Colleen L. Reece

Describes the journey of twelve-year-old John Smythe and his ten-year-old sister, Sarah, as they and their parents leave Holland, transfer to the Mayflower, and arrive in the New World.

The Mayflower Adventure

Sarah's New World

In 1621, newly arrived at Plymouth Colony, eleven-year-old Rebekah and her family find themselves facing a difficult winter with little food, inadequate shelter, sickness, and little hope for the future until help arrives with an unexpected visitor.

Peril at Plymouth Colony

Rebekah in Danger

Wanda E. Brunstetter

Yvonne Lehman

JoAnn A. Grote

The Reluctant Schoolmarm/School Bells and Wedding Bells/Dear Teacher/Prairie Schoolmarm (Heartsong Novella Collection)

Schoolhouse Brides

Book 1 in the American Frontiers Collection seriesA CBA BestsellerSurviving the rugged frontiers of America's west is a daunting task. But even in the hostile wilderness, God allows the tender flower of love to take root and bloom. While carving out a place for himself far from famine-torn Ireland, Brian O'Rourke meets Heather Templeton, whose struggles parallel his own. Can this flower of Seattle blossom in the warmth of Brian's love?

Flower of Seattle

Frontiers

Bernard Clifton, the victim of a plot that leaves him cast out on the Western frontier, finds his life changed by Sasha Anton, a northern beauty who spent her childhood close to the Arctic Circle.

Flower of the North

Book 2 in the American Frontiers Collection series A CBA Bestselling AuthorSurviving the rugged frontiers of America's west is a daunting task. But even in the hostile wilderness, God allows the tender flower of love to take root and bloom. Bestselling author Colleen L. Reece's Frontiers Series tells the stories of four courageous young women who flourished in the face of a harsh and unyielding land. Daisy O'Rourke feels the call of the Wild West, longs to be a Harvey Girl. Could a mysterious cowboy be the one whom God has chosen for this irrepressible Flower of the West?

Flower of the West

Book 4 in the American Frontiers CollectionA CBA Bestselling AuthorSurviving the rugged frontiers of America's west is a daunting task. But even in the hostile wilderness, God allows the tender flower of love to take root and bloom. Inga Nansen has waited many long years to rejoin her father on the deck of the Flower of Alaska. But now the love of her life is bound for the unforgiving Alaska wilderness. Can Inga let him go?

Flower of Alaska

Plymouth Colony in December is cold and bleak. One hundred people need food and shelter, but many of them are too sick to work. Samoset and Massasoit show their new neighbors how to get food and plant seeds, but by spring, half the people who made the trip on the Mayflower are dead. So far the Smythe family has been spared, but too many of their friends are gone. John and Sarah spend more hours each day working in the fields and doing chores to help, but they worry. What will happen if their parents get sick?

Plymouth Pioneers

Renee DeMarco

A retired schoolteacher leaves an old patchwork quilt to two of her students when she dies. Will the quilt bring the lives of the students and their families back together in their time of need?

One Woman's Legacy of Hope is Bestowed Upon Two Struggling Couples

Patchwork Christmas

Norma Jean Lutz

Susan Martins Miller

Collection of four stories teaching important lessons of history and Christian faith.

4 Stories in 1

American Dream, 1620-1765

The Shattered Wall

Time Period: 1620 Oct.-Nov. Imagine leaving the land you know and the friends you hold dear-and you'll begin to understand the whirlwind of emotion that awaits ten-year-old Sarah Smythe. This fictional Pilgrim aboard the Mayflower is moving from Holland to the New World-America-in the vanguard of a new nation of free people. Especially for girls ages eight to twelve, this fascinating story shares the hopes and fears of a girl distant in time but close in spirit, while at the same time teaching important lessons of Christian faith and American history. "Sarah's New World" is perfect for recreational reading or homeschooling.

The trail to happiness is filled with obstacles and danger. Timothy Sterling scoffs at love at first sight. . .until he meets Angelina Montoya. One look and Tim is smitten with the dark-haired beauty—in spite of suspecting she is less angelic than her name. Free at last from the sheltered atmosphere of the San Francisco convent where she has been schooled, eighteen-year-old Angel is enchanted with life on her father’s hacienda. Her charm and rich inheritance attract would-be suitors, but Don Fernando insists she wed a wealthy hacendado who can continue the Castilian bloodline. Angel is torn between her desire to honor her father’s wishes and her dread of marrying a man twice her age—a man she fears and despises. Her growing love for Tim, who risks his life and reputation for her, adds to Angel’s misery. Will God step in at the eleventh hour and prevent the wrong bridegroom from waiting for her at the altar?

Romance at the Hacienda

Juli Scott, Shannon Riley, and their friends look forward to the new school year, especially when their youth group leader, Kareem Thompson, offers to take them all to Mount Rainier to enjoy the early snowfall.

Saturday Scare

When she overhears a conversation among her greedy stepmother, jealous stepsister, and her fiancé, Chantel is stricken with fear. In pursuit of her inheritance, they plan to have her committed to an institution for the insane. A picture in an old trunk inspires Chantel to flee Boston for her grandfather's ranch in Montana Territory. Wild as it is in the 1880s, she'll be safer there than in her own home. Brandon Morgan of the ranch that adjoins Charles Evans' Triangle C despises Chantel before he ever meets her. He considers her a vulture, come to cash in on the Evans holdings now that her grandfather has been badly wounded -- and her plans to run the ranch after Charles dies don't change his opinion.

Storm Clouds Over Chantel

Jack Montgomery spends a summer working as a lookout at a fire station in a national forest, where his Christian beliefs help him conquer some personal fears of long standing.

Summer of Fear

A CBA Bestselling Author -- Timothy Sterling scoffs at love at first sight ... until he meets Angelina Montoya. Tim is smitten with the dark- haired beauty-- in spite of suspecting she is less than angelic. Free at last from the sheltered atmosphere of her San Francisco convent school, eighteen- year- old Angel is enchanted with life on her father's hacienda. Her charm and rich inheritance attract would- be suitors, but Don Fernando insists she wed a wealthy hacendado to continue the Castilian bloodline.

Retired schoolteacher Olivia Forester wants to leave one last legacy for two of her students. She rewrites a portion of her will, and an old patchwork quilt arrives on the doorsteps of two couples in the greatest need of unity and healing. Natalie Thorsett's husband, Mark, left the state in search of a job and hasn't returned. Major Gavin Scott, a U.S. Air Force pilot, has been injured in a plane crash and grounded. Will Olivia's last dream be fulfilled through an old quilt?

A Patchwork Legacy

Head to sunny California in a 3-in-1 collection of historical romances. How will Sarah, Dori, and Elianna overcome life's trials to find golden love?

California Romance

Escaping her stepfather and his unruly childen after her mother's death in 1882, Sarah Anderson heads to California, where her brother Seth works as a ranch hand for Matt Sterling, who is drawn to Sarah in spite of his vow not to get involved with women.

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