Marta Perry

• Nov-2025
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Could an unlikely pair make the perfect team? When Amish widow Hannah Esch agrees to play chaperone to a group of teenagers from different communities, the last thing she expects is to be working with Samuel Miller. She hasn't forgotten how he'd o...

• Mar-2025
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Sometimes love is what you need. Even if it's not what you want... Running the local Amish inn is the only reason Molly Esch has gained back her confidence after being jilted at the altar. When the owner is suddenly injured, Molly's sure she'll...

• Feb-2024
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Could restoring a family... heal her own heart? When Jacob Unger arrives to retrieve his runaway orphaned niece, Amish widow Dorcas Bitler sees the conflict between the pair and suggests an arrangement. The teenager will stay with her for a whi...

• Oct-2023
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When Promise Glen is struck by a vandalism spree around the Thanksgiving holiday, a community's values -- and two weathered hearts -- are put to the test.As a widow with two-year-old twins and a struggling orchard, Rebecca King's dreams of expanding ...

• Feb-2023
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As Promise Glen prepares for the Easter season, one woman discovers that forgiveness is freedom -- and maybe forever after.Anna Stoltzfus lives a quiet but fulfilling life in Promise Glen. Though she lost her beloved brother in a tragic accident, her...

• Oct-2022
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The warmth of the Christmas season and a woman's return home to the charming Amish community of Promise Glen opens the door to a second chance at love.When Leah Beiler pictured returning to Promise Glen, she imagined taking everything she learned fro...

• Jan-2022
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Healing his physical wounds is just the beginning... Seeking a break from her nursing duties, Miriam Stoltzfus returns home to Lost Creek -- and encounters her most difficult patient yet. Her childhood neighbor, Matthew King, is suffering after an...

• Nov-2021
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A determined widow and a single father learn that love is about taking chances and turning over new leaves in the quaint Amish community of Promise Glen, from national bestselling author Marta Perry. When widowed shop owner Dinah Hershberger is un...

• Mar-2021
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A second chance at her first love? A man from her past. A heartbroken child. Could she be their answer? Lydia Stoltzfus is content being a maidal, unwed but happily running an Amish coffee shop. Until her schoolgirl crush returns home and she ...

• Jan-2021
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Rachel Hurst sacrificed the life she wanted to stay home and care for her father and siblings after her mother's death. But now her father has decided to remarry, and there's no room for Rachel. Desperate to find a job, she accepts the position of ho...

• Jul-2020
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A second chance at love blooms in the quaint Amish community of Promise Glen, from national bestselling author Marta Perry. Dorcas Beiler's reckless teenage years are far behind her. She's serious and responsible now, and the good people o...

• Mar-2020
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In River Haven, a mysterious visitor brings two lonely hearts together... Joanna Kohler treasures the independence her Amish quilt shop provides. She rarely leans on others, yet finding an injured woman on her property makes her grateful for the s...

• Feb-2020
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Can she put the past aside and love again? She can't change the past...but can she choose a new beginning? To secure her young son's future, widow Bethany Esch steps in to help Daniel Miller keep the store he owned with her late husband running...

• Oct-2019
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National bestselling author Marta Perry captures the spirit of Christmas in this first novel of her all new series set in the quaint Amish community of Promise Glen. After ten years spent keeping house and raising her younger siblings, Sarah Yoder...

• Jun-2019
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He returned to River Haven seeking sanctuary, but the past is determined to follow him In the wake of his estranged wife's murder, widower Michael Forster returns to the Amish community he'd left as a teen. He wants a fresh start for himself and h...

• Feb-2019
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A prodigal homecoming... Returning to his Amish community after losing his job in the Englisch world, Aaron King isn't sure if he wants to stay. Everything's the same, including his childhood friend Sally Stoltzfus. With an uncertain future and a bi...

• Aug-2018
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A woman on the run seeks sanctuary in a peaceful Pennsylvania Dutch community -- and finds a protector in the most unlikely of men... One moment Rachel Hartline is secure in her career and community. The next, she's in the wrong place at the wrong...

