Bethany fears the spotlight. Bethany Hamilton followed her father to Florida to escape the star-studded and invasive culture of Hollywood. Now, training dolphins and working with challenged kids, she finally feels safe - until she comes face-to-face with the man who abandoned her love for the big screen.Brick Connor has changed. He's no longer young Ricky O'Connell, at the mercy of his father's vile temper. Now he's a star, and his movies are major hits. When his latest project brings him to an aquarium in Florida, he learns that some things have not changed - namely, his love for Bethany Hamilton. But to her, the Lord must be the main attraction, and Brick cannot give that kind of headline to the God who failed him as a youth. Can wounded hearts join together on a common stage to participate in a perfect romance penned by God?

Merely Players (Florida Weddings Series, No. 3 / Heartsong Presents, No. 717)

Religion & Spirituality

Kovach, Kathleen E.

Christian Books & Bibles

BARBOUR PUBLISHING* INC

Skye has spent his entire life dealing with abandonment issues. But as an adult, he’s finally happy. . . until the day he gets a call from a lawyer saying his hippie mother, Hannie, is in a coma.
When Skye shows up on Hannie’s alpaca ranch as the surprised and hostile heir apparent, Ruthanne struggles to believe that her wonderful employer could be the same woman who caused the pain in Skye’s eyes.
Will Skye and Ruthanne allow their unforgiveness to keep them bound and unfulfilled, or will God use a strange situation to heal their past hurts and anger?

God Gave the Song (Heartsong Presents, No. 870)

Heartsong Presents

Meranda is determined to prove to her community and family that the search for a long-lost family treasure that led to her father’s death wasn’t a wild goose chase. When Paul meets Meranda, it isn’t exactly the way he envisioned meeting the woman of his dreams. Nor was he imagining a woman who could talk him into risking his reputation and business for a family legend. Meranda’s stubborn determination and blind conviction soon lead her into situations that neither she nor Paul can manage on their own. When the only way out requires reliance on God, will they trust Him?

Crossroads Bay (HEARTSONG PRESENTS - CONTEMPORARY)

Follow the trail of romance in this fabulous foray into love in the Pacific Northwest. Skye Randall finds himself where he’d least like to be—coming to the rescue of the mother who abandoned him. Will Ruthanne Fairfax be a salve to his already wounded heart? Meranda Drake is determined to find a family treasure. Will Paul Godfrey risk everything to help her? Glenys Bernard is taking on the biggest role of her life—overcoming her fear of falcons. Will raptor rescuer Tim Vogel help her fright take flight? What strange situations will God use to heal their hearts?

Oregon Weddings (Romancing America)

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Barbour Books

The holidays are stamped for love in Christmas, Florida. While keeping her eye open for her next job lead, will nomadic event planner Stella find romance instead? How will one retired major change war widow Randi’s postcard-sending mission? Can photographer David Levine draw shy Gabi Archer out of her shell? Will retired police officer Rick Stanton be able to steal postmistress Edie Hathaway’s heart?

Postmark: Christmas (Romancing America)

Franklin, Darlene

Dooly, Paige Winship

Moldenhauer, Paula

United States

A bouquet of brides is picked for love. Meet seven American women who were named for various flowers but struggle to bloom where God planted them. Can love help them grow to their full potential? Holly and Ivy by Mary Davis (1890, Washington State) At Christmastime, Holly Harrison accompanies her impetuous younger sister on her trip across the country to be a mail-order bride. But even as she tries to persuade her sister that loving a stranger is foolhardy, Holly loses her own heart to a fellow traveler. Periwinkle in the Park by Kathleen Kovach (1910, Colorado) Periwinkle Winfield is a hiking guide helping to commission a national park. But a run-in with a mountain man who is determined to keep the government off his land may place her in great danger. At Home with Daffodils by Paula Moldenhauer (1909, Oklahoma) When her childhood sweetheart returns to town, will Dilly Douglas accept the worthy heart he offers, or will the old wound he opens keep them apart? A Song for Rose by Suzanne Norquist (1882, Rockledge, Colorado) Can Patrick O’Donnell, a tenor disillusioned by the performance industry, convince Rose Miller that that there is more to music than her dream of joining an opera company? Beauty in a Tansy? by Donita K. Paul (1918, South Dakota) Tansy Terrell was named after a weed. When she opens shop next door, Arthur Blake recognizes Tansy's need to be valued as a beautiful flower but fails to see his own worth as a maker of instruments and music. A Prickly Affair by Donna Schlachter (1885, Arizona) A rough-and-tumble cowgirl, “Cactus” Lil Duncan longs for true love, but is afraid to let down her prickly exterior when a city slicker from New York City, with less-than-honorable intentions, tries to win her heart and her hand. In Sheep’s Clothing by Pegg Thomas (1702, Connecticut) Peter Maltby might be all good looks and charm, working in the new mill fulling wool, but Yarrow Fenn fears he is the Crown’s agent in disguise who will destroy the only livelihood she has.

A Bouquet of Brides Romance Collection: For Seven Bachelors, This Bouquet of Brides Means a Happily Ever After

Thomas, Pegg

Paul, Donita Kathleen

Schlachter, Donna

Norquist, Suzanne

DAVIS,MARY

Love Is One of Life’s Greatest Adventures Seven daring damsels don’t let the norms of their eras hold them back. Along the way these women attract the attention of men who admire their bravery and determination, but will they let love grow out of the adventures? Along the Yellowstone River by Debby Lee 1832 Montana Heather Duncan takes over her father’s fur trapping business, believing it’s an opportunity to also gain knowledge of medicinal plants, but a growing sympathy for animals and blossoming adoration for a rugged mountain man capture her heart. MissTaken Identity by Kimberley Woodhouse 1883 Texas Headstrong, bubbly, accident-prone Abigail Monroe is on a quest for adventure away from society’s expectations. But her pursuits are unexpectedly thwarted when she is arrested by a handsome Texas Ranger. Lesson of Love by Cynthia Hickey 1885 Arkansas City girl, Leah Ellison has big dreams but soon finds out that teaching in a backwards Ozark mountain community is far different than what she’d imagined. Maddy’s Llamas by Marjorie Vawter 1898 Colorado In spite of Maddy’s “missadventures” raising her llamas for their wool and strictly-by-the-book Harry’s attempts to get her to do things “right,” they learn to work together and find love in the laughter. Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure by Mary Davis 1903 cross-country trip Zola Calkin sets out on an adventure to be the first woman to drive across the country. Will the journalist tasked to report her presumed failure sabotage her efforts? Or will he steal her heart? Detours of the Heart by Donna Schlachter 1925 New Mexico A tour guide who wants to move on and a playboy who’s never had a place to call home—can they overcome their own plans and allow God to make their path straight, or will they take yet another detour? Riders of the Painted Star by Kathleen E. Kovach 1936 Arizona Zadie Fitzpatrick, an artist from New York, is commissioned to go on location in Arizona to paint illustrations for an author of western novels and falls for the male model.

The MISSadventure Brides Collection: 7 Daring Damsels Don’t Let the Norms of Their Eras Hold Them Back

HIckey, Cynthia

Woodhouse, Kimberley

Vawter, Marjorie

Lee, Debby

Genre Fiction

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