin Barclay's possession, Mariah grows to realize her pursuit won't be as...  more


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The Icecutter's Daughter (Land of Shining Water, Bk 1) by Tracie Peterson
Merrill Krause longs for a family of her own, but she's bound by a promise to her dying mother to care for her father and older brothers until they no longer need her. She enjoys being part of the family business, harvesting ice during the brutal Minnesota winters. Merrill actively takes...  more


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Under a Desert Sky by DiAnn Mills
When Eva Fortier’s grandfather is murdered, her attorney urges her to leave New York and take refuge in the high desert area of New Mexico. Leaving her life of wealth behind, Eva attempts to make sense of the tragedies in her life. Navajo David Benally has his hands full taking care of his...  more


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Fairer than Morning (Saddler's Legacy, Bk 1) by Rosslyn Elliott
Ann dreams of a marriage proposal from her poetic suitor -- until she meets a runaway apprentice who knows what a truly noble man is. In 1826, Ann Miller travels to Pittsburgh with her widowed father and two young sisters, only to find that a mysterious man has pursued them all the way from...  more


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Autumn Song (Seasons of the Heart, Bk 2) by Martha Rogers
Why does everyone think a girl’s only lot in life is to find a husband and settle down? Kathleen Muldoon is twenty-three and tired of ranch living. Fiercely independent and determined to become a nurse, she has left her family’s ranch to study medicine under Old Doc Jensen and...  more


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Caroline's Choice (Winds Across the Prairie, Bk 4) by Martha Rogers
At age twenty-six, Caroline Frankston is certain life is passing her by in the town of Barton Creek. Matthew Haynes has made no indication of his feelings for her, so she decides the time has come for her to move away from her family and friends for a fresh start. Once in Oklahoma City, Caroline...  more


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Grace's Pictures (Ellis Island, Bk 1) by Cindy Thomson
Grace McCaffery hopes that the bustling streets of New York hold all the promise that the lush hills of Ireland did not. As her efforts to earn enough money to bring her mother to America fail, she wonders if her new Brownie camera could be the answer. But a casual stroll through a beautiful New...  more


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Wildflowers from Winter (Wildflowers from Winter, Bk 1) by Katie Ganshert
A young architect at a prestigious Chicago firm, Bethany Quinn has built a life far removed from her trailer park teen years. Until an interruption from her estranged mother reveals that tragedy has struck in her hometown and a reluctant Bethany is called back to rural Iowa. Determined to pay...  more


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A Light in the Window (Mitford Years, Bk 2) (Audio CD) (Unabridged) by Jan Karon &...
Mitford's village rector, Father Tim, is running scared. he can no longer deny (even to himself), that he's in love with his neighbor, Cynthia Coppersmith. Cynthia, after all, sees in him a man of warmth and daring -- if only he'll meet her halfway. But now a wealthy widow is...  more


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Keeping the Faith (Tales from Grace Chapel Inn, Bk 47) by Pam Hanson & Barbara An...
It's the middle of summer, and everything in Acorn Hill is moving at a more leisurely pace. But the Howard sisters suddenly find themselves facing an unexpected challenge. A husband and wife have checked into Grace Chapel Inn and are full of needling questions about how it is run. The...  more


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Mary's Blessing (McKenna's Daughters, Bk 2) by Lena Nelson Dooley
When her mother dies, Mary Lenora must grow up quickly to take care of her brothers and sisters. Can love help her to shoulder the burden?   Mary Lenora Caine knows she is adopted. As she was growing up, her mother called her “God’s blessing.” But now that she’s...  more


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Cowgirl Trail (Texas Trail, Bk 5) by Susan Page Davis
In 1884 Maggie Porter returns to the Rocking P Ranch. The sanatorium was not able to save her mother and now her father's health is failing. When the cowboys walk off the job leaving no one to drive the cattle to market, head ranch hand, Alex Bright, cannot convince the men to stay. How...  more


