A disarmingly involving portrait of a family struggling to stay together through the Great Depression, The Cape Ann is an unforgettable story of life from a child’s-eye view. Lark Erhardt, the six-year-old narrator of The Cape Ann, and her fiercely independent mother dream of owning their own house; they have their hearts set on the Cape Ann, chosen from a house catalog. But when Lark’s father’s gambling threatens the down payment her mother has worked so hard to save, Lark’s mother takes matters into her own indomitable hands.
In 1895, when tragedy strikes and the bank repossesses the Barrington sisters' home, all hope is lost--until an orange farmer in California secretly arranges for them to head out west to become mail order brides for his three sons. Will the Wallace brothers welcome the Barrington sisters with open arms? Find out in Brides Of Riverside, a historical mail order bride series by Faith-Ann Smith. Book 1: Mail Order Bride Willow: When the bank repossesses the house, Willow, the eldest of the clan--and a determined spinster--tries to be optimistic but begins to lose faith when their situation takes a turn for the worse. When her cousin from California offers to make an arrangement for her to marry the son of a man out west, Willow has no choice and accepts. When she meets Joshua Wallace, however, she decides that he is unsuitable and their personalities clash. Joshua comes from a prominent family in Riverside, but prefers to live as a recluse on the wide open plains. He has a wolf for company and has taken five orphans from a nearby reservation under his care. Can they both find a way to live in peace and keep their sanity intact? Book 2: Mail Order Bride Lily: Lily is a soft-spoken girl with a large heart. When she receives her invitation to travel to California, she is eager to go, despite her fears. She quickly falls for her betrothed, Jasper Wallace, but her love is unrequited. When his father asks him to make Lily his bride, Jasper plans to get out of the engagement as soon as he can, but Lily's heartfelt personality soon begins to intrigue him; not even the vibrant Daisy May Meriwether can keep him away. When Lily is bitten by a snake, Jasper is terrified of losing her and vows to become a better man. Will his prayers be heard in time, or will he tragically lose the woman of his dreams? Book 3: Mail Order Bride Rose: When kind-spirited Rose is asked to travel to Riverside and become the bride of Joseph Wallace, she is eager to accept. She admires Joseph from the moment they meet, but she can tell that the feeling is not mutual. Joseph is emotionally scarred from a broken heart. He now feels that all women can't be trusted, so when he meets Rose, he devises a plan: to ask for her help in opening a new restaurant, and then to dismiss her after its grand opening, never looking back. Little does he know, however, that Rose's kindness and love will threaten to destroy the very fabric of Joseph's deep-seated beliefs. Can he get over his prejudice and finally learn to love again, or is heart too wounded to heal?
Having to start over, Grace finds herself working on a ranch. When things seem to be looking up, everything turns upside down again. Daniel hires a new person to take over for his sister, but shortly after hiring her, he finds there is buried treasure somewhere on his land. Is it the treasure they are expecting, or is it more? Will things ever settle down for Grace?
If You find you have more challenge than you feel you can overcome, and You want to go from Fear to Faith this one is to bring out the Warrior in You.. . The battles today are tomorrows possible prayed for victories/
16 Clean and Wholesome Mail Order Bride Romances In One Heartwarming Box Set If you love sweet historical Western romance, you'll fall in love with Hopeful Hearts, a collection of 16 inspirational tales of courage and love by bestselling authors Charity Phillips and Faith-Ann Smith, featuring: Annie: A Bride For The Farmhand Emmie's Unexpected Love Mail Order Bride: Betsy Diana's Story Tabitha's Story Montana Mail Order Bride: Emma Prudence: The Patient Bride Ruth's Special Gift Mail Order Bride Delia Mail Order Bride Virginia's Journey Mail Order Bride: Margaret's Journey Mail Order Bride: Annika's Courage Mail Order Bride: Cate's Change Of Heart Mail Order Bride: Hazel's Renewed Faith Mail Order Bride: Lyna's Forgiving Heart Letters From The Gold Rush Wagon Hopeful Hearts will sweep you off to the past, where you can witness the journeys to the happily ever afters these 16 brave brides deserve.