• May-2018
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The single mom's second chance... To become one of the Brides of Lost Creek! Widow Rebecca Mast returns to her Amish community with her son and a dream -- to own a quilt shop. Carpenter Daniel King is determined to help Rebecca and revive their c...

• Nov-2017
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In the sweet subtle wind of a Pennsylvania Dutch town, a lost woman and a man of duty will risk their lives to uncover her true identity The foundation of Amanda Curtis's very existence cracks the moment she discovers the woman she thought was he...

• Sep-2017
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An Amish Nanny Caring for her late cousin's young kinder is Jessie Miller's duty -- even if it means seeing their father again. Years ago, she thought Caleb King might be her husband -- until he met her cousin and Jessie's dream was cut short. La...

• Apr-2017
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In peaceful Pennsylvania Dutch country, a young mother discovers a shocking danger -- and an unexpected ally A whisper of a threat looms over widow Deidre Morris. She and her young son have unwittingly become prisoners of her intimidating father-...

• Nov-2016
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Three years ago, the man Anna Zook hoped to marry left her and their Amish community for the English world. Now devoted to proving her abilities as a midwife, Anna has given up on marriage and children for herself. But when Benjamin Miller returns, n...

• Jul-2016
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As Laurel Ridge embraces a stranger hungry for answers, a sinister truth is awakened A hard-hitting reporter, Kate Beaumont unearths the deepest lies and brings harsh truths to light. But the story that lures her to the gentle town of Laurel Ridg...

• Apr-2016
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In the final Keepers of the Promise novel, the acclaimed author of the Pleasant Valley series tells about a young Amish woman who must make a difficult choice, just as her grandmother did years ago. Central Pennsylvania, current day. Restless and ...

• Nov-2015
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In Laurel Ridge, Pennsylvania, a community once united must suspect one of their own Amish quilter Sarah Bitler's dreams no longer feature a husband and family. Instead, she searches for success in the quilt shop within Blackburn House, a place o...

• Jun-2015
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As an Amish wife and mother struggles to hold her family together, a story from the past teaches her how to face her daily challenges with strength and love . . . In modern day central Pennsylvania, Judith Wegler tries to heal the growing rift bet...

• Feb-2015
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In Amish country, not everything is as simple as it appears After a terrible betrayal, Allison Standish flees Philadelphia for the small Amish village of Laurel Ridge to claim an unexpected inheritance. Allison intends to sell the mansion housing...

• Nov-2014
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Amish teacher Susannah Miller suddenly has two new students: the children of her former love. Widowed father Toby Unger broke Susannah's heart ten years ago, but now the handsome Amish man desperately needs help with his troubled little ones. Can the...

• Oct-2014
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When three women, all cousins, are given the task of sorting through the treasures of several generations of their Amish family, they each discover a story from the past that provides insights and inspiration for their own lives. Central Pennsylv...

• Jun-2014
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Facing the past can be deadly... Twenty years ago, Lainey Colton spent one perfect summer in Deer Run with her beloved great-aunt Rebecca. Since then, the beautiful graphic designer has been a gypsy, calling no place home. Now Rebecca is gravely ...

• Feb-2014
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As young girls, three Amish sisters were separated and told nothing about each other. When the long-held secret of their parentage came to light many years later, two of the grown women reconnected. Now they reach out to the third... Susanna Bit...

• Oct-2013
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When one of her students witnesses a crime, Sara Esch gets too close to the truth, and widower Caleb King must risk it all for the woman who's taught him to love again. ...

• Sep-2013
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SOMETIMES THE PAST IS BETTER LEFT BURIED Meredith King longs for escape. Life in Deer Run is stifling, the Amish town too small for a modern woman staying just to care for her ailing mother. When a friend enlists her help in clearing the name of a...

• Jun-2013
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Three Amish sisters, separated when very young, know nothing about one another -- until a long-held secret is revealed. With no memory of her birth parents, or the tragic accident that took their lives, Lydia Beachy has always been grateful for t...