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Twice Promised (Blue Willow Brides, Bk 2) by Maggie Brendan
Seeing how successful her older sister's "mail order marriage" has been and longing to strike out on her own, Greta Olsen answers an ad for a mail order bride in Central City, Colorado. But when she meets Jess Gifford, owner of a thriving mercantile, she begins to harbor...  more


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The Fine Art of Insincerity by Angela Elwell Hunt
Three grown Southern sisters have ten marriages between them -- and more loom on the horizon -- when Ginger, the eldest, wonders if she’s the only one who hasn’t inherited what their family calls “the Grandma Gene”: the tendency to like the casualness of courtship better...  more


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These High, Green Hills (The Mitford Years, Book 3) by Jan Karon
For years, Mitford's sixty-something rector has been happily married to his parish. Now he's also married to Cynthia, his vivacious next-door neighbor. For Father Tim, life in Mitford has never been so full of surprises. His wife is "aging" his already ancient kitchen walls, not to mention...  more


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Summer Breezes (Tales from Grace Chapel Inn, Bk 33) by Jane Orcutt
Summer Days are anything but lazy for the Howard sisters. Jane becomes busy with a service project for the community and meets some fascinating new friends. And when a former ANGEL gets Alice involved with a group of at-risk teens, what begins as a summer challenge ends up as a life-and-death...  more


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Stealing Home by Allison K. Pittman
It's 1905 and the Chicago Cubs are banking on superstar Donald "Duke" Dennison's golden arm to help them win the pennant. Only one thing stands between Duke and an unprecedented ten thousand dollar contract: alcohol. That's when sportswriter David Voyant whisks Duke to the...  more


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A Promise to Love (Michigan Northwoods, Bk 3) by Serena Miller
Ingrid Larsen, a young Swedish immigrant, arrives in Michigan in 1871 to search for her brother who has disappeared into the woods to work the dangerous lumber camps. Destitute and barely hanging on to hope, she encounters a newly-widowed farmer who is struggling to raise five children on his...  more


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Megan's Hero (Callahans of Texas, Bk 3) by Sharon Gillenwater
Can love truly heal the past? Megan Smith doesn't think things can get much worse -- and then they do. Stuck on the road without shelter when a tornado appears, Megan barely escapes with her life. And when Will Callahan comes upon her on the road, her life will never be the...  more


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Over the Edge (Kincaid Brides, Bk 3) by Mary Connealy
Seth Kincaid survived a fire in a cave, but he's never been the same. He was always a reckless youth, but now he's gone over the edge. He ran off to the Civil War and came back crazier than ever. After the war, nearly dead from his injuries, it appears Seth got married. Oh, he's...  more


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The Long Trail Home (The Texas Trail Series Bk 3) by Vickie McDonough
The Long Trail Home is third in a six-book series about four generations of the Morgan family living, fighting, and thriving amidst a turbulent Texas history spanning from 1845 to 1896.  Although a series, each book can be read singularly.   When Riley Morgan returns home after...  more


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The Pursuit of Lucy Banning by Olivia Newport
Lucy Banning may live on the exclusive Prairie Avenue among Chicago's rich and famous, but her heart lies elsewhere. Expected to marry an up-and-coming banker from a respected family, Lucy fears she will be forced to abandon her charity work--and the classes she is secretly taking at the...  more


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Safe In His Arms (Under Texas Stars, Bk 2) by Colleen Coble
Born and raised on sprawling Texas land, Margaret O’Brien prides herself on her competence as a rancher. But her father believes she’s made for more than just dawn-to-dusk work. He wants her to have the love of a good man, to raise children, to build a life. But Margaret gave up such...  more


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The Guardian (Home to Hickory Hollow, Bk 3) by Beverly Lewis
When schoolteacher Jodi Winfield goes for a morning run, the last thing she expects is to find a disheveled little girl all alone on the side of the Pennsylvania road, clad only in her undergarments, her chubby cheeks streaked with tears. Jodi takes the preschooler home with her, intending to...  more


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Waiting for Morning (Brides of Last Chance Ranch, Bk 2) by Margaret Brownley
Molly Hatfield comes to Arizona Territory seeking stability and security. But living in Cactus Patch provides her with more than she ever dreamed. There is nothing Molly wouldn’t do for her teenaged brother, Donny. Blaming herself for the accident that left him wheelchair bound, Molly...  more


