The 12 Brides of Summer Books
Meet 12 adventurous Victorian era women—a beekeeper who is afraid of bees, a music teacher whose dog has dug up a treasure, a baker who enters a faux courtship, and six more—along with the men they encounter while making summertime memories. Will these loves sown during summer be strengthened by faith and able to endure a lifetime?
Meet 12 adventurous Victorian era women—a beekeeper who is afraid of bees, a music teacher whose dog has dug up a treasure, a baker who enters a faux courtship, and six more—along with the men they encounter while making summertime memories. Will these loves sown during summer be strengthened by faith and able to endure a lifetime?
Meet 12 adventurous Victorian era women—a beekeeper who is afraid of bees, a music teacher whose dog has dug up a treasure, a baker who enters a faux courtship, and six more—along with the men they encounter while making summertime memories. Will these loves sown during summer be strengthened by faith and able to endure a lifetime?
Meet 12 adventurous Victorian era women—a beekeeper who is afraid of bees, a music teacher whose dog has dug up a treasure, a baker who enters a faux courtship, and six more—along with the men they encounter while making summertime memories. Will these loves sown during summer be strengthened by faith and able to endure a lifetime?
Meet 12 adventurous Victorian era women—a beekeeper who is afraid of bees, a music teacher whose dog has dug up a treasure, a baker who enters a faux courtship, and six more—along with the men they encounter while making summertime memories. Will these loves sown during summer be strengthened by faith and able to endure a lifetime?
Afraid of her own shadow and now she's in charge. He can't get her to notice him, it's time to ride out of town. A tragic barn fire takes Katie’s father and leaves her with a debt she can’t pay. To save her family she must save her farm, but how when she can't talk to people? Pete has pined for Katie a long time, but he can’t even get a smile from her. He’s given up on settling down and is ready to ride out of town. When lightning strikes the Tucker’s barn, he offers to help Katie with the farm and hopes to win her heart. Can Katie overcome her shyness and learn to trust Pete? The Honey Bride is a sweet Christian historical novella set in Trenton, Illinois in the late 1800s. If you like stepping back to a simpler time then you'll love Diana Lesire Brandmeyer's poignant tale. Buy this love story now!
Grace Sinclair’s life is all planned. As the eldest daughter to a widowed father, it’s her responsibility to help him care for his church and congregation in Calico Falls, Arkansas. It’s all part of God’s plan. Just as it is part of God’s plan for her younger sister Maddie to marry her long-time love Harlan Calhoun. But when Grace catches sight of Harlan’s best man, she starts to wonder if working with her father is exactly what God wants from her. Ian McGruer is taking a new job as soon as he returns to New York from Arkansas. It’s the job he’s dreamed of since he became ordained, assistant pastor at one of the largest churches in the state. But one look at Grace Sinclair and he falls hard and fast. Can he convince Grace that her place is at his side, or will she remain forever in Calico Falls? Two people who fall in love at first sight and who start to question their own dreams. One charming town in the Ozarks.
In 1871, two young Easterners travel West, Ava to visit her childhood friend and Joe on business. They meet on the train and find themselves allies when they are robbed by an outlaw gang. While Ava emerges unscathed, Joe loses his job in the aftermath of the robbery. Will he land on his feet—and will he ever see Ava again? It only happens once in a blue moon.
On the Illinois prairie, 1851 For shy Sally Hobson, marrying the mayor’s son is a notion she’s trying to get used to, since everyone in town expects him to propose. But then the Daughtons come to town, offering to build the finest grist mill on the Illinois prairie. Lukas Daughton stirs emotions in Sally she’s never felt before. Sally, however, is determined to follow her own common sense. How can she risk her heart to someone who will be in town only long enough to build a mill? The Summer Harvest Bride was originally published in 2015, as part of the Small-Town Summer Brides Collection and 12 Brides of Summer. This novella has been updated and republished by Maureen Lang in 2019.
WHEN TWO PEOPLE UNKNOWINGLY OWN THE SAME DOG, THERE'S BOUND TO BE TROUBLE Music teacher Miralee Davis hasn't got a beau, but she does have a dog—sometimes. His name is Mozart, but she calls him Mo. He would be the perfect canine companion except for one very disturbing fault; Mo disappears every week like clockwork for three or four days. That wouldn't be so bad if he didn't come back looking like a ragamuffin and smelling like yesterday's fish dinner. Blacksmith Jed Colbert's dog Dynamite (Dyna for short) has the same disturbing habit. Only when Dyna returns home he puts the male species to shame by smelling like a dandy. Neither Jed nor Miralee know they share the same dog until . . . Mozart/Dynamite digs up a stash of stolen loot. The reward will go to the dog's owner—if only Miralee and Jed could agree on who that owner is. And that's not all they disagree on. Miralee objects to Jed letting Mo romp in the mud and sleep on the sofa. Jed objects to the blue-eyed beauty pampering Dynamite and making his canine fishing partner smell like a flower shop. But soon both are objecting to the unsettling attraction that threatens to overshadow their doggy dilemma with a whole new set of problems. It's going to take an act of Congress for these two sometime pet owners to see eye-to-eye—and maybe even a little help from a certain matchmaking dog who now answers to the name Dyna-Mo.
City girl Lucy Denson cooks for a logging crew in the Mississippi backwoods until she can return to her idea of civilization back in Chicago. Can lumberjack Eli Everett convince that her happiness lies not in the city, but with him in the piney woods?