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A BLUE AND GRAY CHRISTMAS

Christmas Love Captures Hearts During the Civil War

Despite the Blue and Gray troops advancing on their hometown of Fredericksburg, Leah Woods and Seth Madison vow to wed at the dawn of the New Year. But when Seth disappears, Leah is left alone, clinging to whatever faith she can muster.

On Christmas day, Arabella Lambert accepts Barry Birch's proposal of marriage. But as Barry's pacifist leanings come to light, he's labeled a coward. Is their love strong enough to stand against public ridicule?

Rachel Thornton nurses the wounded James Galloway back to health, only to see him determined to head back to the frontlines. Can Rachel risk falling for James? Or would her heart be better off in the hands of another man?

After the loss of her Confederate home and husband, Hannah McIntosh found refuge at the Haley ranch in Kansas. When Chris Haley, an embittered Union soldier, returns from war, Hannah knows her days at the ranch are numbered. How much time does she have before Chris throws the Confederate caretaker Hannah out of his home and life forever?

Can love and faith triumph in the midst of the War Between the States?

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	WILD WEST CHRISTMAS Christmas Courtships Corral Four Sisters in the Texas Hill Country Charlsey Ames can ride, rope, and work the ranch with the best of them. But things don't add up when she finds herself attracted to accountant Harold Miller III, a citified tenderfoot. Will he ever see the gentle woman beneath the coating of trail dust? Sharp-shooting Lucy Ames is thrilled to join Major Paulson's Wild West Show. But is she setting her sights too high when she begins falling for budding evangelist Gordon Paulson? Would she be better off aiming for a stable, widowed rancher? Although horse-trainer Sarah Ames is stunned when her pa hires the part-Mexican Carson Romero to take over her job on the ranch, she gradually becomes attracted to the handsome drifter. But when cattle go missing, Carson seems the prime suspect. Has Carson stolen Sarah's heart as well as some prime longhorns? An expert tracker, the plain Bessie Mae Ames resolves to spend her life taking care of her widowed father. That is until Texas Ranger Josef Mueller rides back into town, trailing a wanted man. Will the soon-to-be-smitten ranger find both he and his prey sweet on an unsuspecting Bessie Mae? Will these cowgirls be tamed and live to celebrate Christmas romance?	Four novellas by: Lena Nelson Dooley Darlene Franklin Vickie McDonough Kathleen Y'Barbo ISBN 978-1-60260-566-4
	A BLUE AND GRAY CHRISTMAS Christmas Love Captures Hearts During the Civil War Despite the Blue and Gray troops advancing on their hometown of Fredericksburg, Leah Woods and Seth Madison vow to wed at the dawn of the New Year. But when Seth disappears, Leah is left alone, clinging to whatever faith she can muster. On Christmas day, Arabella Lambert accepts Barry Birch's proposal of marriage. But as Barry's pacifist leanings come to light, he's labeled a coward. Is their love strong enough to stand against public ridicule? Rachel Thornton nurses the wounded James Galloway back to health, only to see him determined to head back to the frontlines. Can Rachel risk falling for James? Or would her heart be better off in the hands of another man? After the loss of her Confederate home and husband, Hannah McIntosh found refuge at the Haley ranch in Kansas. When Chris Haley, an embittered Union soldier, returns from war, Hannah knows her days at the ranch are numbered. How much time does she have before Chris throws the Confederate caretaker Hannah out of his home and life forever? Can love and faith triumph in the midst of the War Between the States?	Four novellas by: Lauralee Bliss Tamela Hancock Murray Vickie McDonough Carrie Turansky ISBN 978-1-60260-565-7
	A WAGONLOAD OF TROUBLE Someone is sabotaging the family business. Bethany Schaffer has no desire to return to her family's guest ranch in Wyoming . But when her dad calls and asks for help, she goes anyway, only to find the ranch is in financial distress and mysterious events are putting their property and guests in danger. Evan Parker is completely out of his element. Despite a pressing deadline, he agrees to take his niece on a two-week wagon train tour with her American history class. The deeper the group goes into the wilderness, the farther out of his comfort zone Evan finds himself. To make matters worse, the pretty gal heading up the tour thinks he's a geek extraordinaire, but he can't help his attraction to her. As the adventure progresses, danger escalates. Can Bethany and Evan uncover the perpetrators before someone is seriously injured—or the ranch is driven into bankruptcy?	ISBN 978-1-60260-520-6
	NORTH DAKOTA series
	WILD AT HEART Book One: Under the pen name Drew Dixon, Chicago native Mariah Lansing writes dime novels detailing hair-raising adventures of heroines in the Wild West. But then she receives a letter from a rancher in the Badlands of North Dakota who takes exception to her meticulous research. When Mariah finds her fiance in the arms of another woman, she accepts the rancher's invitation to visit his ranch and leaves Chicago behind. Adam McFarland has a dream--to travel the West and document its people and beautiful landscape with his drawings. If only he weren't tied down to the family ranch in North Dakota. When dime novelist Drew Dixon makes repeated mistakes about his beloved West, he invites the author to visit. But the person who shows up isn't exactly who he was expecting. Will Mariah and Adam reveal the secrets they are keeping? Or will they allow false perceptions to continue to hinder the plans God has for them?	ISBN 978-1-60260-075-1