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Angel of the Cove (Smoky Mountain Dreams, Bk 1) by Sandra Robbins
Anna Prentiss has never wanted to be anything but a nurse. Before she can start school in New York, however, her brother sends her to Cades Cove, deep in the Smoky Mountains, to spend a summer apprenticing to the local midwife. Anna is determined to prove herself and then head to the big...  more


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Love Finds You in Nazareth, Pennsylvania by Melanie Dobson
They were strangers when they married, but they both long for love. Christian and Susanna had never met when they were chosen by lot to marry in a Moravian community in Germany. But in 1755, they traveled with a dozen other newly married couples to Nazareth, Pennsylvania, to help...  more


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Out of Control (Kincaid Brides, Bk 1) by Mary Connealy
Julia Gilliland has always been interested in the natural world around her. She particularly enjoys her outings to the cavern near her father's homestead, where she explores for fossils and formations, and plans to write a book about her discoveries. The cave seems plenty safe -- until the...  more


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Winter Promise (Seasons of the Heart, Bk 3) by Martha Rogers
A painful past has left Doctor Elliot Jensen uninterested in love. Until he meets Abigail.   Single, educated, and looking for a new start, Abigail Monroe decides to join her brother and his wife in Portersville, Texas. Near her twenty-fifth birthday and without a suitor, she fears she...  more


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A New Song [UNABRIDGED CD] (Audiobook) (Book 5, The Mitford Series) by Jan Karon
Lean back in your easy chair and renew your heart with this refreshing novel from Jan Karons best-selling Mitford series. In A New Song, just as Father Tim Kavanagh is reveling in his retirement from the pulpit, he finds himself preparing to face new challenges, far from his beloved North...  more


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Christmas at Holly Hill (Winds Across the Prairie, Bk 5) by Martha Rogers
Can Clayton Barlow prove he has changed his ways in time for Christmas? It is October 1898, and Clayton Barlow has just returned home after serving time in prison for his part in a bank robbery. His family welcomes him, but the townspeople are skeptical. Bored with life in the small town...  more


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Wings of Glass by Gina Holmes
From the best-selling author of Crossing Oceans comes a heartrending yet uplifting story of friendship and redemption. On the cusp of adulthood, eighteen-year-old Penny Carson is swept off her feet by a handsome farmhand with a confident swagger. Though Trent Taylor seems like Prince Charming...  more


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Lone Star Trail (Texas Trail, Bk 1) by Darlene Franklin
Judson (Jud) Morgan's father died for Texas' freedom during the war for independence. So when the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas (the Verein) attempts to colonize a New Germany in his country, he takes a stand against them. After Wande Fleischers' fiance...  more


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In Too Deep (Kincaid Brides, Bk 2) by Mary Connealy
In 1866 Colorado, Ethan Kincaid agrees to a marriage of convenience with the same casual disregard he gives every decision. Audra Gilliland, young mother of two, accepts his proposal because she wants to stop being a burden to her newly married stepdaughter. And suddenly both of them are in...  more


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An Amish Kitchen by Beth Wiseman & Amy Clipston & Kelly Long
New stories from three best-selling Amish fiction authors. A Recipe for Hope-Eve Bender and her family are forced to move in with her parents for two months while the house is being repaired. Not an easy task-loading up husband and three teenage boys in their rumschpringe to grandma and...  more


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Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio by Serena Miller
Policewoman Rachel Troyer loves peaceful Sugarcreek, where her elderly Amish aunts run the famous farmhouse inn. But when stranger Joe Matthews lands on her aunts' doorstep begging for shelter for himself and his son, it's clear to Rachel that he's no tourist. Who is he-and will she be able to...  more


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A Necessary Deception (Daughters of Bainbridge House, Bk 1) by Laurie Alice Eakes
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...  more


