Western Bible

“You’re too close, Mr. Walker.” “Then tell me to go, Grace. Mean it this time.” “The closer we get to Oregon, the more dangerous this becomes.” Grace Hawthorne joins a wagon train with one desperate goal: reach the West before the painful memories she left behind her catch up. To protect her little daughter, Emily, she tells everyone that the child is her sister hiding the truth locked behind a carefully practiced smile. Ethan Walker is a man who notices too much. Rough, guarded with secrets of his own. Abandoned by his father and forced onto the trail with the broken family ...

Biblical scholars Brandon O'Brien and Randy Richards shed light on the ways that Western readers often misunderstand the cultural dynamics of the Bible. They identify nine key areas where modern Westerners have significantly different assumptions about what might be going on in a text. Drawing on their own cross-cultural experience in global mission, O'Brien and Richards show how better self-awareness and understanding of cultural differences in language, time, and social mores allow us to see the Bible in fresh and unexpected ways.

"We agreed on boundaries” she reminded him. “We did,” Travis agreed while looking into her eyes. "But boundaries are a lot harder to keep when I remember that you're actually my wife, Anna." A ranch she’ll do anything to protect. A broken man with nothing left to lose. And a marriage of convenience that might just catch fire on the lawless Texas frontier. Headstrong Anna Montgomery will do anything to save her prosperous ranch from her envious cousin, Edwin. But her father’s will leaves her a desperate ultimatum: marry within thirty days, or lose her legacy forever. Refusing to ...

Cordelia Fletcher awakens in a stranger’s home with no memory of who she is or how she came to be lying alone on the prairie. What she does know is that the quiet strength of the widowed rancher who rescued her stirs something deep within her, something that feels both dangerous and safe all at once. Micah Redmond has lived three years in the shadow of grief, his heart buried alongside the wife he lost. Devoted only to his daughter and his ranch, he never imagined fate would place a mysterious young woman in his care, one whose presence unsettles his resolve to remain alone forever. As ...

When a telegram brings news of her estranged brother's death, Emily Pritchard leaves Chicago behind to claim the Wyoming ranch he left her. Hoping to understand the life Daniel built without her, she arrives to find a struggling homestead, a grieving orphan boy, and Joseph, the quiet horse trainer who stood by her brother until the very end. A man of Crow heritage, Joseph Yellowtail has spent years building a life in Little Hope after a childhood marked by loss. Now, with his closest friend gone, he's left caring for the orphan boy Daniel took in and helping keep the ranch afloat. Joseph ...

The complete cowboy collection at the ranch in Quinn Valley will sweep you away with heartwarming, uplifting stories of love, faith, and forgiveness - all with a sexy-and-sweet cowboy at the center of the romance & family saga! Contracted Cowboy: A fake ad brings a cowboy to Georgia's door just in time for all the Quinn family holiday parties, so she hires Logan to be her boyfriend. Nothing can go wrong with this plan...except she might lose her heart to her newly contracted cowboy. Secret Sweetheart: She's a domestic goddess. He works on her father's ranch. They could have forever...if ...

When Ruth Bellamy discovers her charming fiancé is the ruthless leader of the Iron Spur Gang, her world collapses. The truth arrives with a terrified boy who is kidnapped, orphaned, and the only witness to murder. Refusing to leave him with killers, she flees in the night and accepts a stranger's offer of a fake marriage. Caleb Harrow is a hardened bounty hunter chasing the gang that murdered his brother. When he sees a frightened woman begging for passage, he offers a practical solution: a fake marriage for cover. But protecting Ruth and the boy awakens something in him he thought long ...

"Why do you push me away every time I get close?" "Because the closer you get, the more I realize I’d burn this whole mountain down just to keep you in it." Adelaide Whitford is a woman of high society fleeing a nightmare. After her obsessive, dangerous fiancé threatens her safety, she escapes St. Louis to become a mail-order bride in the rugged Montana Territory. She seeks anonymity and freedom, yet when she steps into her new home, she is met with the chaos of two grieving children and a lumberjack who is far too handsome for a man as cold as he is. Rhett Callahan doesn’t believe in ...

Widowed innkeeper Daisy Ross has spent the past year keeping alive the inn she once dreamed of building with her husband. But when she rescues an injured stranger near the river, his kindness threatens to uncover both her guarded heart and the outlaw past she has tried to bury. Will, a Northern Paiute tracker, has spent most of his life caught between worlds. Neither fully accepted by his father's people nor entirely at home among the settlers, he's learned to rely only on himself. When an injury leaves him in a settler's care, her warmth and compassion begin to break through his defenses. ...

“Would you pray with me?” he whispered. Praying with him was becoming one of her favorite things. It helped her feel not just close to him, but close to God. She’s here. God, please let me make her happy. Garrett drew a steadying breath and stepped toward the stagecoach. His gaze swept over the passengers until it landed on a beautiful young woman. The moment those piercing blue eyes met his, he knew. Hannah. He started to walk toward her, not seeing anyone else in the crowd. That was until a boy of about twelve shoved her aside. "Jacob!" another, older boy scolded, stepping into view...

