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Previously published as "A Union of Broken Hearts" by Susan Leigh Carlton A Union of Broken Lives A Post–Civil War Mail-Order Bride Romance by Susan Leigh Carlton. In 1870, the war may be over—but its wounds still bleed. Rebecca Caldwell is a Confederate widow in York County, South Carolina, struggling to hold on to the small farm her husband died defending. Buried far from home at Missionary Ridge, he left behind no grave—only memory, grief, and crushing Reconstruction taxes that threaten to take what little Rebecca and her young daughter have left. With survival closing in on her ...

A Union of Broken Hearts A Post–Civil War Mail-Order Bride Romance by Susan Leigh Carlton. In 1870, the war may be over—but its wounds still bleed. Rebecca Caldwell is a Confederate widow in York County, South Carolina, struggling to hold on to the small farm her husband died defending. Buried far from home at Missionary Ridge, he left behind no grave—only memory, grief, and crushing Reconstruction taxes that threaten to take what little Rebecca and her young daughter have left. With survival closing in on her from every side, Rebecca makes an unthinkable choice: she answers a mail-...

Almost Valentine A Sweet Historical Romantic Comedy Becky Hartwell has learned that the safest way to love is quietly—from a distance, with expectations carefully lowered and feelings neatly tucked away. Thomas Reed is kind in all the ways that matter and hopeless in the one that counts: saying what he feels. For weeks, they circle one another with lingering glances, half-finished conversations, and a growing certainty that something important is hovering just out of reach. As Valentine’s Day approaches, every almost-moment carries more weight, and the space between what is felt and ...

Letters, Lies, and Longings She promised him honesty… but one hidden truth could cost her the love of a lifetime. Widowed Mary Robbins dreams of escaping the whispers that follow her through Oak Grove. Answering a mail-order bride advertisement feels like her one chance at a new beginning—for herself and her spirited five-year-old daughter, Annie. But after a cruel rejection branding Annie a burden, Mary makes the decision she fears most: she keeps her daughter a secret. Out on the Wyoming frontier, Buck Jennings wants more than a housekeeper or a convenient arrangement—he wants a ...

The Thornton car was washed down a creek during a flash flood near Independence, Missouri. Their only child, a seventeen year old daughter was still clinging to the top of the car when they last saw her. After an air, land, and water search for four days without a trace, the search was abandoned. Allie and Barry Thornton learn their missing daughter was transported back in time one hundred and fifty years to 1866. A research team at the most prestigious university in the country, offered them the opportunity to join her and her family. Do they dare take the risk? Can Barry survive what ...

When science fails her, only faith—and love—can save her. Dr. Claire Donovan has built her life on reason, precision, and control. But when a freak lightning strike during a total solar eclipse hurls her from 2025 Chicago to the wilds of 1870 Montana, everything she knows about the world—and herself—comes undone. Stranded in the rough-edged mining town of Silver Run, Claire's advanced medical skills make her both a miracle and a menace. After she saves a dying man using "impossible" techniques, whispers of witchcraft spread, led by the town's relentless marshal, Will Carver, who ...

A Novel of Love, Loss, and Second Chances When Kim Whitaker's car stalls on a remote Wyoming railroad crossing, she has only seconds before the freight train strikes. In a blinding flash of light, she braces for death—but wakes instead in 1875, alone on the empty prairie with nothing but the clothes on her back. Stranded 150 years in the past with no way home, Kim must navigate a world she only knew from history books. The modern conveniences she took for granted are gone. Her parents, her education, her entire future—erased in an instant. All she has left is her determination to ...

A Time-Travel Romance of Love and Second Chances in 1866 Montana Captain Ethan Walker should have died in a helicopter crash that shattered the sky and stole his crew. Instead, he wakes alone in the Bitterroot Mountains—with no wreckage, no rescue, and no explanation. When a mysterious white light fades, Ethan finds himself stranded in 1866 Montana, a world as unforgiving as it is breathtaking, where survival depends on grit, not technology. Laura Bennett has already buried one husband, killed during Red Cloud’s War, and learned the hard cost of trust. Living in isolation with her four-...

A widow’s desperate journey west. A rancher’s guarded heart. A Christmas miracle that changes everything. When Clara Bennett arrives in Silver Creek, Montana Territory, she carries little more than hope. Widowed, nearly penniless, and seeking a fresh start, she accepts a position teaching in a one-room schoolhouse on the edge of the frontier. But she never expected Wyatt Carter—a brooding rancher hardened by a tragic Christmas Eve that left him bitter and unwilling to open his heart. Wyatt has turned his back on Christmas and love alike. With his ranch on the brink of loss and old ...

Raised in the shadow of a miracle, Anna Bennett has always known her life was shaped by a choice made long before she could understand it. The man she called Pa once stepped out of a white light and chose love, family, and a hard frontier life over the world he left behind. Anna grew up believing that belonging mattered more than answers. When the white light returns for her, it carries her forward in time—into a world louder, faster, and lonelier than anything she has known. Stranded in the future, Anna must navigate a place where faith is fragile, grief is hidden, and connection feels ...