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Sing: A Novel of Colorado (Homeward Trilogy, Bk 2) by Lisa T. Bergren
Moira St. Clair has done exactly what her father forbade her to do -- chased her dreams to sing on the stage. But even as her star rises, she becomes more vulnerable to those who wish to use her -- or bring her down.... It is 1886, and the St. Clairs are living out their dreams in three very...  more


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Saints Among Us (Tales from Grace Chapel Inn, Bk 37) by Anne Marie Rodgers
It's Christmas and the Howard sisters are busy helping others but they soon realize that asking for help might be the key to making this a holiday they won't soon forget! Christmas is fast approaching, but stormy conditions -- some weather-related, others from an irate Ethel Buckley...  more


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Hailee (Montana Skies Vol 3) by Penny Zeller
For years, orphan Hailee Annigan was just a ragamuffin in the Cincinnati streets, stealing food to keep her two younger brothers fed. Her thievery landed her in a home for delinquent youngsters, where her life was changed, thanks to her teachers. Now, nineteen-year-old Hailee excitedly heads to...  more


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Kaydie (Montana Skies, Bk 2) by Penny Zeller
For the first time in years, Kaydie Worthington Kraemer can breathe easily. Although she is still haunted by memories of her abusive husband, Darius, she takes comfort in knowing the man is dead. Staying with her sister McKenzie and brother-in-law, Zach Sawyer, at their ranch, Kaydie is still...  more


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The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club (Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club, Bk 1) by Wa...
Join the club of unlikely quilters who show up for Amish widow Emma Yoder's quilting classes. A troubled young woman, a struggling couple, a widower, a rough and tough biker, and a preacher's wife make up the mismatched lot. But as their problems begin to bind them together like the...  more


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Amazing Gracie (Tales from Grace Chapel Inn) by Pam Hanson & Barbara Andrews
It's June in Acorn Hill and flowers are in bloom, but all is not rosy. The annual garden tour is making Jane far too competitive, and Grace Chapel's choir director has left, leaving Louise in charge and the group in complete discord. When an unscrupulous contractor scams an elderly resident,...  more


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It Happened at the Fair by Deeanne Gist
Gambling everything -- including the family farm -- Cullen McNamara travels to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair with his most recent invention. But the noise in the fair’s Machinery Hall makes it impossible to communicate with potential buyers. In an act of desperation, he hires Della...  more


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Life Is a Three-Ring Circus (Tales from Grace Chapel Inn) by Rebecca Kelly
The circus is in town, and all the citizens are eager to attend the show. But as with most things that happen in Acorn Hill, events at the circus do not run smoothly. When the baby elephant runs away, the calliope player is injured and the circus is on the verge of closing, it is up to the...  more


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A Bride's Dilemma in Friendship, Tennessee by Diana Lesire Brandmeyer
Journey to Tennessee at the end of the Civil War. Heaven Wharton has been left in charge of her father’s farm, but weeks of facing marauders has finally taken its toll. Meaning to fire into the air, she accidently shoots a man charging the house. Shocked, she and her sister Angel drag the...  more


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Love Finds You in Holiday, Florida by Sandra D. Bricker
Lawyer Cassie Constantine has no plans to stay in Florida. She's here just long enough to sell her late husband's vacation house, a tacky bungalow shes always despised -- then she'll hightail it back to her gracious Boston brownstone. But the place needs more work than Cassie bargained for....  more


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Heart of Gold by Robin Lee Hatcher
The truest treasure is found deep in the heart. Back in her beloved Virginia, Shannon Adair loved nursing injured soldiers back to health. But in Grand Coeur, Idaho-the rough-and-tumble place where her father has been called to lead the church-she's not sure where she fits in. Then a...  more


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A Patchwork Christmas by Judith Mccoy Miller & Judith Miller & Nancy Moser &a...
Join three of today's bestselling inspirational fiction authors in a collection of Christmas stories from Victorian-era America that are full of second-chance romances. Jilted by her fiancé, Karla packs away her wedding quilts and her plans for marriage. Widow Jane travels to marry a...  more