	OUTLAW HEART Book Two: Deputy Marshal Brett Wickham is ready to retire from law enforcement and settle down on the ranch left to him and his younger brother, Taylor. But when Taylor is killed in a bank robbery, Brett pins his badge back on and goes hunting for the Salinger gang. Then a bear attack lands him right in the middle of the outlaws' hideout and leaves him badly wounded and defenseless. Anna McFarland, aka Lottie Salinger, tends Brett's wounds. She seems too sweet and innocent to be an outlaw. But looks can be deceiving. when his heart is drawn to Lottie, Brett fights the attraction. Can he do his job when everything within him wants Lottie to be innocent?	ISBN 978-1-60260-438-4
	STRAIGHT FOR THE HEART Book Three: Orphaned and destitute, Sarah Oakley hopes to find a home with her uncle in North Dakota. But when she learns he's an outlaw, she and her young siblings flee, taking his bag of loot. Sarah hides her siblings and takes the gold into town alone, hoping to claim the reward. Instead, she's thrown in jail to await the circuit judge. Her only hope for release is to marry a man she doesn't know. Quinn McFarland never expected to marry--and then his grandma sent for a mail-order bride. When the bride doesn't show, he's relieved but fears Grandma will just order another one. Quinn balks at the sheriff's suggestion to just marry the gal in his jail so he can drop the charges against her. But she looks so sweet and obviously innocent that Quinn reconsiders. Maybe this marriage can resolve Quinn's and Sarah's predicaments, but can it ever result in true love?	SBN 978-1-60260-265-6
	Four Stories of Expedient Marriage on the Great Plains. In AN IRISH BRIDE FOR CHRISTMAS by Vickie McDonough, a judge gives a man until Christmas to find a bride by or lose custody of his only living relative, his orphaned toddler niece. In LITTLE DUTCH BRIDE by Kelly Hake, a man must bring a bride to his new town before Christmas, or forfeit the money that will save his grandfather's farm. In AN ENGLISH BRIDE GOES WEST by Therese Stenzel, An English lass, stranded far from home, vows to honor her father's dying wish by finding a “godly man of good character” and marrying by Christmas. In THE COSSACK BRIDE by Linda Goodnight, an heiress must find a suitable husband before Christmas or be forced into marriage with a vile cousin who wants to take her fortune—and maybe her life.	Four novellas by: Kelly Eileen Hake Linda Goodnight Vickie McDonough Therese Stenzel ISBN 978-1602601192
	The Shenandoah River Valley is full of romantic history that you will enjoy exploring along with the fictional Walsh family. Meet Garnet Wheelock whose indenture has been sold to a respectable widower. Sympathize with Amy Rogers who has lost all her family only to gain motherless children. Ride along with Sadie McEwan as harbored secrets bar the road to love. You relive a gentler time as love and faith are rooted in Virginian soil.	Three complete novels by: Cathy Marie Hake Vickie McDonough Susan Page Davis ISBN 978-597899895
	OKLAHOMA BRIDES Series
	Three books in one: Three impulsive young women have only themselves to rely on when trials wreck their dreams for tranquil futures. Rebekah finds herself racing westward, away from the stepfather who is willing to barter away her virtue. Katie is widowed and pregnant and about to wed a man who is hiding a criminal lifestyle. Sasha leaves the theater world in New York City to find her only remaining relative in Indian Territory. Will these women slow down long enough to find faith and love waiting for them on the Oklahoma prairie?	ISBN: 978-1602601109
	Book One: A young woman fleeing an arranged marriage is rescued by a lonely farmer when she collapses on the prairie. The last thing Mason needed was another person to care for. Can two people running away find peace and love?	ISBN 1-59310-850-8
	Book Two: Will God use a rugged bounty hunter to save a young bride from making a grave error?	ISBN 978-159789-388-6
	Book Three: Can a young woman from the New York theater world find the love she longs for in Indian Territory ?	ISBN 1-59789-060-X

	OTHER NOVELS
	A trapper returns home to discover his wife is missing, his daughter doesn't recognize him, and a stranger is caring for a baby she claims is his	ISBN 1-59789-060-X

	NOVELLA ANTHOLOGIES
	Four spinsters make orphans a priority and finally open the door for romance	ISBN 978-159789-583-5
	Four restaurant owners find the recipe for love	ISBN 1-59789-353-6
	Mayhem and romance abound when retired Texas Rangers try their hand at matchmaking	ISBN 1-59301- 845-1
	Legendary love spans generations of a family in four novellas set in Ireland	ISBN 1-59310-631-9
	A Stitch In Time is an inspirational historical romance set in No Man's Land (the Oklahoma panhandle) in the 1880s. Enjoy the story of the four Stafford siblings in four exciting novellas.	ISBN 1-59310-143-0

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NORTH DAKOTA series

OKLAHOMA BRIDES Series

OTHER NOVELS

NOVELLA ANTHOLOGIES