Amazon bestselling author Faith-Ann Smith's Mail Order Bride Nurses collection follows the struggles and triumphs of four volunteer nurses seeking a new lease on love and life after caring for our country's wounded war heroes. This anthology includes the following four heartwarming historical romances: Mail Order Bride: Ellen's Dilemma Mail Order Bride: Hazel's Renewed Faith Mail Order Bride: Maya's Destiny Mail Order Bride: Lyna's Forgiving Heart Each installment of the Mail Order Bride Nurses collection is a 20,000 word clean historical romance novella.
6 Week Bible Study based on the stories of Hannah, Ruth, Hagar, Martha & her sister Mary. Bravery isn't always loud or up-front. Sometimes bravery is quiet and gentle, and simply quite ordinary. God is inviting us to embrace the bravery He offers. To get up from our grief and surrender our desires in the presence of God. To love in the ordinary, every day, humble places of our lives. To find God in the wilderness. To receive correction in the middle of our distractedness. To reject shame and be loved.
Book 1: Mail Order Bride Adeline's Story: Adeline Brandt longs to raise a family. Her loving husband Robert promises to fulfill this desire but tragically perishes in the Civil War. Shortly after his death, doctors tell the already grief-stricken Adeline that she is barren; she will never experience the joy of having children of her own. In an attempt to ease her suffering, a childhood friend offers what she thinks is the perfect solution to escape Adeline's woes: to head out west to the frontier as a mail order bride and get a fresh start on life. Adeline hesitates, but decides to accept the offer. A handsome widower named Alexander Raymond is looking for a wife who can help him open the first library in Cheyenne, Wyoming. His plan? Marriage in name only, and young Adeline seems to fit the bill nicely. Can Adeline set aside her pain and sorrow for the chance to love again? And will God bless her with the greatest gift of all? Book 2: Mail Order Bride Lydia's Story: Lydia Dow refuses to marry a Boston dandy. Thrilled by the prospect of escaping stuffy New England for a new adventure in the frontier, she has been corresponding with the charming David Cavendish of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and has her heart set on becoming his mail order bride. But when Lydia arrives, she learns a startling truth: David cannot read or write, but had commissioned a friend to write the letters on his behalf. Stunned by the news, Lydia wonders whose thoughts were really reflected in those letters, and what other secrets David had up his sleeve. When the truth unfolds, will she alienate him forever, or will Lydia become the woman of his dreams, answering his prayers for a life filled with happiness and love? Book 3: Mail Order Bride Rosanna's Story: Orphaned when her parents perished during the smallpox epidemic, young Rosanna Ellington is left with a little brother to care for. As a smallpox survivor, Rosanna finds it difficult to live an ordinary life, her appearance now tarnished by scars-cruel reminders of the devastating disease. When a family friend suggests for her to respond to an ad seeking a God-fearing mail order bride, Rosanna finally feels a glimmer of hope: the Cheyenne man states that "appearance and status of wealth are not important." Without revealing her condition, Rosanna hopes that her future husband will be willing to marry her, but when she arrives, she is stunned to learn that Alexander Malone did not place the ad after all: his sister had been the person secretly corresponding with her all along. When they meet, will Alexander see past Rosanna's flaws and find her inner beauty? Book 4: Mail Order Bride Isabella's Story: When Isabella discovers that she is with child, she flees her abusive husband in search of a better life. Without references, Isabella realizes that work is hard to find, so when a maid named Lilly finds her on the streets of Boston and offers her a potential position where she works, Isabella is relieved and soon begins to work for the Crawford family. But sometimes, the grass is not always greener on the other side. When faced with the threat of even more abuse from her employer, Isabella must flee yet again. In a hurry, she discovers an advertisement for a mail-order bride from a man in Cheyenne named Mr. Augustus Cranston and responds. Out of sheer desperation, she decides to begin her travels out West before she has the chance to receive a reply to her letter, accompanied by her new friend, Lilly. After she makes the long trip to Cheyenne, however, Isabella finally meets Mr. Cranston and is faced with a new dilemma. Will her suitor be the man who can commit to a lifetime of love, or will God have other plans for of Isabella and her unborn child?
