Julia Gilliland has always been interested in the natural world around her, particularly the fossils and formations in the magnificent cave near her father's house. The cave seems plenty safe - until the day a mysterious intruder steals the rope she uses to climb out. Rafe Kincaid is a man used to being in control - of himself, his brothers, and his family's ranch. The last thing he expects is to find a woman trapped in a cavern on his land. Or to...

Phoebe Von Bergen is excited to accompany her father when he travels from Germany to purchase sapphires in Montana. Little does she know that her father's plans -- for the gemstones and his daughter -- are not what they seem. Ian Harper, a lapidary working in Helena, finds the young woman staying at the Broadwater Hotel more than a little intriguing. Yet the more he gets to know her, the more he realizes that her family story is based on a lie --...

Nicholas Monroe, widowed "Prince of Ravenscar, " is feeling pressure from his family to remarry. But the mysterious death of his first wife, Lily, still hangs over his head.

Relive the glory of a Pennsylvania canal town through the eyes of those who ministered to the needs of the workers. Betsy Nelson reluctantly returns to her childhood home to care for her failing father, a faithful minister who served the town for years. William Covington, a confirmed bachelor, comes to town to become the new pastor and set aside the luxuries of his birth for service to God. Can Betsy and William find common ground on which to work...

Lenore Fulcher isn't pretentious despite her spoiled upbringing. Her deepest desire at the age of twenty is to find true love. However, her father believes she's wasted enough time searching for a suitable husband, and he wants to marry her off to one of his business partners -- thirty-seven-year-old James Rybus. But the idea of marriage to a man so much older is out of the question for Lenore. Kolbein Booth, a lawyer from Chicago, arrives in Seattle...

"After the great fire that destroyed much of Seattle in 1889, Abrianna Cunningham recognizes that her longtime friendship with Wade Ackerman is changing, but she finds herself overwhelmed by her conflicting feelings and the pursuit of another relentless suitor"--

Publisher Annotation: After a rough winter spent alone, Ursula Nordegren realizes she must overcome her fears of the outside world and begins a trek down Hope Mountain. Along the way she finds a badly wounded stranger and realizes God may have used her decision to leave as a way of saving the man. Wax Mosby was climbing Hope Mountain in part to atone for his terrible choices. He was hired to drive out the Warden family and now knows he was duped....

Life for Kelly McGregor is a daily drudge of driving her overbearing father's mules along Pennsylvania's Lehigh Canal. She dreams of one day owning an art gallery where her own drawings and paintings are on display. But these dreams don't include marriage ... not after seeing what her father has done to her mother. How then can Mike Cooper, a general store owner, make her realize he is different than her father and wants to support her artistic talent?...

The life of Cole Clayborne is intertwined with a U.S. marshal seeking to protect a woman who is the sole witness to a terrible crime.

SOME DREAMS ARE WORTH WHATEVER IT TAKES

With love in their hearts and planning the perfect wedding on their minds, the possibilities are endless for the women of Lynette Austin's new Magnolia Brides series. Readers will fall head over heels with:

The sweet Southern charm

The second-chance romance

The wonderful cast of characters full of small-town heart

Jenni Beth Beaumont left her broken heart

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