A female physician with an adopted black daughter? The townsfolk of Idaho Bend will never accept Dr. Mercy Gabriel-even when faced with a deadly cholera epidemic. But all Mercy needs is one man willing to listen…and to trust. Four years of war command turned Lon Mackey into a footloose gambler who can't abide attachments. Yet he can't help getting riled by the threats Mercy keeps receiving. Her trailblazing courage could reignite his faith and humanity....

No one is more surprised than Sunny Licht when Noah Whitmore proposes. She's a scarlet woman and an unwed mother, an outcast even in her small Quaker community. But she can't resist Noah's offer of a fresh start in a place where her scandalous past is unknown. In Sunny, the former Union soldier sees a woman whose loneliness matches his own. When they arrive in Wisconsin, he'll see that she and her baby daughter want for nothing, except the love that...

Baby on Her Doorstep Schoolteacher Ellen Thurston never expected to find love in Pepin, Wisconsin. But the moment she discovers a baby boy outside her door, it's love at first sight. While the townsfolk don't approve of Ellen as a single mother, what worries her most are her feelings for the handsome farmer who defends her decision to keep the child. Ellen is far above the reach of a German immigrant like Kurt Lang. Especially one weighted with responsibility....

Bride by Mail… Mail-order bride Judith Jones has barely arrived in Pepin, Wisconsin, before she's whisked away to prepare for her wedding to Asa Brant. Though something about Asa seems so familiar, how do two strangers become husband and wife? Especially when Judith senses Asa's hidden sorrow. His kindness in helping two young orphans could win her heart…if only he'd open up to her. Determined to start over after four years of brutal war, Asa...

New hope for a soldier Heartland Courtship by Lyn Cote Quaker Rachel Woolsey's plans to have her own bakery and homestead seem out of reach-until the handsome ex-soldier she nurses back to health offers to help her. At first, Brennan Merriday intends to stay in Pepin, Wisconsin, only long enough to repay his debt to the pretty baker. But soon he longs to rescue dreams of family-for both of them Homefront Hero by Allie Pleiter Dashing and valiantly...

In Book 4 of the Northern Intrigue series, Thea Glenheim's new next-door neighbor turns her small town upside down. Trace Della's handsome, successful, and committed to helping high-risk boys. And he's changing things in ways a lot of people don't like. One in particular. Bad things begin happening on Trace's property, and troublemakers compete with each other to stop him in his mission to provide a place for kids who need help. All the while Thea...

Carly grew up in the late twentieth century in the home of her independent mother. Scarred by a childhood trauma, Carly decides to face her fears head on by joining the Army, where she finds love. Wounded, she is sent home to Ivy Manor and the care of three generations of women who endured their own types of war.

Linda Leigh Sinclair is born into the privilege of Ivy Manor, but her overwhelming desire for freedom for herself and others leads her into the modern civil-rights movement. Choosing the dangerous path of a journalist, she is swept up in the winds of social change along with the challenges of youth.

Some secrets chill to the bone . . . Smashed heirlooms, ripped upholstery, and rifled drawers-who is breaking into homes during a record-breaking snowy winter, vandalizing and stealing? Whoever it is, is targeting the most vulnerable-the seniors of a small northwoods town. As the new sheriff, Rodd Durand, home again to small-town Steadfast, Wisconsin, takes on the Snowmobile Burglar. In the course of her duties, Wendy Carey, the home health nurse,...

Two inspiring stories of determination, courage…and love Hill Country Christmas In the rugged Texas Hill Country, Delia Keller went from penniless preacher's granddaughter to rich young heiress. She's determined to use her money to find the security she's always lacked, and build herself a new house by Christmas. Former Civil War chaplain Jude Tucker longs to show her what true Christmas joy means. Can he restore his own faith and give Delia his...