Janice Cole Hopkins

Monck’s Corner, South Carolina, 1739. When Mae Briscoe learns that a small group of slaves plans to flee to Florida for freedom among the Spanish, she knows she must go with them. The master’s son has been far too friendly lately, and there’s no one to protect her.

A heartwarming story of resilience and the unexpected bonds forged through courage and determination. When Cody Taylor’s brother and sister-in-law tragically pass away in Alaska, he suddenly becomes the guardian of his young niece, Annie.

Deadwood carpenter, Isaiah Yates, knows that he’ll never marry because of the secret he holds close, but he wishes things were different, especially after he meets the beautiful young widow, Leanne Moss. Leanne feels something spark between her and Isaiah, but why is the man avoiding her?

Ingrid Palmer doesn't intend to ever marry. Her cruel father has taught her not to risk such misery. Instead, she helps her mother in her dress shop, volunteers at an orphanage, and does as much as she can to help the women's suffrage movement in Kansas City....

Andrea Little couldn’t hide her dismay. She looked at the woman in disbelief. “We are partnering with a pastor and his wife in Robinsville, near Grand Rapids, Michigan,” Mrs. Vaser told her.

When Melanie Carter’s older brother decides she’s to marry Lott Jenkins, a wealthy man who has the reputation of being harsh and unbearable, she knows her life has just started on a downward spiral....

As the sheriff of Pinyon Falls, Texas, Reece Felps has always thought lawmen should never marry because of the danger and uncertainty that comes with the job, but as he enters middle age, he begins to reconsider.

On her way to Wyoming as a mail-order bride, Morrow has one incident after another, and she has no idea why these things are happening to her. Even when she and her friend arrive at Bradford's ranch, the mishaps continue to occur.

Simon Carlson couldn’t learn to read and therefore failed at school. Thanks to his bitter father, most people see him as a simpleton or worse. When a new schoolteacher comes to Flagstaff, she treats him as a normal person, even after she finds out that he can’t read or write....

When Aida Mitchell learns her intended groom plans to cheat on her after their marriage, she runs away on their wedding day. Finding an advertisement for a man wanting a wife, she travels to Great Pond Texas, only to find the man is a horrible drunk....

When her family situation worsens, Aileas Douglas runs away, but she’s unprepared for the Wyoming mountains. A friendly dog leads her to safety, but his master just might pose the most dangerous of all, especially to her heart....

Lily was glad when her father decided to move the family from Duluth to a farm in Iowa. She didn’t want to keep encountering her former fiancé and his new wife. But would Iowa turn out to be any better....

As the blacksmith in Pinyon Falls, Silas Barrett hasn’t had much luck finding a woman who’d let him court her. Since Marshall Walker and Cord Atwood found good women who suited them from a matchmaker, Silas decides to contact her too....

Trace Durham was injured in combat, given a purple heart, and discharged from the army. As time goes by, and he’s still confined to a wheelchair, his spirits plummet. But meeting a feisty widow whose husband had been killed while serving in the military makes him take a closer look at himself....

Annette Hunt prefers staying home to going to social events, but her cousin talks her into attending a competition between some of the best minds in Chicago....

Needing to leave Sterling Orphan House at 18, Rose Sterling is to take toddler, Katie Hudson, to her father who works on the King Ranch in New Mexico Territory. She thought her biggest adventure would be getting there on the wagon train, but she was wrong....

Faith Allen went to live with her aunt and uncle in the Kentucky mountains after her parents died. They hadn’t been cruel, but they hadn’t been loving and kind, either; and they expected her to work hard....

Anna Allen grew up in the Charleston Orphan House, but at 18, she must now leave. Her best option is to wed, and when a man from the Appalachian Mountains comes looking for a wife, she hesitantly agrees to marry him....

Abby Carter was horrified with herself when she blurted out a marriage proposal to Preston King. Preston is confused, but knows he needs a wife to help him ranch in New Mexico Territory, so he asks Abby to marry him. But will he ever purge Magnolia from his heart? Find out....

Heather Perry has always resented the government’s hold over the Hot Springs Reservation, where even long-time residents and business owners must lease their property from the government rather than own it.