Karen Witemeyer
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No one steps on Archer land. Not if they value their life. But when Meredith Hayes overhears a lethal plot to burn the Archer brothers off their ranch, a twelve-year-old debt compels her to take the risk. Fourteen years of constant vigilance hardens a man. Yet when Travis Archer confronts a female trespasser with the same vivid blue eyes as the courageous young girl he once aided, he can't bring himself to send her away. And when an act of sacrifice...
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Stone Hammond is the best tracker in Texas. He never comes home empty-handed. So when a wealthy railroad investor hires him to find his abducted granddaughter, Stone eagerly accepts. Charlotte Atherton, former headmistress of Sullivan's Academy for Exceptional Youths, will do anything to keep her charges safe, especially the little girl entrusted to her care after her mother's death. Charlotte promised Lily's mother she'd keep the girl away from her...
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Many consider Evangeline Hamilton cursed. Orphaned at a young age and possessing a pair of mismatched eyes--one bright blue, the other dark brown--Eva has fought to find her way in a world that constantly rejects her. Yet the support of even one person can help overcome the world's judgments, and Eva has two--Seth and Zach, two former orphans she now counts as brothers. Seeking justice against the man who stole his birthright and destroyed his family,...
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In 1896, Abby is railroaded by the city council and needs a man's name on her bakery's deed, and a man she can control--not the stoic lumberman Zacharias who always exudes silent confidence. As trust grows between them, she finds she wants more than his rescue. She wants his heart.
1896. Abigail Kemp needs a man's name on her bakery's deed. A marriage of convenience seems the best solution-- if it involves a man she can control. That person definitely...
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Having served his sentence for the unintentional crime that derailed all his youthful plans, Levi Grant is starting over in Spencer, Texas. They need a blacksmith, a trade he learned at his father's knee. He needs a place where no one knows him. But small towns have no secrets...Eden Spencer has sworn off men to devote her time to her lending library. When a mountain-sized stranger asks to borrow a book, Eden steels herself against the attraction...
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Grace Mallory is tired of running, of hiding. But when an old friend sends an after-hours telegraph transmission warning Grace that the man who has hunted her for nearly a year has discovered her location, she fears she has no choice. She can't let the villain she believes responsible for her father's death release his wrath in Harper's Station, the town that has sheltered her and blessed her with the dearest friends she's ever known. Amos Bledsoe...
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"He's Faced Countless Perils on the Battlefield, but Nothing so Dangerous as Falling in Love. Luke Davenport has been fighting all his life--for respect, for country, and for those unable to fight for themselves. But now that his Horsemen brothers are domesticated, he's left alone to battle the wildness within. When an opportunity arises to take a job on his own, tracking down a group of rustlers, he jumps at the chance. Damaris Baxter has mastered...
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Jericho "J.T." Tucker wants nothing to do with the new dressmaker in Coventry, Texas. He's all too familiar with shallow women of her kind. Yet seamstress Hannah Richards is not at all what he expected. Hannah is riled by the liveryman and his arrogant assumptions. Yet he stirs her heart with unexpected acts of kindness. When she decides to help Jericho's sister catch a beau, will Jericho and Hannah bridge the gap between them?
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Hanger's horsemen volume 1
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1890s Texas. Ex-cavalry officer Matthew Hanger leads a band of mercenaries who defend the innocent. When a rustler's bullet leaves one of them near death, they seek help from Dr. Josephine Burkett. When Josephine's brother is abducted and she is caught in the crossfire, Matthew may have to sacrifice everything to save her. -- adapted from back cover
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"Members of Hanger's Horsemen, Mark Wallace and Jonah Brooks arrive in Llano County, Texas, to deliver a steed, never expecting they'd deliver a baby as well. Left with an infant to care for, they head to a nearby foundling home, where Mark encounters the woman he'd nearly married a decade ago. After failing at love, Katherine Palmer dedicated her life to caring for children, teaming up with Eliza Southerland to start Harmony House. From mixed ancestry,...
