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In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks—young Trian and old Cormac—he rows down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island, inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. In such a place, what will survival mean?

In her eventful lifetime, Miriam was many things to many people: protective older sister, song leader, prophetess, leper. But between the highs and the lows, she was a girl who dreamed of freedom, a woman who longed for love, a leader who made mistakes, and a friend who valued connection.

With a strong historical foundation, this fiction flows like a traditional fairy tale with both dark and light elements, providing listeners with an early 1900s Texas narrative, sweet romance, and an evil stepmother.

John lives and works his own thriving cattle ranch, but one thing is missing - a family of his own to share it with. John decides to find a wife, and begins to exchange many letters with Alice after placing an advert in the Matrimonial Times. Alice, a beautiful young woman, lives with her mother Grace. They are poor and are beholden for their home and small income to Thomas, Grace's cousin. Grace is a bitter, selfish woman, often telling Alice what a burden she is.

Helena Sandstrom has been working as the governess for Rupert and Tommy Edgerton for several months now, finding the routine a safe place to hide from the troubles of her past. She's accepted that her life will be different from how she always imagined it - not every dream is meant to come true. Caleb Edgerton is nearly worn out after two years of being the sole caretaker for his aging mother. Her health has taken a turn, and he can no longer manage her care alone. Coming to his brother for help, he finds a source of comfort in the most unexpected place - the schoolroom.

When tragedy strikes, Emma graciously welcomes the needy to her boarding house. But when two of these guests prove cantankerous, Emma wonders how she and the others will manage. Compounding the turmoil are legal problems that threaten her future. And after her lawyer makes a troubling announcement, Emma must rediscover the true source of her strength.

Emma's Place is at the End of the Oregon Trail, is a powerful story about how one, then two, then more women, escaped domestic abuse in the mid 1800s by taking the Oregon Trail, and what happened at the end of their journey.

Searching for a better life for her family, Emma leaves Utah Territory for southern California. But her arrival in San Bernardino sparks its own brand of intrigue, the kind that could cost the young widow her children and her freedom. A handsome young Southerner, Jeff Townes, quickly sweeps Emma into a world of deceit and espionage. His plans to lead southern California out the Union at the cusp of the American Civil War leads to sedition and murder. Facing charges of treason, Emma must make an impossible choice—lose her family or secretly betray the man she loves.

Emma’s peaceful life on the frontier is shattered when Missouri Marauders ride onto her family farm, leaving her the sole survivor of their killing spree. But escaping three murderers is only the beginning of her troubles. Seeking safety, she boards a wagon train where the challenge of crossing the wilderness tempers her desire for revenge. But when she stumbles upon the last of the killers, her temper flares. Will the deadly trap she sets for him cost Emma her own life in the bargain?

There was a storm coming. Not now, but soon. Not the kind that involved thunder and lightning. It was the kind that involved bullets and blood. Carrigan Briccillio could feel it in her bones. .... it really is a love story.

When Holly Christenson’s husband is killed on his family’s farmstead, his siblings—especially the second eldest who is now in control—heartlessly casts her from their midst. She takes a train to Denver and moves into the Broad Street Boarding House. With help from the Cartwright sisters and Cane, an obliging gentleman next door, she lands a teaching job. The holidays are upon them, and while helping Cane Givens at the Mission House and overseeing the Christmas play, sparks fly between the young couple.

Lexie Logan thought she could run from God and, like the prophet Jonah, faced a life storm of epic proportions. Lexie knows God has called her to the mission field of Guatemala as a missionary’s wife, but she has no intention of obeying. She has her own dreams: She wants to complete a Master’s degree program in music and to play violin for the Topeka Symphony Orchestra. As she waits to speak to an advisor, she pillows her head on her arms in the library of Kansas State University in June 2014, and wakes up in the back of a Conestoga wagon in June 1857.

After losing her mother at the tender age of five, all Rose wanted was the love of her father, not his money or the prominence in society that came with his name. But instead of reaching out and giving her the love and affection she so desperately needed, her father drowned his grief in his work, leaving Rose to the care of his servants and staff. Rose grows into a beautiful and feisty yet serious young woman, but no matter how hard she tries to ignore the emptiness in her heart, it remains.

Michael O'Fallen simply wants to survive. A poor Irish boy living in post-Civil War New York, the events of one horrible night send him running far south to unsettled Florida and an uncertain future. Promise-bound to a group of outlaws in an effort to escape his crime, their hidden plans for him loom sinister on the horizon. What is it he's been brought here to do? The oldest of her siblings, Anne Sawyer is the one her poor mama depends on. Her papa is harsh and abusive.