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The Trouble with Cowboys (Big Sky Romance, Bk 3) by Denise Hunter
Only one pair of boots—and the cowboy wearing them—can get Annie out of the mess she’s in. Annie Wilkerson is Moose Creek’s premiere horse trainer and equine columnist for Montana Living. Money is tight as she tries to put her kid-sister through college and provide...  more


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Lady Anne's Quest (Prairie Dreams, Bk 2) by Susan Page Davis
Finding an imposter instead of her uncle means Anne’s quest must continue after The Lady’s Maid is wed, and Dan is determined to protect her from the swindlers now trailing her. But though he’s good at keeping her safe, he’s certain he’ll never be able to convince...  more


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Spring Hope (Seasons of the Heart, Bk 4) by Martha Rogers
Can runaway Libby Cantrell finally get a new start? Libby Cantrell’s life has gone from bad to worse since her mother’s death. After working in a brothel to support her abusive father, she sees no hope for her future until one cold winter night when she finds the courage to escape....  more


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Beauty for Ashes (Hickory Ridge, Bk 2) by Dorothy Love
She’s a beautiful young widow. He’s a Southern gentleman with a thirst for adventure. Both need a place to call home. After losing her husband in the Civil War, Carrie Daly is scared she will never have the family she longs for. Eligible bachelors are scarce in Hickory Ridge,...  more


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Abbie Ann (Daughters of Jacob Kane, Bk 3) by Sharlene Maclaren
Abbie Ann Kane, the youngest of Jacob Kane's three daughters, is a busy woman. Between running the Whatnot, the family's general store, being active in the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and assisting the elderly citizens of Sandy Shores, Michigan, she has little time for...  more


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Strong and Stubborn (Husbands for Hire, Bk 3) by Kelly Eileen Hake
Ride out west to join the last sawmill bride as she attempts to select her mate. Naomi Higgins isn't about to settle for just anybody. Carpenter Michael Strode and his son -- a chip off the old block -- are ready to start a new life. Can they convince Naomi to be a part of their future when...  more


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Chasing Sunsets (Cedar Key, Bk 1) by Eva Marie Everson
Kimberly Tucker's life hasn't turned out the way she thought it would. A divorced mother of two, Kim resents her ex-husband for moving on with his life and living it up while she struggles to understand what went wrong. When her sons end up spending five weeks of summer vacation with...  more


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The Bridesmaid (Home to Hickory Hollow, Bk 2) by Beverly Lewis
Twenty-seven-year-old Joanna Kurtz has made several trips to the altar, but never as a bride. The single young Amishwoman is a closet writer with a longing to be published something practically unheard of in her Lancaster County community. Yet Joanna's stories aren't her only secret. She...  more


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Unrivaled (Against All Expectations, Bk 6) by Siri Mitchell
Lucy Kendall always assumed she'd help her father in his candy-making business, creating recipes and aiding him in their shared passion. But after a year traveling in Europe, Lucy returns to 1910 St. Louis to find her father unwell and her mother planning to sell the struggling candy...  more


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The Accidental Bride (Big Sky,Bk 2) by Denise Hunter
When a wedding reenactment turns real, this cowgirl suddenly finds she's an accidental bride. Shay Brandenberger is raising her daughter in Moose Creek, Montana on her childhood ranch, nestled against the Yellowstone River. Despite her hard work, she can't seem to keep her head...  more


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Love Finds You in Sundance, Wyoming by Miralee Ferrell
Angel Ramirez is tired of living a lie. But can she live like a lady? On the run from a dangerous outlaw, Angel works her way across several states disguised as a boy and working as a varmint tracker and horse wrangler. After taking a job on a Wyoming ranch owned by a bachelor and his widowed...  more


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The Bride Wore Blue (Sinclair Sisters of Cripple Creek, Bk 3) by Mona Hodgson
At last, the sisters are reunited! The youngest Sinclair, the family“ baby”, is moving from Maine to Cripple Creek, Colorado and joining Kat, Nell, and Ida. But Vivian is a young woman with a will of her own, and made some decisions back in Portland that have begun to haunt her. Will...  more