• Dec-2012
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THE PAST CAN CATCH UP TO YOU... Rachel Weaver Mason is finally going home to Deer Run, the Amish community she left behind so many years ago. Recently widowed, she wants desperately to create a haven for herself and her young daughter. But th...

• Oct-2012
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When a new life beckons, a dutiful Amish woman must decide what she owes her family...and what she owes herself... Since her mother's death, Naomi Esch has been devoted to caring for her father and siblings, sacrificing any hope of finding love or...

• Jul-2012
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Childhood friends Sarah Weaver and Jacob Mast see each other in a different light when violence shatters their peaceful society. Now a series of accidents put their faith -- and newfound love -- to the ultimate test....

• Jul-2012
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Imagine her shock when Violet Colby discovers she has an identical twin sister she never knew existed. Why her family was torn apart remains a secret no one can answer -- yet. Hoping to develop a sisterly bond, Violet invites her sophisticated cit...

• May-2012
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coming home may be more DANGEROUS THAN SHE THINKS... Libby Morgan never wanted to return to Lancaster County. She'd made her own life in the city as a news photographer, leaving the slow pace of Amish country behind. She'd left love behind, too, ...

• May-2012
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Returning to Pleasant Valley is giving Hannah Conroy a much-needed chance at a new life. But now she must discover her true place in the world ... Unexpected tragedy has left Hannah without her soldier husband and a home for her baby son, Jamie. ...

• Nov-2011
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A quilt shop brings Amish and Englisch together, and trouble follows... After a thwarted romance, Katie Miller starts over by moving to Pleasant Valley and opening a quilt shop. Soon Amish and Englisch turn the store into a lively spot...to the co...

• May-2011
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A young mother vanishes in plain sight.... Since she was a little girl, Marisa Angelo has been haunted by the image of her mother walking away, suitcase in hand, to return to her Amish roots. Neither Marisa nor her "Englischer" father ever heard f...

• May-2011
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Leah Miller's peaceful life as a member of the Spring Township Amish church shatters when she's accused of theft from an Englisch home in which she works. Even if she is not charged, if the crime is never solved, she will live under the taint of the ...

• Mar-2011
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A YOUNG MIDWIFE SEEKING TO LEAVE HER TROUBLES BEHIND HER FINDS MORE CONTROVERSY AND HEARTACHE AWAITING HER IN PLEASANT VALLEY... After years in a disappointing, childless marriage, and now widowed at only twenty-six, Amish midwife Sarah Mast moves t...

• Nov-2010
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There are secrets buried in Amish country... Did a sweet-faced Amish teenager brutally murder a young woman? To save her career, big-city lawyer Jessica Langdon is determined to defend him -- against the community's bitter and even violent outrage. ...

• Oct-2010
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Left at the altar on Christmas Eve, Annabel Bodine has lost her holiday spirit. When her big brother brings home handsome Coast Guard buddy Travis McCall, can she summon the courage to open her heart to love for the holidays -- and maybe for a lifeti...

• Jul-2010
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Coast Guard officer Adam Bodine finally finds his long-vanished great-uncle. But the secretive elderly man has adopted some new kin...single mother Cathy Norwood and her disabled little boy. Adam is grateful when Cathy convinces his relative to reuni...

• Jun-2010
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After spending three years in the English world, Anna Beiler returns to the Pleasant Valley Amish with a baby girl, which will surely cause a stir since Anna is unmarried. What they don't know is that the baby is adopted, and Anna desperately needs t...

• Mar-2010
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It has been almost a year since the Amish community of Pleasant Valley lost Ezra Brand to tragedy. Now his wife Rachel struggles to raise their three children and run their farm. Rachel's friends and family have come forward to help. But all of th...

• Feb-2010
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Amanda Bodine's Boss Is So...Bossy! The hard-nosed newspaperman will only assign reporter Amanda Bodine fluff pieces about dog shows. She longs to prove herself with a serious front-page story. But then her own family becomes newsworthy. Suddenly, R...

• Jan-2010
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BREACH OF IDENTITY The Witness Protection Program was supposed to keep Jade Summers's sister safe. So why is U.S. Marshal Micah McGraw saying her twin is dead? Jade doesn't get the chance to ask because their meeting is interrupted by Ruby's killers...

