Penny Zeller

Over the Horizon

What happens when two little sisters become self-appointed matchmakers?Best friends Tillie and Lula are tired of watching Tillie's older sister and Lula's older brother admire each other from afar. Determined to bring their siblings together, they hatch a most brilliant plan. After all, it's perfectly acceptable to indulge in mischief if it's for a good cause, right?Meredith Waller has an excellent reputation as a wedding dress seamstress in the frontier town of Ellis Creek in 1880s Montana Territory. There's just one problem: all of the wedding dresses she has sewn have been for others. The eligible bachelor options-or at least decent eligible bachelor options-are next to nil in Ellis Creek, and Meredith worries spinsterhood is God's plan for her.Gabe Kleeman has recently returned to Ellis Creek. In those three years away, his affection for Meredith Waller, a woman he's admired from a distance since their former school days, has remained steadfast. But Meredith doesn't know Gabe exists, and if he doesn't figure out a way to use the mouth God gave him to tell her his intentions, Meredith may never know.Can Tillie and Lula's clandestine plot bring two lonely hearts together?

Love from Afar

Lynn A. Coleman

Barbara Tifft Blakey

Ramona K. Cecil

Patty Smith Hall

Cecelia Dowdy

Terri J. Haynes

Debby Lee

Darlene Panzera

Join the journey as nine couples employ daring resourcefulness that leads them along the Underground Railroad in search of freedom and justice for all.

9 Couples Navigate the Road to Freedom Before the Civil War

The Underground Railroad Brides Collection

“Desperate times call for desperate measures” is the reasoning that prompts McKenzie Worthington, a young lady of Boston’s high society, to respond to an ad for a mail-order bride for a man in the Montana Territory. McKenzie is desperate, after all, to save her beloved younger sister, Kaydie, from her evil, abusive husband, who robs banks for a living. With reckless determination,McKenzie runs away from the comforts of home and hearth to head West and meet her new husband—whom she’ll divorce, of course, after she rescues her sister. “Desperate times call for desperate measures” is the reasoning that also prompts Zachary Sawyer, a rugged rancher after God’s own heart, to post an ad for a mail-order bride in various newspapers across the country. Managing a ranch and caring for his adoptive son, Davey, has become more than one man can handle alone, and Zach prays for God to send him a wife with whom to build a life and share his dreams. When McKenzie arrives at Zach’s ranch, she immediately puts her plan in motion, searching for her sister and doing all she can to keep her new husband from forming an attachment. But his persistent kindness and significant self sacrifices begin to change her heart—and ruin her plans. God has a way of working things out to the good of those who love Him, though, as McKenzie and Kaydie will soon see.

McKenzie

At twenty years of age, Nathaniel Maxwell Adams Jr., better known as Nate, fulfills a prophecy he made eleven years prior by moving to Pine Haven. What he hadn’t planned in his youth, though, was to become a pastor, especially since his parents adamantly oppose the idea. So, as he shepherds a flock in the growing Montana town, he feels called to another smaller yet no less significant mission field: his mother and father. For years, orphan Hailee Annigan was just a ragamuffin, roaming the Cincinnati streets trying to keep food in the mouths of her two younger brothers and herself. This often meant thieving, which landed her in the Sanctuary of Hope, a home for delinquent youngsters. There, her life changed, thanks to her patient, loving teachers. Now, at eighteen, she pursues a dream to become a teacher herself and bravely accepts a position in Montana. She still has faith that she’ll find her brothers again someday, but for now, she’s ready to put the past behind her. When Nate and Hailee's paths converge in Pine Haven, their lives begin to overlap in ways they can’t ignore. And they must discover if God intends for their destinies to converge, as well.

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