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February "Val" Calendar is one of twelve adopted sisters, and she loves her entire huge and utterly crazy family. She really and truly does. It's just that lately...well, lately, she's been wondering about this empty feeling inside, this desire to be a part of something more.She wonders if it's a result of not knowing her birth family, and Val's initial research has indicated a few options open to her. She's determined to use them all in her search...
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Jana Calendar loves her life working with special needs girls at her family's ranch. When her favorite child loses yet another foster home, she decides to be the one to get her out of the system and adopt her. Working closely with Aubrey's social worker is no hardship. When there is a glitch in her plans, the two of them work together quickly to find a solution.Brandon Ziegler has been a social worker since he left college, and little Aubrey has his...
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Reign Phillips has just earned her PhD in ancient languages when her Professor returns from Greece with treasure for the University of New Mexico; fifty-six mummified remains and a puzzling sealed gold casket that doesn't seem to fit any time period.
Accompanying him is the man responsible for brokering the deal with the university, Damon Sarantos. Unknown to anyone, Damon himself had buried the casket almost two thousand years before.
Reign is a...
4) Adella
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In 1917 every man, woman, and child was called to civic duty as the "war to end all wars" encompassed the globe.
When the patriotic call comes, Adella begins her campaign of encouragement by corresponding with the frightened and lonely soldiers. On the cusp of adulthood, the young woman is tired of living a cosseted life and hopes to gain her parent's support when she wants to volunteer her services to the war effort. Her mother worries for her safety,...
5) Matrice
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When America declared war on the German Empire in 1917, young men were drafted and thrown into the conflict on the Western Front.
A group of young women decided to help the war effort by writing to the soldiers. As Matrice Hamilton corresponds with several young men, only one claims her heart.
Will he come home to her if he survives the carnage on the frontlines? If so, can they find love and fulfillment together, or will the dark clouds of war overshadow...
6) Aria
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Aria's letter-writing campaign to the Doughboys was a kindness that turned into a journey of the heart. Corresponding with Donald, Joey, and the others became a part of her life. Until one unexpected soldier, Dakota Knox, changed her dreams of becoming a missionary. Instead, the young woman pleads for her new love's safe return.
As an orphan, joining the army meant becoming part of something meaningful to Dakota. But something strange happens as he...
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What if you discovered the man running for sheriff was also working the wrong side of the law? And what if that man was your intended husband.
Last Chance in 1895 is a shadow of what it once was, filled with too many women competing for the few men left to save them from poverty, starvation, and spinsterhood. Closed businesses and broken dreams rule the day, drawing a diversity of men to the struggling town; men on both sides of the law.
Esther Sorenson...
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Miss Hannah Blackmore has been in love with Lord Egleton since she was a little girl, which is why she is devastated when he asks her to help him find a bride, and quickly. She is forced to acknowledge that Martin has only ever considered her a friend. Deciding that it's time for her to move on, she makes plans to entertain potential suitors this Season.
Martin Pemberton, the Earl of Egleton, has no desire to marry until his father gives him an ultimatum....
9) The Remnant
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In this suspense-filled, neo-monster, horror novelette, a writer named Gene Winfield discovers an ominous, handwritten book among the belongings of his late, adventurer aunt. As Gene reads, he becomes captivated with the volume's account of a savage, unearthly creature. In spite of the book's warning, with his writing career failing, Gene can't resist the inspiration. Near the roaring fire in his aunt's otherwise cold, empty manor, Gene begins a story...
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Reign Phillips has just earned her PhD in ancient languages when her Professor returns from Greece with treasure for the University of New Mexico; fifty-six mummified remains and a puzzling sealed gold casket that doesn't seem to fit any time period.
Accompanying him is the man responsible for brokering the deal with the university, Damon Sarantos. Unknown to anyone, Damon himself had buried the casket almost two thousand years before.
Reign is a...
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Emmaline Holton was five years old when the blizzard of 1878 left her an orphan. Her uncle wanted to raise her, but his difficult wife objected. That left only one relative to help Emmaline, her cousin Rachel and her new husband, Samuel.
Fifteen years later, Last Chance has suffered through a severe drought and crop failure. As a result, many people have left town. Emmaline, now twenty, wonders if she too will need to leave town to find love and a...
12) Tatianna
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Tatianna Murray joins her best friends in writing to the men headed for Europe during World War I. Ryan's letters stand out from the others. Two strangers find within the words something they both share: loneliness and the loss of their parents. As the correspondence continues, they find love, although they've never met.
While in the horrific war, Ryan carries a bit of Tatianna with him, a golden cross. When Ryan's letters stop, Tatianna worries....
13) Vivianna
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Vivianna Risler enjoys interacting with the young women of her daughter's acquaintance. But when the girls form the Ladies Victory League and undertake a letter writing campaign to the Doughboys, she supervises the activities with a mother's eye toward propriety and protection.
However, the vivacious widow is intrigued by the idea and finds an unexpected pleasure in furthering her acquaintance with a family friend.
For Dr. Zechariah Stewart, there...
14) Five Hours
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When his girlfriend disappears, Jack Mathews' only option is to drive if he ever wants to see her again. He's got nothing but time, which is quickly running out.
Five Hours is a nonstop thrill ride that never slows down. This short story is an adrenaline rush where nothing is what it seems.
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Rosella Tihold and her family spent years as travelling musicians with Hammerman's Cultural Musicale. But when her brother is injured at Gettysburg, the young singer's priorities shift, and the lure of a place to call home settles in Rosella's heart.
Longing for stability, Gier Knudsen risks everything when he sends for a mail-order bride. But the secret he is hiding will certainly be a detriment to his well-laid plans. So he requests that the marriage...
16) Chosen
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Chosen to be the recipient of a great gift, Glenn Hitch receives a title pointing to the destiny all mankind was originally purposed for. Glenn's new abilities include the same gift granted to Elisha's servant in answer to the prophet's prayer: the ability to see the true reality of the war he was engaged in. The struggle not with flesh and blood, as so many would readily assume, but instead with the spiritual forces that feed on and drive much of...
17) Maeva
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To say Maeva Stewart is not a patient young woman is an understatement. Full of ideas, she meets life head on – usually with her best friend and neighbor, Ruby Risler. Aside from Ruby's good qualities as a friend, she also has a brother, Leo.
After giving cookies to the men leaving the train station for Camp Douglas, Maeva begins writing letters to those she doesn't know. Then, drawing upon an untapped well of courage, she writes to tell Leo how...
18) Valentia
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Running from her abusive grandfather – broken and afraid – seventeen-year-old Valentia Brocato flees her homeland, hoping for a brighter future in America. Little does she realize that America is about to enter its own conflict – The Great War.
Abandoning her Italian heritage, and feeling lost in more ways than one, Valentia finds refuge with a kindly widow. But it isn't until she meets a group of women her age that she finally discovers friendship....
19) Ilianna
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Chased from their life by scandal, Ilianna Winters and her mother desperately seek a new beginning. But tragedy continues to plague the Winters as they seek out a place to rebuild their lives.
As the world totters on the brink of madness, Ilianna finds compassion among her companions in the Ladies Victory League. Still, social constraints and dark secrets hamper the young woman's potential within high society - until she is blessed to find a kindred...
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Fighting to keep the remnant of her family alive, Mara Peterson eschews the company of most of her neighbors in the small logging town of Widow's Ridge. Instead, she prefers the safety and security of the trading post her grandfather established long before the big woods of Wisconsin were felled.
But when she is pressed to marry for the sake of the Whistler family legacy, Mara accepts an unconventional solution to the problem-and finds herself knee-deep...