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Megan O’Mally made a quick decision to travel west to flee the scandalous rumors floating around St. Louis. Immersing herself in her new life among family and friends on the wagon train, she tries desperately to shake the overwhelming condemnation that has taken root in her spirit. Healing begins and new growth springs forth as she opens her heart to God. But a handsome officer from her past unexpectedly shows up and threatens to expose her. Can she forgive him and avoid his unwanted pursuit of her? Nick Webster the wagon master is unwillingly attracted to Megan from the first day he met ...

The War Between the States hits southwest Missouri in August, 1861, with all the ugliness and horrors of war in the homeland. Eliza is consumed by the need to avenge her father’s death. Presented with the opportunity to be involved in espionage, she foolishly says yes and is catapulted into a world of lies, play-acting and danger. Lieutenant Jonathan Monroe is furious when he discovers her occupation. Before Eliza’s father went to battle, he charged Jonathan with the job of protecting his daughter. It was an easy job to accept, since he’d known and loved little Eliza since she was a ...

Maddy dreads the day her neighbor, Silas, will return home from war to claim his two little children. Two motherless children that have worked their way into her heart after four long years. Yet she knows they need their pa. How can she maneuver through the days ahead as she tries to release them into the care of their father? How can she avoid the unwanted and threatening attention from her other neighbor, Sam Potter, who is determined to marry her and add her acreage to his? As Silas rebuilds his neglected farm, he becomes more and more aware of Maddy’s dire and dangerous predicament. ...