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Bruce happily left the job at the mechanic shop in Oklahoma City for a new life on a ranch near Elk City. He was nursing a broken heart from the rejection of a woman he had begun to love. Who was he kidding? No woman would want to take on a man like him and his four children. They had just begun to heal after the death of their mother. He believed the cowboy life of his childhood was a better fit for them and he was ready for whatever might come his way. Kathy discovered that she could make better money driving a truck and hauling crude oil than using the bachelor degree she had toiled to ...

Rescued out of the clutches of slavery and returned home to safety, Lily Henderson and her family moved from their home in Kansas City to a farm in Meade, Kansas. Lily's unwanted child remained unnamed until two desperate men blew onto the farm with their brother at the brink of death, Set on the plains of Kansas in the 1870s, The Restless Kansas Wind has characters that will spark the imagination of readers who enjoy Christian Historical Romance.

Pursuit of adventure caused Luke and Bonnie to join the wagon train west. Thirst for love drove Ruby away from her loving home and caused her to grow up faster than her thirteen years could fathom. Catastrophe caught Luke in its clutches and made him choose the legacy he would leave behind. In Luke’s Legacy, Book III of the Nan’s Heritage Series, author Elaine Littau depicts characters that must live with the decisions they make. Full of passion, heartbreak, deception, romance, and resolve, Luke’s Legacy promises to hold you captive from the first pages.

Just as things began to work out in Doris Grant's life, ghosts from the past hunt her down. She must leave everything she knew and go into the unknown. The 1890s offered few opportunities for women who had to find their way alone in the world. The country was experiencing great droughts and the worst economic depression to date. Even in this dire circumstance, many found hope with the chance to obtain free land in the Oklahoma Territory. Doris is intrigued with the challenge of claiming land on the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893. Perhaps this is an opportunity to begin anew.

In 1866 Palo Duro Canyon, Texas, a medicine woman's skills were put to the test as her little boy, Nobel, watched. A series of events began on that day and eventually drove him from the place that he loved until, years later, he returned to the canyon with his wife, Myrtle, and their children, There they fight against evil from the past and present. Myrtle and her friend, Sally, were rescued from a brothel as children. Sally takes the arduous trip to Texas in search of teh mother who sold her to the evil man who took the girls to the mining camps of Colorado. Filled with romance, adventrue,...

Driven to escape his past and the demons who haunt him, Elk discovers a love he long thought dead. Set against the rugged beauty of the Colorado Rockies of the 1800’s, Elk’s Resolve follows the travails and triumphs of Elk, the White Indian. Guided by the hand of God, he finds his true self and defeats the voices who demand his destruction. In Elk’s Resolve, book II of Nan’s Heritage Series, author Elaine Littau depicts characters who struggle with hatred, depression, loss and fear. Full of passion, heartbreak, romance, rivalry, and hope, Elk’s Resolve will fascinate you from the ...

The old trunk sat unclaimed on the depot platform for more than two decades. John Forrester 's decision to use it as an escape vehicle would result in it becoming either an untimely coffin or a way to freedom for his only nephew, Timothy. "Timothy's Home", Book V of The Nan's Heritage Series, brings the story of the trunk and the people connected to it full circle. New characters blend with beloved ones from the other books in the series giving a window into life of the 1800s in Colorado. In Elaine Littau's latest offering, "Timothy's Home", she endeavors to keep the story unpredictable as ...

Rejection was an emotion Gertie Brenan knew well. At the age of eighteen, she finds hersef at the threshold of life and comes to realize that because of the rejection of her fiance', many options are open to her. In her childhood, rejection held her captive. Now, it gives her freedom that few women of her time were afforded. Set in the beauty of Denver, Colorado in the1860s, The Eyes of a Stranger folllows vivid characters who are fraught with conflict, sorrow, and the tenacity to build a life in the frontier of the Western United States.

Nobel Reeves had his hands full when he found a little toddler wandering in the tall grass of the Great Plains. Who was this child? Where were her parents? How would he evade the law long enough to see that she was safe? Would he ever have a home of his own or was he to remain a fugitive? Kidnapped on her way home from school, fifteen-year-old Myrtle Jennings finds herself in the clutches of unsavory men. Their intent is to give her over to their boss who gathers young girls for his traveling brothel. She must escape, but how? If she does get away, how will her family and friends accept her...

As soon as the wedding bells stopped ringing Roy and June Miller had to make adjustments in living as a married couple. Roy was a rough and gritty lawman who struggled to express emotions for his wife. June was a love-starved woman who had never heard words of endearment expressed in the way her heart needed. Would a separation make the marriage stronger or kill the love that had begun to grow? Set in the 1880s, Walk Slowly Through the Dark, takes the reader into the high altitude of a mountain top in Colorado. New characters are introduced and familiar characters face their own walk ...

Thoughts, impressions and studies of the Christian life.

Three Teeth and a Toenail is a collection of events in the life of the author and her family. While most people live through such things and don't care to reflect on them, Elaine sees the humor in almost everything. This is the book family and friends have been waiting for her to write. Those who enjoy her humorous speeches as well as anyone who loves good, clean humor will want this enjoyable read.

Elaine Littau is the best selling author of ten published books and many magazine and newspaper articles. She is a mentor/coach for other authors and enjoys teaching book marketing techniques as well as public speaking for groups. Many enjoy listening to her humorous take on life. Even the most simple activity takes on a life of it's own when Elaine is involved in the telling of it. Some of her favorite events have been speaking to young people about pursuing their dreams. She has been a church secretary, led women's groups, taught pre-school and Sunday school, and was a mentor for the ...

How much could one year change a woman? Would Debbie Williams ever overcome the stigma that followed her after her incarceration? Long before she endured her first lock-up, she was a widow who had given up on love. If she had ever entertained the idea of remarriage, all hope for that disappeared with the clang of her prison door. Why did her life become even more complicated after she served her time? This was no time for a man to show interest, or was it? Maybe the old Debbie was gone and ready to life. The freedom she experienced was more precious to her since it had been restored.

Just because an online dating service is a Christian site, doesn’t mean there aren’t predators lurking in spending time with family and friends.dark corners. Teresa Griffin reluctantly hit enter to upload her profile to a Christian dating site. Her gut told her ‘no’ but her desire to finally find true love won the battle. She’d all but given up on finding Mr. Right. In fact, she’s all but given up on all her dreams. She’d traded a teaching job for filing report after endless report on crop damage. She traded sunsets with the one she loved for television shows about love. And ...

Betty Barnes finds herself hundreds of miles away from her Guymon, Oklahoma home. Since leaving for a large Bible College in Missouri, her life has been twisted around. Not that things weren't already a challenge for her with her brother in Vietnam and her heart bleeding from a recent break up. Faced with unbearable loneliness and loss, she arrives at a diner six miles from Nashville. There, she has a chance to pick up the pieces and build a new life for herself as an independent young woman with a great future ahead of her.

Pursuit of adventure caused Luke and Bonnie to join the wagon train west. Thirst for love drove Ruby away from her loving home and caused her to grow up faster than her thirteen years could fathom. Catastrophe caught Luke in its clutches and made him choose the legacy he would leave behind. In Luke’s Legacy, Book III of the Nan’s Heritage Series, author Elaine Littau depicts characters that must live with the decisions they make. Full of passion, heartbreak, deception, romance, and resolve, Luke’s Legacy promises to hold you captive from the first pages.