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Adelaide Proctor longs to find a real-life storybook hero to claim as her own. But when a husband-hunting debacle leaves her humilated, she interviews for a governess position on a remote Texas sheep ranch and vows to leave her silly romantic yearnings behind. Gideon Wescott left his privileged life in England to make a name for himself in America's wool industry, never expecting to end up with a child. To his dismay, five-year-old Isabella hasn't...
12) Full steam ahead
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Nicole Renard returns home to Galveston, Texas, to find her father deathly ill. Though she loves him, Nicole's father has always focused on what she's not. Not male. Not married. Not able to run Renard Shipping. Vowing to find a suitable husband to give her father the heir he desires before it's too late, Nicole sets out with the Renard family's greatest treasure as her dowry: the highly coveted Lafitte Dagger. But her father's rivals come after the...
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Texas, 1885. On his way to interview for a position at a church in the Piney Woods, Crockett Archer can scarcely believe it when he's forced off the train by a retired outlaw and presented to the man's daughter as the minister she requested for her birthday. Worried this unfortunate detour will ruin his chances of finally serving a congregation of his own, Crockett is determined to escape. But when he finally gets away, he's haunted by the memory...
14) NO OTHER WILL DO
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"Men are optional. That was the credo Emma Chandler's suffragette aunts taught her and why she started a successful women's colony in Harper's Station, Texas. But when an unknown assailant tries repeatedly to drive the women out, Emma is forced to admit they might need a man after all. One who can fight. And there is only one she trusts enough to ask. Malachi Shaw has finally earned the respect he's always craved by becoming an explosives expert...
15) If the boot fits
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Texas ever after volume 2
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"When Samantha Dearing's rancher father hosts a ball to find her a husband, she balks at the prospect of marrying a man not of her own choosing. After a mystery guest saves her brother's life and then disappears, leaving only his boot behind, her search for its owner leads to an ending more enchanting than she imagined"--
16) Fairest of heart
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"Beauty has been nothing but a curse to Penelope Snow, so she hides her fairness when she becomes a personal maid for a famous actress. But when her beauty is discovered, her mistress arranges her disappearance and leaves her stranded. Rescued by a Texas Ranger, Penelope is prepared to build a new life for herself . . . except the handsome Ranger she fancies suspects her of being a conniving jewel thief"--
Beauty has been nothing but a curse to Penelope...
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'A Texas Christmas Carol,' where a town's wealthy bachelor finds his world invaded by a woman set on earning his donation for helping the local poor. It also includes 'An Archer Family Christmas.' When the Archers gather for the holiday, they encounter a request for help that will require all their effort and a Christmas miracle. In 'Gift of the Heart,' a widow uses the family brooch as collateral for a loan from the local resort owner. The more she...
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Readers journey across America and through time in these moving and romantic stories from top Christian historical romance writers. Karen Witemeyer's "Worth the Wait" takes place at Harper's Station women's colony, where a young mother faces the past in order to trust again. In Jody Hedlund's "An Awakened Heart," a young woman and a new minister spar over how to help the needy in New York's tenements. And in Elizabeth Camden's "Toward the Sunrise,"...
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A Tailor-made Bride: A lively historical romance set in 1880s Texas; sparks fly when a dressmaker who values beauty tangles with a liveryman who condemns vanity. Short-straw Bride: When repaying a debt suddenly goes awry, Meredith finds four brothers drawing straws for her hand! Can the future hold love for this short-straw-bride? Stealing the Preacher: Forced off a train in 1885 Texas and delivered to an outlaw's daughter for her birthday, is it...
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"This intriguing novella collection crosses the country-from Kansas to Texas, the Grand Canyon to New Mexico-with tales of sweet romance while exploring the fascinating history of the Harvey girls: young women seeking adventure and independence who worked in hotels throughout the country from the early 1880s to the late 1920s"--