Heartsong Presents

Love can happen at any age--That's what spinster Daphne Elliot is about to discover. Forty years have passed since her first love died in a lumber mill accident, yet she refuses any other romantic involvements. Then one day an older farmer, Jack McNary, enters her store, and life for Daphne suddenly changes - especially when an eager coworker seeks to unite the two. When Daphne discovers that Jack has a cloudy past, she determines to solve the mystery. Will that past destroy them both? Or will God use Daphne and Jack's yesterdays to heal their tomorrows - and lead them to an ageless love? Fall in love with this inspiring love story and our entire collection of Christian romance novels from Heartsong Presents!

Raised the only child of an influential patrician in first-century Rome, Moriah has been sheltered from the worst excesses of her world. As Moriah mingles with the powerful elite, she hears whispers suggesting she is not her parents' child. Those who love her worry that her life may be in danger from political opportunists who will use the rumors to gain Nero's favor. To protect her from such a fate, her father may force her to marry a powerful man, twice her age, who is known for his hedonistic lifestyle. One person offers Moriah both physical and emotional protection - while also winning her heart. But she knows she can have no future with Aidan, her father's slave, whose heart burns for a God she knows nothing about.

Taffie Carini enjoys working in her family’s candy store on the Atlantic City boardwalk. But when her parents begin planning their retirement, Taffie's not sure she has the moxie or the know-how to manage Carini’s Confections on her own. When repairman Ryan Antonelli makes a service call at Carini's, he’s irresistibly drawn to more than just the candy. Although his marketing degree has hardly prepared him to fix a taffy-making machine, Ryan will do anything to help Taffie, with the hopes of winning her heart. When a business mogul wants to buy Carini’s property to build a new casino, Taffie’s family’s future is threatened. Can Ryan help Taffie save Carini’s Confections? Will they find sweet love together in the process?

When Emma Hanson's young friend, a single mother, dies and leaves baby Mandy to Emma's care, the town of Roswell takes sides. Most of the men say Emma can't manage - after all, she has a restaurant to run - but the townswomen have rallied to her cause, helping out as best they can. However, when the underhanded councilman Douglas Harper plots to take Mandy away, Emma has to take matters into her own hands. Despite her attraction toward the town's deputy, Matthew Johnson, Emma has placed an ad in the papers for a mail-order husband. Can Emma trust God to bring her the right man?

All Lilly Brown ever wanted is a family of her own to love. When a strange man arrives with information about the mother Lilly never knew, her heart burns with hope. But how can an orphan girl claim a birthright in one of the wealthiest families in New Orleans? Marie Bordeaux will have nothing of it. To protect herself and her fortune, she relies on her lawyer, Andrew Desmond, a longtime friend and loyal advocate. Yet something in Lilly's outrageous proclamation rings true in Andrew's ears--and in his heart. Can Andrew discover the truth behind Lilly's buried past? Will he be able to convince Lilly that her dream of love for the future can come true?

Preparing to travel west to begin a new life, Byler Crane has thought of everything. Everything, that is, except a wife. An impromptu ad placed in the local mercantile brings Maggie Malone--and a whole lot more than he bargained for--into his life. Before the ink on their marriage certificate dries, the feisty new bride has managed to add a foundling girl and a young boy to the "family. " But this family is like no other, with each member full of secrets, surprises, and fears. Will their journey west meld them into a real family? Will the old Bible that Crane's mother entrusted to him help them find healing for their broken pasts?

Having seen the devastation of broken promises firsthand, Laureen Baker determines never to break a child's heart. She loves her job at Barnabas Home, a refuge for orphaned boys. Pete Long also knows devastation. Specifically, the havoc wreaked on his uncle's family by the adoption of a troubled child. So Pete orders his next-door neighbors, the kids of Barnabas Home: Keep out of my yard and my life. But God works in mysterious ways, and before he knows it, Pete finds himself enjoying those boys and their beautiful supervisor. Will past hurts cause his feelings for Laureen to fade, or will the truth of God's love allow her and one special little boy to remain forever in his heart? Fall in love with this inspiring love story and our entire collection of Christian romance novels from Heartsong Presents!

To escape the wrath of a capricious judge, a strident Prohibitionist and a man known for his drinking and fighting agree to get married from their adjoining jail cells. When what they had planned to be a temporary union is made more permanent they decide to give love a try, but can love conquer the conflict from their different backgrounds and a strong distrust?

When famine ravages Ireland, Brigit Murphy and her family are forced to move to America. There, Brigit becomes a maid in the Newcomb home, where the mistress of the house, Emily Newcomb, is determined to marry off her brother, Duncan. When Duncan, a ship's captain, discovers he's fallen in love with the maid, he plans to tell her his feelings and make her his wife. But when some things come up missing from the Newcomb house, Brigit becomes the chief suspect. Will Duncan obey his sister's orders to rid the household of Brigit's presence? Or will the captain's heart determine his next course?