The diaries of revenge are written in the blood of their authors, at least thatas what four fated friends were soon to learn. When Emily, the first writer, commits suicide after being released from a mental institute known as Melrose Mansion her three cellmates begin to assume it wasnat self-inflicted, but murder. When a newscast confirms their assumption, the three violently break out of the usually peaceful institute in search of Emilyas torturers. Could it be that the people Emily was imagininga]were real? Only the pages can tell. Listen as Mathew, Nicholas, and Anna unfold their stories as they happen and hope that they live through it.
Follows the struggles and triumphs of eight volunteer nurses seeking a new lease on love and life after caring for our country's wounded war heroes.'--Back cover.
“Jamaicans are destined for travel!” This exclamation was overheard by the author in passing, and may well be true as Jamaicans may be found in many countries all over the world. Godincidences! is an account of travels by a Jamaican woman on a mission with her “awesomely sovereign, sovereignly awesome God.” As she shares her adventures in places like Burkina Faso, Switzerland, Costa Rica and Peru, you may be tempted to envy, unless you accept her invitation to join her as she adventures with God. Godincidences! actually goes beyond merely sharing Jo-Ann’s adventures. It gives you the space to view your own life as an adventure, and to document your own escapades with the “awesomely Sovereign, Sovereignly awesome God of the Universe!”
The farmlands in Alabama 1947 the cotton fields were full of Black , White , and Latin woman picking cotton, dragging their babies on the cotton sacks, as they worked from sun up to sundown, and as their babies would cry out in hunger, one of the ladies would pick the child up and allow it to breast feed, if the child were theirs or not, times were hard and not much money , so everyone looked after each other as it should be even today, mom would always tell me, respect those that respect you, love those that show you love, and remember where you came from, as poverty knows no color, and always look up giving thanks to our Lord, with a song in your heart.
A month after the United States enters World War II, the country is in upheaval and so is the Erhardt family. Nine-year-old Lark, her mother Arlene, and Aunt Betty are heading for San Diego, far away from Harvester, Minnesota and Arlene s shiftless husband. In the booming wartime economy, Arlene and Betty are soon at work, leaving Lark alone to explore their new neighborhood, a wartime housing project full of others with similarly uprooted lives. Away from prying eyes and small town expectations, the two women begin to forge new lives and new dreams dreams that Lark isn t always comfortable with. This richly detailed novel, told through Lark s observant eyes, reflects the era s tumultuous events in the everyday dramas of its memorable, finely nuanced characters.
“Rapturous . . . The joyful sense of community within this love story offers a charming and refreshing escape from the modern world.” —Kirkus Reviews Growing up in early twentieth-century Illinois, Ruby Drake is a happy child. But one winter’s night, her beloved parents perish in an accident—and suddenly Ruby finds herself destitute and nearly alone in the world. Her new path eventually takes her to Harvester, Minnesota, where she’s lucky enough to find work on the welcoming Schoonover farm. Kind Emma, forward-thinking Henry, and their hired men—ambitious Dennis and reserved Jake—soon become a second family to the orphaned teenager. Young women are expected to be focused on courtship and marriage, but the industrious, bright Ruby searches for opportunities to expand her horizons at every step. Mastering her responsibilities on the farm. Learning to smoke cigarettes. Borrowing books from the local lending library, reading devotedly and expansively: mythology, romance, poetry. And falling in love with her married neighbor, Roland. But when Ruby is asked to care for Roland’s wife in the wake of tragedy, she is torn between duty and passion, between what has been her lot and what could be, in this story of friendship, romance, and the families we are born with and create—and of one woman’s journey of selfhood on the prairie. “Her novels are a reliably inviting world, full of friendly faces and intimate dramas. However you first make your way to Harvester, you’ll want to return.” —The Wall Street Journal
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