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Tall, Dark, and Determined (Husbands for Hire, Bk 2) by Kelly Eileen Hake
Welcome to Hope Falls where three enterprising young females are accepting applications for husbands-for-hire. With one woman already snagged, Lacey Lyman is one of only two remaining. No one really catches her eye until a handsome hunter arrives. Will Lacey find a way to bag her prey?...  more


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Sleigh Belles (Belles and Whistles, Bk 2) by Janice Hanna
From Savannah to Montana... In 1916, Southern belle Alanna Lessing travels to Montana on a mission -- to rescue her older sister from the influence of suffragettes and bring her back home to Savannah where she belongs. Alanna fears that her sister, Margaret, has allowed herself to be...  more


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The Bridegrooms by Allison Pittman
It Only Takes an Instant for Love to Strike Tragedy hits the Allenhouse family on a hot summer night in Ohio when a mother of four vanishes. Eight-year-old Vada virtually grows up overnight and raises her three younger sisters while her father loses himself in his medical practice in the...  more


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A Flight of Fancy (Daughters of Bainbridge House, Bk 2) by Laurie Alice Eakes
Her head is in the clouds. His feet are planted firmly on the ground. Can love cover the distance? Cassandra Bainbridge may be a bit of a bluestocking, but when Geoffrey Giles is near, love seems a fine alternative to passion for Greek and the physics of flight. With his dashing good looks...  more


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Rocky Mountain Oasis by Lynnette Bonner
She's been living in a desert all her life. Suddenly she's come upon an oasis. But is it just a mirage? Idaho Territory, 1885. Brooke Marie Baker, eighteen, has been sent west as a mail-order bride. As the stage nears Greer's Ferry, where she is to meet the man she's pledged to marry,...  more


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Finding Becky (Winds Across the Prairie, Bk 3) by Martha Rogers
Finding Becky is the third novel in the Winds Across the Prairie series.  Becky Haynes returns to Barton Creek after college with a new independent spirit that baffles her longtime friend Rob Frankston. Her new attitude toward her faith, family, and friends confuses her...  more


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Captive Trail (Texas Trail, Bk 2) by Susan Page Davis
The Captive Trail is second in a six-book series about four generations of the Morgan family living, fighting, and thriving amidst a turbulent Texas history spanning from 1845 to 1896.  Although a series, each book can be read singularly.   Taabe Waipu has run away from her...  more


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Tidewater Inn (Hope Beach, Bk 1) by Colleen Coble
Welcome to Hope Beach. A place of intoxicating beauty... where trouble hits with the force of a hurricane. Inheriting a beautiful old hotel on the Outer Banks could be a dream come true for Libby. The inn cries out for her restorer’s talent and love of history. She’s delighted to...  more


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Heart of Lies (Irish Angels, Bk 2) by Jill Marie Landis
Raised in a tribe of street urchins, Maddie Grande was taught to be a thief and beggar on the streets of New Orleans. But Maddie doesn’t know her real name or where she came from. Raised by Dexter Grande, Maddie and her twin “brothers” have recently left New Orleans and...  more


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Sweet Waters (Otter Bay, Bk 1) by Julie Carobini
Theres nothing left for Tara Sweet in landlocked Dexton, Missouri. Her fiancé called off their wedding, her sister is moving to Manhattan, and now her mother is marrying a much younger man with plans for a yearlong honeymoon in Europe. Tara believes a move back to her childhood home of...  more


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Reunion: A Novel by Lauraine Snelling
Keira Johnson, a 50-year-old mother of two grown sons, believes she lives a good Christian life without secrets-- until she discovers a life-jarring fact her late mother kept hidden all her life. Kiera was born out of welock, and the man she had always known as her father had adopted her as an...  more


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Love Finds You in Sunset Beach, Hawaii by Robin Jones Gunn
Sierra came to Sunset Beach for relaxation—not for world-class surfing and certainly not for romance! When a wealthy friend offers Sierra Jensen a vacation at an oceanfront beach house, she envisions a quiet retreat where she can plan her next move. Instead, she arrives at the start...  more


