LOVE ISN'T IN CAPTAIN WYATT DARLING'S LOGBOOK After a violent robbery, Wyatt is left bereft, broken and looking for answers. Solace comes in the form of beautiful Mercy Hastings, who insists he must recuperate at her family's home. Mercy doesn't anticipate her pure act of charity will endanger both their lives. Wyatt's always been married to his first love: the sea. Resigned to forever being alone, his resolve is severely tested by his captivating rescuer. As Wyatt works with Mercy to identify his attackers, will he find a way to make her his first mate forever?
Are you ready for some good old-fashioned romance in a contemporary setting? Then you’ll enjoy these nine stories of modern women who are forced to slow down and take a new look at dating and romance when new men enter their lives. For some it will take vacation time, others will discover through music, while some need the gentle nudges from both God and Grandma. Delight in discovering how chivalry is not dead despite the stresses of today’s world.
Some Lessons Only the Heart Can TeachCouples come together to teach and learn, but working together has challenges that test their faith. Lessons of the Heart by Terri J. Haynes Washington, DC, 1864 After fleeing slavery, Sergeant Elim Smith must teach the First Colored Infantry’s newest soldiers to read. Schoolteacher Adeline Barris comes south searching for her still enslaved mother and brother. When she volunteers to assist Elim, can they learn the lessons of loss and love in the middle of a war? Courting the Doctor by Cecilia Dowdy Pennsylvania, 1870 Deborah was in love with Timothy years ago, but he married her sister Eve instead. Now Deborah is a schoolteacher and widower Timothy is back as the town’s doctor. As he helps her to study for a college entrance exam, her feelings for him are rekindled. Will Timothy return her affections? Schooling Mr. Mason by Lynette Sowell Massachusetts, 1895 Adelaide Parker thought she was a shoo-in the director of the prestigious Wickham’s Academy for Young Ladies. However, old Mrs. Wickham brings in her nephew, Stephen Mason, who’s new to teaching. She promises the position to the teacher whose team wins the academic challenge—a clever guise for her matchmaking. Who will win the coveted top spot? Lessons of Love by Lynn A. Coleman Eastern Tennessee, 1899 Helen Jones and Daniel Moore both teach by very different methods. But learning their own life lessons is a bit more difficult for both of them –and romance is a lesson neither is ready to take. Life keeps pushing them together. Will they surrender and be tutored in love?
A Truly Yours Digital Edition. . .After a life of indentured sevitude and abuse, Katherine O'Leary longs for a place of her own. And especially when Shelton Greene invades her heart. Her history is fully of darkness; how could the son of her former owner love her after he learns the truth? Shelton Green has loved Katherine since he was sixteen, but she's as skittish as a wild mare. He knows only time and gentleness will bring her around to trust him. But his father's gambling has destroyed his family's reputation, and Shelton must find a way to restore it. When Shelton's parents arrive, the past flares up and sends Katherine deeper inside herself. Will Shelton's family obligations keep Katherine from believing she's worthy of love? Could the peaceful place she longs for be by his side?
Beatrice Smith arrives at the port of Key West caught up in a whirl of emotions. The time has come for her to release her young charge into the care of his uncle. But a rocky introduction to Ellis Southard has Beatrice clinging even more to the man's four-year-old nephew. She is convinced that this confirmed bachelor cares only for making money through his sponge business. Miss Smith is not the kind of nanny Ellis expected to invite into his home to care for his nephew. This woman is too young, too beautiful, and too much of an intrustion upon his laid-back lifestyle. He decides that she must go back to New York on the next ship. Can they reach a civil agreement about the best interest of the child? Or will an undertow of attraction only keep them at odds?
HOPE LANG BELIEVES IN LOVE... Not an arranged marriage to a man she's never met. Hope scorns such old-fashioned ideas, until she meets the man she once refused as her groom. Soon she's falling for the rugged yet caring Irishman. Ian McGrae's determined to make a success of his new Florida homestead--not grapple with the woman who rejected him. But when the ownership of his land is disputed, Hope works by his side to uncover the threat. As Ian gets to know Hope, he finds she's his perfect match. And if they can forgive and forget the past, they just might have a future together.