• Nov-2009
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THE BLESSINGS OF LASTING TRADITION -- OR THE CHALLENGE OF SOMETHING NEW... All of Pleasant Valley seems to think the newcomer from Lancaster County is the perfect match for Teacher Leah. After all, so few new families come to their secluded Amish co...

• Sep-2009
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Where the Heart Is When her family calls brokenhearted Georgia Lee Bodine home to Charleston, she knows there's trouble. Her beloved grandmother hired some fancy lawyer to carry out eccentric requests -- and unearth an old family secret. Georgia pla...

• Jul-2008
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Mom In a Moment Overnight, Caitlyn Villard becomes mother to twin five--year--olds. Her darling nieces are orphaned, their parents fallen soldiers. So Caitlyn trades New York City for Prairie Springs, Texas, the small military town she'd run from at...

• Jun-2008
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A DNA test revealed that Mason Grant had a nine-year-old daughter. He'd had no idea that the woman he'd loved and so tragically lost had been pregnant. Or that his own child had been in the custody of the woman's murderer all these years. Now the...

• Dec-2007
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WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE Had her brand-new husband been involved in something shady? Before Caroline Hampton could confront him, he was killed in a car crash...or so it was claimed. Unsettling incidents--escalating in danger--warned her he could be v...

• Nov-2007
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SHE WAS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE... ...after the hit-and-run that nearly took her life. But history seemed to be repeating itself when Rachel Hampton spied a car speeding down the dark road. Tyler Dunn came to Rachel's family inn seeking justice for a...

• Aug-2007
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She couldn't turn her back on her family in their time of need. So when her sister was injured, financial expert Andrea Hampton traded the big city for Amish country to help turn her grandmother's house into an inn. But life with the Plain...

• May-2007
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Wounded army officer Luke Marino was sent home, his career, his spirit shattered. Now he wanted only to be left alone, refusing even the physical therapy he needed. But Mary Kate Flanagan Donnelly, a widow with two children to raise on her own, ...

• Mar-2007
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Road To Romance A search for her roots brought midwife Fiona Flanagan to Pennsylvania Dutch country--and made her wonder whether she should turn back. The area's mixture of Amish and English culture confused her, and her first encounter with local...

• Jan-2007
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Hope for the Future Firefighter paramedic Terry Flanagan saw her clinic for migrant farm workers as the perfect way to make a difference. But when Dr. Jacob Landsdowne was assigned to oversee her project, she wondered if her dreams would go up in sm...

• Oct-2006
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'TIS THE SEASON...FOR MURDER As a teenager, Dinah Westlake had witnessed the murder of her pregnant cousin, but a concussion blocked her memories of that night. Now, ten years later, her cousin's widower, Marc Devlin, had returned to Charleston to...

• Aug-2006
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Finally meeting the wealthy family she'd never known should have given Corrie Grant the information about her father she'd craved all her life. But the Mannings of Savannah were a secretive and hostile bunch. All except Lucas Santee, her grandfather'...

• Jun-2006
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Confused and angry, Dr. Sarah Wainwright returned to the Georgia island of St. James in search of answers to her husband's mysterious death -- in an apparent lovers' tryst with the wife of wealthy industrialist Trent Donner. Anger seemed to be the on...

• Apr-2006
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Hometown Hero Returns by Colleen Montgomery (staff reporter) Draft U.S. Air Force captain Kenneth Vance is back in Colorado Springs on medical leave, and currently working for his old friend Quinn Montgomery's vandalism-plagued construction comp...

• Nov-2005
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David is content with his laid-back life, and sees no reason to want anything more--until he finds his old friend Allison on the beach one winter afternoon and realizes what he's been missing. But the girl who once reminded him of a Christmas tree an...

• Aug-2005
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Penniless widow Laura McKay was determined to succeed on her own, but when an arsonist threatened her deaf daughter's safety, she was compelled to rely on firefighter Ryan Flanagan, the high school football hero who'd never noticed her as a shy under...