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The Memory Jar (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors, Bk 1) by Tricia Goyer
For five years, love has passed her up, for one moment, can she put down her guard? Every year, a number of young Amish men descend on the cozy mountain town of West Kootenai, Montana, arriving in the spring to live there for six months and receive "resident" status for the hunting...  more


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A Cowboy's Touch (Big Sky, Bk 1) by Denise Hunter
Wade's ranch home needs a woman's touch. Abigail's life needs a cowboy's touch. Four years ago, rodeo celebrity Wade Ryan gave up his identity to protect his daughter. Now, settled on a ranch in Big Sky Country, he lives in obscurity, his heart guarded by a high, thick...  more


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Claim (Homeward, Bk 3) by Lisa T. Bergren
He's relinquished his fury--can he learn to love? Sent West by their father to make a new life, the St. Clair siblings have done so--but hardly as he'd imagined.  Moira, beautiful but severely burned, remains in Colorado, trying to pull together the pieces of her life...as well...  more


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Love Finds You in Sun Valley Idaho by Angela Ruth
Actress Emily Van Arsdale has returned to her Idaho hometown -- with an entire film crew in tow! Stunning Sun Valley is the perfect backdrop for her new movie, and stunt consultant Tracen Lake is a terrific resource, too. Tracen doesn't think much of "Hollywood types" -- but Emily...  more


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The Lady's Maid (Prairie Dreams, Bk 1) by Susan Page Davis
Travel along with Elise Kleinschmidt and her British mistress, Lady Anne Stone, as they search for the new but missing earl of Branwell.   Determined to follow David Stone's somewhat cold trail leading to Oregon, greenhorns Elise and Anne secure livestock and supplies to join a...  more


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Betrayal (Where the Heart Lives, Bk 2) by Robin Lee Hatcher
It’s the turn of the twentieth century and drifter Hugh Brennan is a man well acquainted with betrayal. Hugh finds himself drawn to the attractive widow, Julia, yet when he looks into her eyes, he recognizes the same hurt that haunts him. Julia Grace has little reason to trust men, but...  more


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Love Finds You in Pendleton, Oregon by Melody Carlson
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Words Spoken True by Ann H. Gabhart
Adriane Darcy was practically raised in her father's newspaper offices. She can't imagine life without the clatter of the press and the push to be first to write the news that matters. Their Tribune is the leading paper in Louisville in 1855. Then Blake Garrett, a brash young editor from...  more


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Whispers On The Prairie (Pioneer Promises Series, Volume 1) by Vickie McDonough
A City Girl Far from Home... Sarah Marshall just wants to go home. It wasn't her idea to leave Chicago and head west in search of gold, but her uncle's ambition left her no choice. Neither was her intention to settle in Kansas City with her ailing aunt, but being penniless and without...  more


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Unending Devotion (Michigan Brides, Bk 1) by Jody Hedlund
Michigan, 1883 In Her Darkest Hours, Is He the Man She Needs? Lily Young longs to find her lost sister or will die trying. Heedless of any danger, she searches logging camps and towns, posing as a photographer's assistant. And then she arrives in Harrison, Michigan--and the sights of...  more


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Cottage by the Sea (Hideaway, Bk 3) by Robin Jones Gunn
A daughter’s gift of time, a father’s silent wish. Erin Bryce and her best friend, Sharlene, count the day they start their wedding planning business as a very happy day. So much so that they name their company The Happiest Day to reflect the fulfillment of their long-held dream...  more


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A Merry Little Christmas (Songs of the Season) by Anita Higman
Fall in love with this cozy story about two people from different worlds. Franny Martin is an Oklahoma farm girl who’s preparing to spend the holidays alone…again. Then Charlie Landau shows up one day, all wealth and polish, and offers to buy Franny’s farm. Franny has no...  more


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Comment added 12/31/13 by Mary N. (maggysue):
Looks like I made my goal! I read some really wonderful books.

Comment added 8/19/13 by Mary N. (maggysue):
It's August 19th, and I have read 73 books and listened to 3 audiobooks! If I keep going, I should read well over 100 books!

Comment added 1/17/13 by Mary N. (maggysue):
I hope to read 100 books this year!