Unwanted. Unfixable. Unworthy.Those are the lies Mildred Etherton had to survive before she could begin to tell the truth.In The Lie That Named Me, Etherton shares a powerful memoir of childhood abuse, foster care, displacement, silence, and the painful search for identity. Raised in instability and shaped by systems that often rewarded survival while overlooking suffering, she learned early how to disappear, comply, and endure. But endurance was n...

How would you feel if you discovered your eighteen-month-old daughter was not really your child?Beth Carter is afraid Stevie may have inherited diabetes from her father, but the blood test comes back negative. She rejoices until she sees the hospital has apparently made a mistake in recording Stevie's blood type. A second test brings to light that Stevie cannot be her biological child. Where, then, is her baby?Jonathan McDuff, at first, doesn't believe that his beloved baby...

Running from the Law. Leaving everything behind. What more is there to lose?Katie Donovan soon learns she has much to lose, but even more to gain on the long journey to Oregon in 1850.Two men vie for Katie's affection. Clay Monroe is ready to marry and vows he will win Katie's heart before they reach Oregon. His proposal has her head and her heart spinning.Jason Barnett is attracted to Katie, but her rebellion against God keeps him from pursuing her. As he grows close...

Abducted by white slavers.By the grace of God, Danya Morrison barely escapes a life of forced prostitution. Fearing to return to her boarding house, she answers an ad in a discarded newspaper and within days leaves New York City for the plains of Kansas. Surely even marriage to a man she's never met would be better than the danger awaiting her in the city.Matthew Tucker hasn't told his family and friends what happened to him three years ago. They don't tell him they've orde...

She's city. He's Country. She just found out they have something in common. Her son!Kimberly allowed her family to pull her from Travis before she knew she was pregnant. Now widowed, she goes to Travis's ranch with one goal in mind. Tell Travis he's the father of her six-year-old son.Travis fears for Kim's city-bred son on his ranch. So he tells Kim

Mail-Order Shot-gun Wedding!Able Logan is shocked to learn of his father's impending death, but what's this mail-order bride notion he's come up with? He and his brothers have to be married by Christmas or lose their inheritance? Able wants no part of it—until he touches a delicate hand, looks into sky-blue eyes, and his heart jolts in a way he never expected.Faith White is thrilled to be going to Texas where she and her younger sister will be close as they each marry a Log...

Who is John Thornton?When a handsome drifter rescues Carrie Butler from her runaway buggy, she believes he is the fulfillment of all her dreams. But is John Thornton really the chivalrous "mysterious stranger" of Carrie's dreams? Or does his sudden appearance threaten everything she holds dear?The foreman of the Circle C Ranch thinks John is hiding something---and wonders about his interest in the old Nolan place. When Carrie asks questions about the burned-out homestead, p...

Abigail Stevens is part owner of Kingson Steel, but she lets her older sister take care of business while she hides in the darkness.Nine years ago Abigail lost her sight when fever struck, and she's given up on leading a normal life. Then her nine-year-old neighbor girl sneaks across the street to see Abigail's flowers and her father soon follows. Because of the lesson they find in Abigail's Poinsettias, Abigail and Seth learn to see beyond the darkness of their lives and in the pr...

Sometimes our past interferes with our present. Kasi Davis has loved Travis Harris since she was too young for him to notice. Then she made a mistake and thought she had to marry Jake Ziliki. How she blames herself for Jake's death and feels unworthy of Travis. Kasi works at the school cafeteria and feels inferior to the teachers, including her old friends she has managed to avoid for a year now. But as school begins, she discovers one old friend won't be so easy to ignore. Travis Harris h...

Historical Christian RomanceIt's 1833 Missouri, but Cora Jackson has no intention of losing herself on a prairie where the nearest neighbor is two miles away. Her city beau, George Merrill, promises to rescue her, and she eagerly watches for him. Then she meets Aaron Stark, a neighbor who intrigues her and soon sets her heart pounding.Before long, betrayal, abandonment, and a brush with death shake Cora's beliefs. Although she's changed and can never return to the safe dece...

A pretend wedding gives eight-year-old KodyAnne the assurance that even the Orphan Train cannot separate her from Michael forever. Their love transcends time until her father, a banker, and a sheriff change their lives.With her father dead and her brother a wanted man, KodyAnne brings her younger sister to Willow Springs where she discovers Michael is the pastor of the only church. She has never stopped loving him, but is convinced he doesn't care the same for her and determines sh...

Born in a brothel! Raised by an outlaw! Under the roof of a lecherous uncle! Connie longs to escape.Connie didn't have a last name, but figured Davis would do since he was the closest to a daddy she'd ever had. Davis left his outlaw gold for her in a cave outside Springfield, Missouri. Only problem is, a girl alone can get lost crossing the Arkansas hills and forests when she doesn't know the way. Then her sheriff uncle arrests a handsome fellow from Missouri. He's gonna hang for m...