HHH BOOK DAY

 

THE DAMSEL’S INTENT

The Quilting Circle book 3

By Mary Davis

*2021 Selah Awards Finalist*

 

Can Nicole learn to be enough of a lady to snag the handsome rancher? Nicole Waterby heads down the mountain to fetch herself a husband, not realizing women don’t wear trousers or carry a gun. She has a lot to learn. Rancher Shane Keegan has drifted from one location to another to find a place to belong. When Nicole crosses his path, he wonders if he can have love, but he soon realizes she’s destined for someone better than a saddle tramp. Will love stand a chance while both Nicole and Shane try to be people they’re not?

 

MATCHING POINTS

By Nancy J. Farrier

 

Fresh out of prison, Asia Jessup wishes she could change her past and maybe her future. As she searches for family, her devastating secret might destroy her last hope of connection. Ian Kittridge has his own thriving restaurant, and is a respected business owner. Thanks to a teenage Asia’s empathy one summer he’d been pulled back from the brink of ruining his life and ending up like his father—a murderer. As Asia’s secrets quake the family she hoped to find, can she and Ian find their way through the storm, to a peaceful resolution, and look toward a brighter future?

 

SWORD OF TRUST

By Debbie Lynne Costello

 

Deirdre Mackenzie has spent her life hiding from her father and hating the English. However, when she is caught stealing from an English laird, his unexpected kindness begins to melt away her hatred and strums lonely heartstrings longing for love. A reiving lass was the least of Bryce Warwick’s worries with the turbulence brought on by threats of another border war and by King Richard's distrust of the nobles. With adversaries who would ruin their chances at love, both must learn to trust in a way they never knew possible. The stakes are high, secrets prevail, and treason is just a kiss away.

 

 

OUTLAW HEART 

Romance in the Badlands - book 2

By Vickie McDonough

When Deputy Marshal Brett Wickham’s younger brother is killed in a bank robbery, he goes after the gang responsible. But a bear attack lands him badly wounded in the gang’s hideout, with Lottie Salinger carrying for him. The woman seems too kind and caring to be a heinous outlaw, but the evidence is strong against her. When Brett starts to care for her, he wonders if he can still do his job? Will justice prevail, or will love win out?

 

 

BENT TREE BRIDE

By Denise Weimer

 

Susanna Moore can’t get him out of her mind—the learned lieutenant who delivered the commission from Andrew Jackson making her father colonel of the Cherokee Regiment. But the next time she sees Sam Hicks, he’s leading prisoners into a frontier fort and wearing the garb of a Cherokee scout. As Susanna’s father and Sam’s commander, Colonel Moore couldn’t have made his directive to stay away from his daughter clearer to Sam. Then a suspected spy forces Moore to rely on Sam for military intelligence and Susanna’s protection, making it impossible for either to guard their heart.

Pre-order--Releasing April 13.

 

 

THIMBLES AND THREAD

By Suzanne Norquist, et al

 

4 Love Stories Are Quilted Into Broken Lives

 

“Mending Sarah’s Heart” 

By Suzanne Norquist

Rockledge, Colorado, 1884

Sarah doesn’t need anyone, especially her dead husband’s partner. With four brothers to mentor her boys and income as a seamstress, she seeks a quiet life. If only the Emporium of Fashion would stop stealing her customers and the local hoodlums would leave her sons alone. When she rejects her husband’s share of the mine, his partner Jack seeks to serve her through other means. But will his efforts only push her further away?

 

“Bygones” 

By Mary Davis

Texas, 1884

Drawn to the new orphan boy in town, Tilly Rockford soon became the unfortunate victim of a lot of Orion Dunbar’s mischievous deeds in school. Can Tilly figure out how to truly forgive the one who made her childhood unbearable? Now she doesn’t even know she holds his heart. Can this deviant orphan-train boy turned man make up for the misdeeds of his youth and win Tilly’s heart before another man steals her away?

 

 

THE SILVER SUITCASE

By Terrie Todd

 

It’s 1939. Canada is on the cusp of entering World War II. Seventeen-year-old Cornelia Simpson has been heartbroken since the day her mother died. As a new tragedy provides still more reason to reject her parents’ faith, a mysterious visitor appears in her hour of desperation. Alone and carrying a heavy secret, she makes a desperate choice that will haunt her for years. Decades later, Cornelia’s granddaughter, Benita, is in on the brink of divorce when she discovers Cornelia’s diary. Now the secrets of her grandmother’s past will lead Benita on an unexpected journey of reconciliation and faith.

 

 

UNDER THE TULIP TREE

By Michelle Shocklee

*2021 Selah Awards Finalist*

 

Lorena Leland’s dreams of becoming a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena accepts a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers’ Project. There, she meets Frankie, a 101-year-old woman whose honest yet tragic past captivates Rena. While Frankie’s story challenges Rena’s preconceptions about slavery, it also connects the two women whose lives are otherwise separated by age, race, and circumstances. But will this bond of respect, admiration, and friendship be broken by a revelation neither woman sees coming?

 

THE LOVE COWARD

By Naomi Musch

 

Burke has returned from war safe and whole, but he crushes Tulla Johanson's dreams of sharing her life on the farm the day he walks out of the church and over her heart, choosing baseball over her. Thank heaven for friends like Joan, Walter, and now Burke’s would-be best man Van. Van offers help on the farm where she needs it most, but he keeps his heart locked up. Then old pal Walt uncovers feelings of his own, and now Burke wants another chance. Her life and longings turn on end, yet Tulla might be the biggest coward of all.

 

 

RAYNE’S REDEMPTION

By Linda Shenton Matchett

 

Will she have to lose her identity to find true love?

Twin sisters Rayne and Jessica Dalton have been swapping places their whole lives, so when Jessica dies on the eve of heading west to become a mail-order bride, Rayne decides to fill her sister’s shoes. The challenge will be faking Jessica’s faith in God. Can Rayne fool her prospective groom without losing her heart...or her soul?

 

KATE

By Donna Schlachter

 

Kate Benton, daughter of a saloon floozy, runs away days before her official introduction into that sordid life, straight into the arms of Tom McBride, fleeing from his outlaw brother’s past. Can these two young people, damaged and labeled by life experiences, tear down the walls of guilt and mistrust that separate them? Will they allow God to change them forever from the inside out? Or are they destined to remain alone forever? Ebook priced at only 99 cents for March 30^th and March 31^st only!

 

Hills of Nevermore

Montana Gold, book 1, Now in Audio!

By Janalyn Voigt

 

Young widow America Reed struggles to survive in an era of road agents, gold lust, and vigilante violence while hiding her secret shame. Feeling God has abandoned her, she avoids the Irish circuit preacher whose zeal to save her soul revisits his own need to escape the slum where he grew up. Based on actual historical events during a time of unrest in America, Hills of Nevermore explores faith, love, and courage in the wild west. Library Journal: "Manages to keep the reader glued to every twist and turn."

 

DESTINY’S WHIRLWIND

By Catherine Ulrich Brakefield

 

A death-bed promise, a dashing Rough Rider, the parable of the sower take on unimaginable consequences. “Destiny’s Whirlwind by Catherine Brakefield is a beautiful inspirational love story that will reel you in and win your heart…The story is beautifully written and filled with triumph and heartbreak. I couldn’t put it down…” L.S., Amazon Reader