She came back to save lives. She never expected to risk her heart. Dr. Lacey Bennett has fought for everything—her education, her place in medicine, her right to heal. Returning to Three Rivers, Wyoming, she's determined to prove that a woman can be just as capable as any man with a medical bag. But earning the trust of a frontier town is only half the battle. The other half? Ignoring the handsome Boston lawyer whose sharp mind and quiet integrity make her pulse race. Andrew Callahan came West seeking opportunity and independence. What he found was a gray-eyed physician who challenges ...

When a desperate wish sends them across time, a mother and daughter discover that sometimes the greatest magic is finding where you truly belong. Sarah Harper has reached her breaking point. Fleeing her abusive ex-husband with her five-year-old daughter Lacey and nowhere to go, she finds herself sleeping in her car in a Walmart parking lot on a cold November night. With no money, no hope, and a custody battle she's destined to lose, Sarah makes one last desperate wish at a mysterious wishing well—for a place where they can be safe, where she can be strong enough to give Lacey everything ...

How did an iPhone sold in Missouri in 2014 wind up in a grave in Oregon that had been undisturbed for over ninety years? Angie and Jed met in Missouri over 1,800 miles from Oregon. How can she convince him she is telling the truth? Will he believe the strange story? Would anyone believe it? Can their love for each other survive the incredible tale she relates?

In the aftermath of the Civil War, young widow Rebecca Allen struggles to provide for her four-year-old son Eddie in their small South Carolina town. Desperate to escape the unwanted advances of wealthy landowner Jeremiah Blackwood and create a better life for her son, Rebecca answers a matrimonial advertisement from a Montana rancher seeking a wife. Upon arriving in Baker's Creek, Montana, Rebecca discovers she's been deceived by Frank Dawson, a violent drunk whose promises of prosperity were lies. Fleeing his cabin in the night with Eddie, Rebecca finds temporary refuge at the local ...

Anna Bennett was only four years old when the Light brought Ethan into their valley—an impossible stranger who became her father and the living proof that miracles sometimes choose ordinary places. Raised in the quiet certainty of frontier life, Anna learned early that love is an act of faith, and belonging is something you choose. Years later, the Light returns for her. In an instant, Anna is torn from everything she knows and carried forward into a modern world that feels faster, brighter, and profoundly alone. She struggles to survive in a time where the rhythms of her heart no longer ...

I Wish I May A Time-Travel Romance Novel When love defies time itself, which world would you choose? Cardiac nurse Lainie Rosewood thought she had the perfect life planned—until her fiancé abandoned her at the altar for another woman. Devastated and humiliated in front of three hundred wedding guests, she flees to the church's rose garden where a desperate wish upon a shooting star changes everything. Awakening in 1872 Montana Territory, Lainie finds herself thrust into the role of frontier healer in the remote town of Sutter's Creek. Armed with modern medical knowledge she can't explain...

A Letter to Santa A Novel of Faith, Miracles, and the Power of Believing When all hope seems lost, one child’s faith dares a town to believe again. Comanche Springs, Texas, 1887. After a tragic accident leaves fourteen-year-old Thomas Caldwell in a deep coma, doctors offer little comfort and even less hope. As days stretch into weeks, his family—and the entire town—begins to brace for the inevitable. Everyone, that is, except Thomas’s nine-year-old brother. While his mother keeps a weary bedside vigil and neighbors quietly prepare for loss, young Eli Caldwell refuses to give up. ...

The Widow’s War A Post–Civil War Romance of Healing, Hope, and Second Chances When the war takes everything, courage becomes a woman’s only refuge. 1870, Montana Territory. Rachel Morgan arrives in Bitterroot Valley with nothing but a land deed, her six-year-old daughter, and the grit of a Union widow determined to start again. But the valley is a tinderbox of old loyalties, and many—including local rancher Silas Vance—see her as an unwelcome reminder of their defeat. Caleb Ransom, a former Confederate soldier haunted by guilt, is hired to drive Rachel off her land. Instead, he ...

In the tumultuous landscape of post-Civil War America, "Love on the Oregon Trail" sweeps readers into the heart of Steubenville, Ohio, where dreams of new beginnings clash with haunting memories of the past. Hiram Lewis sells his farm, hoping to carve out a better life for his family out West. Along the journey, his daughter, Mandy, faces her own battles: lost love, unexpected encounters with a reckless suitor, and the aching weight of responsibility for her baby sister, Mary. As the Lewis family forges ahead, they find themselves entangled with the Gilleys, whose own struggles of love and ...

In the unforgiving Montana wilderness, love is the only currency that matters. Henry Mercer thought he knew everything about survival—until Sarah Thompson rode into his life. With his family's ranch teetering on the edge of ruin and a generations-old land dispute threatening everything he holds dear, Henry must choose between tradition and innovation, revenge and reconciliation. Sarah Thompson left the comfort of Boston for the untamed frontier, never expecting to find a home—or a love—that would change everything. Caught between her refined upbringing and the raw beauty of Montana, ...