• Apr-2005
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FINDING THE COURAGE TO LOVE... Life was much safer at a remove, or at least so Julie Alexander thought. Her photojournalist job allowed her to view life through her camera lens, a job that would help her learn if a man she'd never met was a good fat...

• Feb-2005
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Executive assistant Claire Delany's experience with teens? Only when she'd been one. Yet somehow she was teaching a rowdy group of them how to apply for jobs. It wasn't her idea of a good time, but in exchange Pastor Brendan Flanagan would help her p...

• Apr-2004
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A TIME FOR HEALING... Nolie Lang learned at an early age that animals wouldn't let her down like people did. Her farm was a haven for abandoned animals -- and a source of hope for the disabled. But now, to get a crucial grant, Nolie had to work wi...

• Feb-2004
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What kind of man turned away a pregnant woman? Susannah Laine could tell that Nathan Sloane had demons to wrestle with, but so did she. She'd come to Lakemont to find out what her late husband had been doing there before his sudden death. And she was...

• Dec-2003
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God could not have chosen a worse time to send Dr. Grant Hardesty to Button Gap. Three abandoned children were depending on Maggie Davis's clandestine care until their mother returned. Maggie didn't think she could trust the by-the-book doctor with h...

• Sep-2003
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MARRYING MAN? In the eight years since their romance had ended in confusion, Link Morgan and Annie Gideon had barely spoken. But when tragedy left twenty-month-old Marcy, Link's goddaughter and Annie's niece, parentless, the two stepped in to prot...

• May-2003
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"YOUR SON." Two words had never held such power over CEO Tyler Winchester. He wouldn't have believed them, but the child in the photo he stared at resembled someone he'd never forget: Miranda Caldwell, the woman who had stolen his heart eight years ...

• Dec-2002
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Some men were just unforgettable. And Adam Caldwell was never far from Tory Marlowe's thoughts. Now that she was back in town, Tory hoped that their one magical night might help Adam remember her...and help her fulfill a promise made. Adam wasn't ...

• Sep-2002
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Matt Caldwell was finally coming home.... After years of trotting around the world, running from his faith, detaching from love, stunning events had flung the handsome bachelor back to quaint Caldwell Cove. But widow Sarah Reed, publisher of the Cove...

• May-2002
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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.... Thanks to one little white lie, Chloe Caldwell's family believed she was dating her handsome boss, and they'd just invited Luke Hunter to a family celebration. Chloe intended to set the record straight. Until Luke ...

• Oct-2001
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THE PRODIGAL FATHER COMES HOME.... Summoned home for a family emergency, engineer Quinn Forrester could no longer ignore a painful past. And though he didn't plan on staying long, it seemed his precocious daughter had been praying to God a lot lat...

• Feb-2001
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COULD SHE GO HOME AGAIN? Paula Hansen had her doubts about returning to Bedford Creek and Alex Caine -- the man she'd once loved -- but she knew she couldn't deny her aunt's request. So she'd turned to God for guidance, and heard His answer loud...

• Jun-2000
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THE PRODIGAL DOCTOR COMES HOME... When Rebecca Forrester pledged her five-year-old heart to Brett Elliot, the idealistic doctor-to-be had vowed to return one day to care for her and the other townspeople. Well, Brett had finally come home - but no...

• Feb-2000
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Philadelphia lawyer Anne Morden was a breath away from adopting Emilie, the child she had always longed for. All that was left to do now was to convince police chief Mitch Donovan to sign away rights to his precious daughter. But with his denial of p...

• Sep-1999
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NICK O'NEILL WAS BACK People in close-knit Mannington never forgot. Why, folks still whispered about respectable widow Emily Carmichael's scandalous first love and how he'd fled fourteen years ago, vowing never to forgive the town he'd left behind...

• Oct-1998
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A LESSON IN LOVE Just when compassionate teacher Leigh Christopher was about to give up on her God-given talent, she bonded with a special little girl. Rejuvenated, she vowed to do anything to inspire young Sarah -- even if it meant clashing with...