Trapped by her father's harsh expectations, Emmeline Spratt is devastated when he offers her hand in marriage to a rancher as part of a land deal. Yet, as she begins to see the quiet strength in her new husband, she can’t help but hope that he might be the love she never saw coming. Patrick McLeod, a young war veteran caring for his sick sister and younger brother, is doing his best to create a stable future. But his unexpected bride isn’t what he imagined—her strength and kindness slowly soften the walls around his heart. Now, for the first time in years, he wonders if love might ...

“Your children sent for a bride.” Jacob rubbed his jaw. “They should’ve asked the groom first.” Olivia thought she knew what she was agreeing to when she answered a mail-order bride advertisement. But when she arrives in Wyoming, she realizes the man waiting at the ranch never sent for a wife at all… his children did. “You didn’t write those letters,” she says. “No,” his voice is steady. “But you’re here now.” Widowed rancher Jacob Hale never planned to remarry. His life is his children, the ranch, and the promise he made to the woman he lost. But when a stranded...

For years, Viola Sullivan has buried her own dreams while tending a lonely lighthouse and caring for her grief-stricken father. Then an October storm washes a dying woman, an abandoned baby, and a dangerous secret onto her isolated shore—followed by the last man she ever expected to trust. Could the stranger become the answer to her lonely heart? Detective Malcolm Huxley is sent to recover a kidnapped child, not lose his heart to the brave, guarded woman protecting him. As every clue reveals another lie, Malcolm must decide whether to honor the law—or the woman who makes him question ...

When a dying woman washes ashore beneath her remote Oregon lighthouse, clutching a baby and a packet of documents, Elara Selkirk is pulled far beyond the lonely headland she has always called home. Determined to uncover the truth behind the child, she leaves the only world she knows, only to find a railroad detective standing in her way and stirring feelings she cannot deny. Jasper Rede arrives at the lighthouse believing he is searching for a kidnapped heir stolen from a powerful magnate. But Elara’s fierce protection of the child and the secrets hidden in the oilskin packet begin to ...

Isla Merrick, after her father's unexpected death, is determined to keep his relay station. But when a railroad contract threatens her inheritance, she's forced to marry within six months. Desperate, she places an ad for a husband—never imagining the stranger who answers will bring more secrets than solutions. Gale Remington, a former cavalry scout, came to Carson Pass seeking answers, not a wife. His brother vanished three months ago, and the trail leads him to the very station Isla runs. Marrying her puts him exactly where he needs to be, but the closer they grow, the more his deception...

“I won't let anyone hurt you.” Ruth blinks. “I thought you didn't want me here.” All Ruth Bennett has ever wanted is a place to call home. Raised in a Dodge City brothel and left alone after her mother's death, Ruth is desperate to protect the only family she has left—her six-year-old sister. So when she discovers an advertisement from a Kansas rancher seeking a wife, she takes a leap of faith and travels west, hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she finds Henry Collins. The brooding horse rancher never expected his mail-order bride to arrive with a child in tow. Worse, she makes ...

Eleanor Calloway wakes on a riverbank without memory until a sheriff finds her and brings her to the safety of his home. Surrounded by his little daughter’s laughter, she slowly begins to piece together fragments of her past. As memories of her missing baby stir a deep longing, she wonders if the man who saved her might hold the key not only to her child but also to her heart. Sheriff Samuel Hawke has spent years protecting his town and raising his daughter alone after a brutal robbery stole his wife. When he finds Eleanor, something in her haunted eyes breaks through his walls. ...

“You could’ve let someone else win,” she said. “I saw the men bidding on you,” he muttered. “That wasn’t an option.” “And what am I to you now?” “Safe,” he said. “Nothing more.” Garrett isn't looking for trouble—or for women. After losing the one person he ever let into his heart, he keeps the world at arm’s length. But when his sister-in-law pleads for help, he finds himself standing in a dangerous town, staring down a bride auction and the furious woman being sold into it. Evelyn ran to escape one man’s grip, not to fall into another’s. Desperate and ...

Lila Harrow rides west to claim the Dakota land left by her late aunt, determined to escape the unwanted betrothal waiting for her back home. But to her dismay, in Ashford Crossing she discovers that the claim can only be secured by a married woman. With no husband and no allies, she finds unexpected help in the form of a quiet, kindhearted doctor. Dr. Nathaniel Cole has built his life around duty and care, raising his silent niece Clara, while tending to the town’s needs. Marriage was never part of his plan, yet Lila’s predicament awakens his compassion, urging him to offer a practical...

May wakes on the banks of a river with no memory of who she is or how she was swept there, rescued by a brooding wagon leader guiding his company west to Oregon. As illness, hunger, and suspicion threaten the journey, she forges fragile friendships and helps on the trail in ways no one expected. But she never imagined she could fall for the very man who saved her… Lucas, a widowed wagon master hardened by loss, leads the train west with discipline and distance, determined to protect both his people and the secrets of his cargo. When danger closes in, and an amnesiac stranger ignites ...