Second-chance family Their Frontier Family No one is more surprised than Sunny Licht when Noah Whitmore proposes. She’s an unwed mother—an outcast in her small Quaker community. But she can’t resist the Union soldier’s offer of a fresh start. Noah is determined that Sunny and her baby want for nothing…except the love that war burned out of him. Yet Sunny makes him hope once more for the family he never thought he’d find. The Baby Bequest Getting married is the only way for Sophie Tanner to protect her younger brother and keep her family’s Smoky Mountain farm. She’d like Nathan O’Malley to be the groom, but he can’t seem to get past their friendship…or their differences. Nathan always thought he’d fall in love with someone like himself—sensible and levelheaded. Sophie is his polar opposite. So why can’t he picture anyone else at his side? The moment schoolteacher Ellen Thurston discovers a baby boy outside her door, it’s love at first sight. While the townsfolk don’t approve of Ellen as a single mother, what worries her most are her feelings for Kurt Lang, the handsome farmer who defends her. Kurt knows how hard it is to raise a child alone, and he’ll do whatever it takes to help make Ellen’s dream of a family come true. USA TODAY Bestselling Author

Baby on Her Doorstep Schoolteacher Ellen Thurston never expected to find love in Pepin, Wisconsin. But the moment she discovers a baby boy outside her door, it's love at first sight. While the townsfolk don't approve of Ellen as a single mother, what worries her most are her feelings for the handsome farmer who defends her decision to keep the child. Ellen is far above the reach of a German immigrant like Kurt Lang. Especially one weighted with responsibility. Kurt knows how hard it is to raise a child alone, but he will do whatever it takes to help make Ellen's dream of a family come true.

New hope for a soldier Heartland Courtship by Lyn Cote Quaker Rachel Woolsey’s plans to have her own bakery and homestead seem out of reach—until the handsome ex-soldier she nurses back to health offers to help her. At first, Brennan Merriday intends to stay in Pepin, Wisconsin, only long enough to repay his debt to the pretty baker. But soon he longs to rescue dreams of family—for both of them Homefront Hero by Allie Pleiter Dashing and valiantly wounded, Captain John Gallows could have stepped straight out of an army recruitment poster. Leanne Sample can’t help being impressed—although the lovely Red Cross nurse tries to hide it. She knows as soon as he’s well enough, he’ll rush back to war—and far away from South Carolina. But when an epidemic strikes close to home, John comes to realize what it truly means to be a hero—Leanne’s hero. USA TODAY Bestselling Author Lyn Cote

An Unexpected Partnership Quaker Rachel Woolsey dreams of having her own bakery and her own homestead. But the odds are stacked against her--until the handsome ex-soldier she nurses back to health offers to help her. Like Rachel, Brennan Merriday is an outsider. But he'll be the temporary ally she needs, and her foolish attraction will fade once he's gone. At first, the only thing Brennan wants to know about Pepin, Wisconsin, is how fast he can leave it. Perhaps in Canada he'll find peace after a bloody war. Yet repaying his debt to the pretty baker offers unexpected solace. She saved him once. Now he longs to rescue dreams of family--for both of them. Wilderness Brides: Finding love--and a fresh start--on the frontier

This book explores how postmillennial Anglophone women writers use romantic narrativisations of history to explore, revise, repurpose and challenge the past in their novels, exposing the extent to which past societies were damaging to women by instead imagining alternative histories. The novelists discussed employ the generic conventions of romance to narrate their understanding of historical and contemporary injustice and to reflect upon women’s achievements and the price they paid for autonomy and a life of public purpose. The volume seeks, firstly, to discuss the work of revision or reparation being performed by romantic historical fiction and, secondly, to analyse how the past is being repurposed for use in the present. It contends that the discourses and genre of romance work to provide a reparative reading of the past, but there are limitations and entrenched problems in such readings.

Quaker characters have peopled many an American literary work—most notably, "Uncle Tom’s Cabin"—as Quakerism has been historically associated with progressive attitudes and the advancement of social justice. With the rise in recent years of the Christian romance market, dominated by American Evangelical companies, there has been a renewed interest in fictional Quakers. In the historical Quaker romances analyzed in this book, Quaker heroines often devote time to spiritual considerations, advocate the sanctity of marriage and promote traditional family values. However, their concern with social justice also leads them to engage in subversive behavior and to question the status quo, as illustrated by heroines who are active on the Underground Railroad or are seen organizing the Seneca Falls convention. Though relatively liberal in terms of gender, Quaker romances are considerably less progressive when it comes to race relations. Thus, they reflect America’s conflicted relationship with its history of race and gender abuse, and the country’s tendency to both resist and advocate social change. Ultimately, Quaker romances reinforce the myth of America as a White and Christian nation, here embodied by the Quaker heroine, the all-powerful savior who rescues Native Americans, African Americans and Jews while conquering the hero’s heart.

NO MONEY! DON'T WORRY! Nathan finds happiness and contentment for free! There is absolutely no charge for sharing in Nathan's bequest. You will thrill to the trials and adventures of this brave frontiersman as he makes his way into the wilderness. Should he trust his skill and persistence or should he follow God's direction to find the real treasure of his life? You will be at Nathan's side as he: Leaves his parents and a safe inheritance. Spends the winter with his family in a very special shelter. Becomes a blacksmith when he wants to be a pioneer. Uses his Grandpa Azariah's medical notes to help others. Experiences the Civil War torn between the North and South. Watches his family grow up and follow their dreams. Finds the answer to his search and identifies his bequest!