What happens when fairy-tale adventures meet modern life? Find out in this unique novella collection, as four women hope for the "happily ever after" of a God-ordained marriage. In A Rose for Beauty, feel Beauty Bartlett's pain over losing her home - and especially over having to work for the man who took it. Can she see past his scars to the person within, or will the loss of her family fortune forever be a thorn between them? Marissa Jones has long been known as The Shoemaker's Daughter. Now her knowledge of the business may help to mend a rift between herself and the business's new owner. But will her secretive interference be appreciated? In Lily's Plight, seven very different men will set Lily White's world spinning. Can she find her place in a new job environment, or will she run back home with a broken heart? In Better to See You, a visit to her grandmother's home sets up Lucy Blake for a reunion with her old flame. Against the backdrop of this exciting development, how will she defend her grandmother against a threat to her financial security? Fairy tales can come true - enjoy the enchantment of these classic stories brought to life.
Someone is out to get Renee Austin... and she has no idea who it is. First, thieves ransack the small design firm where she works, then a stranger breaks into her apartment. All the while, a business competitor seems to be stealing presentation ideas from her company's computers and using them to lure away clients. Worst of all, the evidence points to Renee as the culprit. Renee knows that her boss, Aaron Chapin, wants to trust her, but she fears secrets from her past are putting both him and his four-year-old son in danger. Renee has lost everyone she ever loved - will she lose Aaron too? Or will the cords of love give her the strength to perservere and prove her innocence?
Is the Lord telling Elizabeth to let go of prideful ambitions? Might His direction lead to marriage instead of graduate school? Can Kavan convince Elizabeth that love is the finest ambition of all?
When love awaits / Lynn A. Coleman -- A beacon in the storm / Andrea Boeshaar -- Whispers across the blue / DiAnn Mills -- A time to love / Sally Laity.
Lighthouses, symbols of peace and hope, can remind us of God's light shining forth even through the darkest of circumstances. For the four heroic women in this novella collection, God's light burns as brightly as the life-saving beacons they tend. The exciting mixture of adventure and romance makes each of the four stories unforgettable. In When Love Awaits, Fiona is alone attending the Ocracoke Island lighthouse when a fierce hurricane strikes. Can she weather the storm? Will she accept a helping hand? Amanda, in A Beacon in the Storm, is desperately hoping to inherit her mother's position as keeper of the Northpoint lighthouse near Milwaukee. But in the face of stiff opposition, can her dreams take a different course? Jule is planning her wedding, in Whispers Across the Blue, when she is called to tend the Galveston lighthouse for her sick father - just in time to watch her fiance sail out to sea for a two-month voyage. With her dreams on hold, can she find peace and purpose for each new day? Eden needs her job at the Coquille River Light to support her son. Can she prove herself worthy, or will another position come her way in A Time to Love? Venture into a simpler time when happily-ever-afters came true because of God's guiding hand.
Strangers in town don't usually concern Randi Blake, but when she greets a newcomer by dumping Lobster Bisque all over him not once, but twice - she finds he's not that easy to forget. But Randi has no interest in romance, so she can't understand the extreme reactions she has to his presence. Jordan Lamont jumps at the opportunity to work with famed photographer Dena Russell Kearns. He moves into town, planning only to build his career and technical expertise. He doesn't expect the intense attraction to a prickly waitress who acts more terrified than interested in him. As Jordan and Randi are drawn together, strange things begin happening in town. When the FBI takes Jordan in for questioning, Randi is convinced she has misplaced her trust again. Can Jordan convince her he's innocent? Will Randi listen, or will she end up in danger as well?
Jess Kearns runs over a kayak with her fishing boat and then saves the life of the vacationing kayaker. She fears he will sue her. But he had excepted jesus and then let it go.
Ida Mae McAuley wounder if her occupation and marital status will forever be defined by the same word - spinster. Cyrus Morgan has proposed more than once, but is her gratitude for his kindness since her kindness since her parents' tragin deaths reason enough to accept? Seven years ago Olin Orr's temper cost another man his life. Now an accomplished tinsmith, Olin returns to Charlotte to rent McAuley's vacant smithy, knowning he must also face the past. When the lovely Ida Mae begins receiving threats, demanding she get rid of her tenant, Olin fears coming home was a mistake. But in the prepetrator trying to get rid of Olin? Or is Ida Mae the real target?
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Twenty years ago, a secret drove her from Savannah to Key West. Now it keeps her on her guard against men--while it also keeps her from accepting God's forgiveness and grace in her life. Instead, Peg works hard to find contentment in her many friendships, and at Southern Treasures, her little gift shop. After all, she asks herself, what more does she need in life? But when Matt Bower comes to Key West, everything changes for Peg. His presence stirs painful memories for Peg, who longs to trust him with her secret... with her heart. But while she fears what he will think of her if he know the truth, Matt nurses a secret of his own--one that's just as painful. Can Peg and Matt find the courage to share their secrets? Where might God be leading these two vulnerable hearts?
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