Linda Ford

Dr. Jacob Calloway was the answer to her prayers—whether he liked it or not. Teena Crow is desperate to learn his scientific healing methods to help her people. But Jacob is too suspicious of Teena's native remedies to allow her near Treasure Creek's clinic. So she decides to earn his respect and teach the good doctor to see beyond surface differences to their common goal. But it's not just Teena's medicines that render Jacob uncomfortable. Her warm gaze and determination dare him to open his heart. But can their fledgling love weather a town's disapproval, or the secrets they both hide?

When Lydia Baxter arrives at the Twin Spurs Ranch, the "family" she is expecting to work for turns out to be Sam Hatten and Matt Weber, two young bachelors desperate for a housekeeper. Lydia agrees to stay temporarily, on the condition they provide a suitable chaperon-and one couldn't ask for someone with a more critical eye or sharp tongue than Granny Arness, who suggests that marriage would solve Lydia's need for permanency. Sam, Matt, and the young Reverend Law are all available, handsome, and charming, but only one is gentle, reliable, and thoughtful...

Can modern romance hope for a happily-ever-after ending? In these three stories, Montana men question love's power due to circumstances from the past. Ace feels that if family abandoned him, there is no chance for marital happiness. Blake has never met his stepsister, but he believes her to be self-centered and wants her to have nothing to do with his little sister's life. Steele has represented one too many divorce through the courts to believe in lasting love.

Nicole Thomas runs her antique store as she runs her life - risk-free. She's determined to protect her grandmother and sister, even if it means her own desires must go unanswered. Her father died pursuing dangerous thrills, and she'll never abandon those in her care as he abandoned her. Andrew "Ace" Conners returns to Reliance, Montana, to settle the affairs of Aunt Millie - the woman who should have rescued him eighteen years ago following the death of his alcoholic mother. Ace knows the love of family is not for him, but Nicole determines to unlock his heart. He can't help falling in love with the dynamic, compassionate woman, and yet he knows his life is full of risks - risks Nicole can't bear to take. Could their hearts be crying out for the very thing they fear most?

What unseen hand guided Kody Douglas's horse to that bleak, windswept South Dakota farmhouse? The "half-breed" cowboy--a man of two worlds, at home in neither--would never know. But when he finds a lovely, vulnerable young woman there, abandoned in the darkest hours of the Depression, he cannot simply ride away and leave her.Charlotte Porter reluctantly follows this hard, embittered yet compelling man to his family's homestead. But the more she learns about him, and the secret child who haunts his memories, the more she aches to comfort him and make him her own. Can two outcasts--brought together by hard times and shared faith--truly find love in so cold and heartless a world?

Hannah Williams is not anyones responsibility but her own. And she likes it that way. Shes tired of women who need to be taken care of, who give up their identities to belong to someone else. Before his death, her father ingrained a wonderful sense of independence in her, and she will be true to his ideal. Since his father died, Jake Sperling has willingly assumed responsibility for his mother, the rest of his family, their ranch, and all else that belongs to the Sperling domain. Caring for his family and preserving their family business are duties he will not desert. So when he meets and falls for Hannah, he expects to fix her problems and take care of her, too. A woman who is determined to be free and make her own choices. A man who is determined to care for every detail in her life. Will God make this match work?

When he left two years before, Colby Bloxham was running from his past, and his pain. Now he's ready to face his responsibilities...and make some long-overdue amends to his baby daughter and the woman who took her in—Colby's former sweetheart, Anna Caldwell.Anna is tired of trusting Colby—he's let her down too many times. And this time she's not about to let him hurt little Dorrie, too. He claims he's found faith, given up his reckless ways and wants to be a real father to his child. But does Anna have enough faith in his reformation to forgive...and risk her heart once more?

Nick and Marcia are accidentally hurtled back through time. They find out that things are different in the 1800s, but even though there isn't indoor plumbing, there is still baseball ... and Santa.

Four New Inspirational Love Stories from the Historic North American Prairie. The Bride's Song by Linda Ford The Barefoot Bride by Linda Goodnight A Homesteader, A Bride and a Baby JoAnn A. Grote A Vow Unbroken by Amy Rognlie

After 10 years of traveling,Adam Silverhorn returns to Willow Creek with photographs,sketches, and paintings of the Klondike Gold rush and the wilds of the Yukon-and with a love he has carried in his heart for Chastity.

To fulfill a promise made to her beloved twin sister, Dr. Jaclyn LaForge opens a children's clinic in Hope, New Mexico. She's determined to prove to the community that she's the doctor they need. But it's not just the children of Hope who need healing. It's the fractured town itself, including handsome widowed rancher Kent McCloy, who steps up to make her dream a reality. As they work together to renovate the clinic, two wary hearts are under construction, as well. Can sweet, stubborn Jaclyn show Kent that life—and love—are worth cherishing?

It's A Time For Giving And Receiving...LoveAs if working and raising her family of five--four kids and one demanding cat--isn't enough, Samantha Williams has been volunteered to oversee a Thanksgiving pageant at her kids' school. So a relationship is the last thing on this stretched-too-thin single mother's mind.Until she meets the new interim principal--sexy, single Harry Remington. Her childhood friend.Harry is welcomed into Samantha's home as if he belonged. Being part of her sprawling family--even if it's only temporary--makes him realize how much he misses having a real home. Best of all, he and Samantha are starting to trust each other. How can he say goodbye to all that? How can he leave when he's just found the best reason of all to stay?

The road that led to Kate Bradshaw's door sometimes seemed the loneliest in the world. In the depths of the Depression, the young widow was struggling to hold on to the family farm and raise two small children. And she had only her faith to sustain her--until the day Hatcher Jones came walking up that long, lonely road.The handsome, mysterious drifter was clearly haunted by some terrible secret from his past. But the simple acts of kindness he showed Kate and her children spoke of a good heart and strong values. And she longed to make him see that there could be redemption for anyone, even him--and that all his wandering had brought him home at last.

First comes love, then comes forgiveness... But a widowed father struggling during the Depression doesn't have much faith in either—until he meets Emma Spencer in the South Dakota boardinghouse they share. She's a dedicated nurse who could love his boy and heal his own heart. But how can Boothe trust a profession he blames for his greatest loss?Emma understands Boothe Powers's pain. She has her own secret anguish and believes her dreams of a husband and child are beyond reach. Still, she can pretend when he asks her to play his temporary fiancee to protect his son. And if God would grant her one miracle, He knows exactly what her heart is yearning for....