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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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-...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After the Flames A Novel of Survival, Healing, and the Courage to Choose Love Madeline Hart has always been the one who shows up—the listener, the helper, the woman who puts everyone else first. As a nonprofit program coordinator, she’s built a life around service, never imagining how quickly it could all be taken from her. When Madeline is abducted by a human trafficking ring and held captive in an abandoned warehouse, survival becomes her only goal. Rescue comes in fire and smoke—carried from the flames by firefighter Lucas Reed, a man whose quiet strength and steady compassion ...

A bird strike turns Hannah’s plane into a screaming, out of control metal tube. She blacks out and awakens, alone and lost in a dense forest. Two hunters find her and return her to civilization, but it’s no longer 2020. There are no more planes, lattes, or designer clothes; she has been thrown one hundred-forty years into the past. Ethan, a devilishly handsome mountain man and prospector, regains consciousness in a hospital. He is told by a stranger named Hannah that he had been shot several days earlier, and she had been watching over him. “Why…are you here?” is his first growly ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

When Sarah Mitchell's world crumbles, she discovers that the greatest gift isn't being rescued—it's finding the courage to open her heart again. Six months after losing her husband in a tragic accident, Sarah is barely holding on. Working double shifts at a department store while raising two young children alone, she's down to her last twenty dollars with Christmas just days away. Desperate and out of options, she swallows her pride and applies for help from the local fire department's Toys for Tots program. Enter Ben Cole—a widowed firefighter who understands loss all too well. ...

Some scars are carved by war. Others by love. Montana, 1870. Elias Mercer, a disillusioned Civil War veteran, retreats to the frontier, seeking solitude and a chance to rebuild. But the land is as unforgiving as his memories, and desperation drives him to place an ad in The Matrimonial News. Abigail Whitlow, a young widow with secrets of her own, answers his call. She arrives with a quiet strength that hides a storm of loss—and a five-year-old son she didn’t mention in her letters. As the harsh winter closes in, Elias and Abigail must navigate their fragile new partnership, learning to ...

Time warps, cowboys and Indians… what are the chances of love? Penelope wanted a cowboy. Charlie wanted to be a test pilot. When his plane goes down Charlie ejects himself just in time only to fall through a time warp. Captured by Indians, and delivered to Penelope, he’s cared for until his injuries heal. When it’s time for Penelope to head back east, her train is derailed, and this time Charlie is the one saving her. Is it love or mere circumstances that brings them together? Can Charlie adapt to his new surroundings? Will Penelope open her heart to more than just gratitude and ...