Brides of Arkansas
In Historical Eureka Springs and Hot Springs Arkansas, three women find love where they least expect it. Meagan Snow, looking for a loan, meets banker Nate Brooks. Will her beauty impel Nate to give her more credit than is due? Bitter and humiliated, Abigail Connors runs off to Hot Springs, only to become the subject of Marcus Wellington’s investigation. Will she ever overcome her past and find a love of her own? After her fiancé’s death, Becca Snow swore off all men, including Luke Monroe. Will she find the courage to love again? Can these couples trust God’s plan for their lives?
Will Nate be coerced into marriage? Nate Brooks feels indebted to Abigail Connors for saving his daughter from the fire that killed his wife. Abigail wishes Nate would repay her with wedding vows. After all, she loved Nate long before he married her little sister. But Nate feels no love for Abigail, only gratitude. When Meagan Snow enters Nate’s office for a bank loan, he immediately feels drawn to her. Meagan hopes to support her widowed mother and sisters by opening a dressmaking shop. Nate knows if the dresses are half as beautiful as their maker, Meagan’s business is bound to be successful. As their acquaintance turns into something more, can Meagan and Nate withstand the jealous schemes of Abigail Connors? Will they let her tear them apart or find a love for keeps?
Socialite Abigail has always gotten what she wants. So when the plans for her nuptials go downflames, she simply cannot stay in Eureka Springs. Bitter, angry, and humiliated, Abigail searches for somewhere to go.When Marcus receives a telegram requesting his protective services for the daughter of a friend, he obliges. But as he observes Abigail, what he sees doesn’t match up with what he’s heard.Which Abigail is real—the manipulative, vindictive woman of Eureka Springs, or the lovely young lady of Hot Springs? Will Abigail ever overcome the past to find a love all her own
When her policeman fiancé died in her arms, Becca vowed that she would never fall in love again to escape the past, she takes a job in Hot Springs, hours away from home.As she begins her new life, Becca meets Luke, who, thankfully, wants only to be her friend. But as they get to know each other better, they find themselves struggling against an attraction neither wants.Will Becca learn to trust in the plans God might have for her and Luke or will the man who killed her fiancé return to kill her, too?
New Mexico Weddings
We can always go home again. Jake finds help among family to raise his daughter alone and Rae rediscovers peace just being with her father again. Laci learns she has much to give when she rushes to her grandmother’s bedside. Can these three searching souls open their hearts to new faith and romance that is awaiting them at home in Sweet Springs, New Mexico? This collection is comprised of: Family Circle, Family Ties, and Family Reunion.
Past and present collide when widower Jake Breland enters his grandmother’s kitchen to find his baby daughter in the arms of Sara Tanner. Sara is Jake’s first love–and his cousin’s widow. Regret, and guilt roll over him in waves as he realizes he will have to come to terms with the past. Sara has endured the most agonizing year of her life after the loss of her husband and unborn child in an automobile accident. She and Jake recognize the pain in each other’s eyes, but there are too many hurts and too many years between them to be able to interact freely. Sharing the same family only deepens the tension. Jake’s grandmother wants the two together, while his aunt–Sara’s mother-in-law–strives to keep them apart. Only the Lord can find a way to weave two broken hearts, a motherless child, and a lonely older woman into a loving family circle.
Everyone in Lake Breland’s large family has a significant other – everyone, that is, except Luke. He hasn’t been able to find anyone in the small town of Sweet Springs, New Mexico. Months after losing her fiance to her best friend, Rae Wellington travels to Sweet Springs, seeking solace from her father – and with hopes of convincing him to move back with her to the city. Rae is welcomed with open arms by her father – and by Luke Breland. Her resolve to return to the city begins to weaken while her love for Luke begins to grow. Can Luke convince Rae the city can wait?
When her grandmother suffers a stroke, Laci Tanner rushes home to Sweet Springs to be by her side. As she catches up on family news and friendships, Laci finds life in small-town New Mexico much more appealing than the pace of the city. Renewing a friendship with her high school crush isn’t bad either. But can she give up the business she’s worked so hard to build? Eric Mitchell is doing fine as he raises his son alone. Even so, he longs for what’s missing in his family-the love of a wife and mother. The one woman he’s interested in just might desert them, and he and his son have had enough pain. Can Eric risk his heart again? Will Laci and Eric ignore their hesitant hearts and trust the Father to When her grandmother suffers a stroke, Laci Tanner rushes home to Sweet Springs to be by her side. As she catches up on family news and friendships, Laci finds life in small-town New Mexico much more appealing than the pace of the city. Renewing a friendship with her high school crush isn’t bad either. But can she give up the business she’s worked so hard to build? Eric Mitchell is doing fine as he raises his son alone. Even so, he longs for what’s missing in his family-the love of a wife and mother. The one woman he’s interested in just might desert them, and he and his son have had enough pain. Can Eric risk his heart again? Will Laci and Eric ignore their hesitant hearts and trust the Father to form a new family?