Hanna thought she had forgiven Mark Alexander-but when Mark joins Hanna's church staff as youth minister, she finds herself working closely with him-and past feelings resurface. Her old pain and insecurity return, the emotions all to familiar and all too distressing. Does she still have crush on Mark? Has she truly forgiven him? How can she trust him again-or her feelings? Has she changed only in appearance from the overweight schoolgirl she used to be? Hanna doesn't have the answers to these nagging questions. But she does know one thing for certain: Nothing will ever again stand in the way of God's will for her life!

When Audra moves to frontier Colorado to marry the local pastor, she is assured a life of adventure. She never realizes how much adventure until her stagecoach is robbed—and she learns it's her future husband's twin brother who committed the crime. Through his life, Caleb Windsor has been blamed for the sins of his brother. But when he tries to stop his twin's outlaw lifestyle by arranging a marriage for him, Caleb doesn't realize how it will affect his own heart—especially when it seems Audra is much better suited to himself. Could Audra ever love a renegade husband? Can Caleb clear his name in time?

Torey Mitchell witnessed the cold-blooded murder of a man she didn't know - and her stepfather, who committed the crime, tries to convince her that what she saw makes her just as guilty as he. Terrified, she runs away - and ends up in the loving home of the recently widowed Mrs. Crawford. The older woman's love of the Lord prompts Torey to tell the truth about what troubles her so. Simon Crawford is on a mission - to locate and bring to justice his father's murderer. He finds it more than a little strange that this homeless girl would be spying on his mother only weeks after his father was stabbed. Even stranger is the way Torey has captured his heart. Can both Torey and Simon learn forgiveness through God's love?

"When Charla Rae Thacker and her bridesmaids show up at Andi's soap shop in Greenburg, Tennessee, for a morning of pre-wedding pampering, Andi bends over backwards to make it a pleasant experience for them all. But then Charla keels over and dies from anaphylactic shock after she uses Andi's personally blended cherries jubilee facial scrub. Andi suspects sabotage and murder when she discovers strawberries - a lethal allergen for Charla - in the scrub. Now, Andi must save her business and her reputation" -- p. of cover.

With Mama dead and no way to provide for herself, Star Campbell barely escaped from Luke's Saloon and ran straight into Michael Riley's arms. Suddenly doors open for her to start a new and better life. The only hitch is, she has a secret past that she cannot shake. Michael Riley is a simple farmer. Once burnt badly by love, the last thing he's about to fall for is a beautiful woman. When his chivalrous streak has him take Star into his home, she wins both his mother's and daughter's hearts. God forgives and forgets - but can man?

Already frustrated by the incorrigible students she teaches on the Kansas frontier, Tarah is further troubled when Anthony Greene, the one man she has always loved, returns to town. And she is certainly not ready to graciously accept his apparent preference for the simpering Louisa Thomas, the banker's daughter who obviously has designs for the handsome young preacher. But the appearance of two abused children in the community changes everyone. How will Tarah be able to win the trust of Laney and Ben and help them to build a new life? Will she be able to accept the gifts of friendship from Anthony, if that is all he is willing to offer? And will her heart be open to lessons God has for her in a situation that seems to offer only heartache and loneliness?

At age forty, Esther Young had a comfortable routine, despite her sister's never-ending attempts at match-making. But when Tom Pearson stepped into her office, Esther's life suddenly changed. With their relationship moving along so quickly - and so well - Esther begins to entertain dreams of marriage and motherhood. But, all too soon, she realizes that her hopes don't match the plans Tom has for their future. Would God have brought all this about just to show Esther what she could have had - if only she'd submitted to His will earlier in life? Or might this be a case of God's timing differing from man's?

Having endured a grueling voyage from the British Islands, Mariam arrives at the Chance brothers' ranch expecting to help her sister care for two children and six men. But Miriam is shocked to learn that her sister has died and her two nieces have been neglected. When the Chance brothers order Miriam to take the next ship back to her home, she digs in her heels. Her place is with her nieces-even if that reduces her chances of marriage to about one in a million. But as the months pass, will Miriam come to believe that maybe one Chance is all she needs?

Neighbors call her "Ramshackle Rose." But they've grown to accept her and learned to love her for the kindness of her generous heart. Rose, in turn, loves the folks of Buttonhole, Virginia. If her friends don't know much about her past, Rose doesn't mind. She prefers to keep some things to herself. Everything changes, though, with the arrival of Garret Diamond, debonair new owner of the mercantile and immediately the town's most eligible bachelor. When Garret discovers one of Rose's most tightly held secrets, she is terrified. Will he spoil Rose's pleasant life in Buttonhole and force her to move where no one knows her past? Or will the business partnership they've formed lead to a lifetime union?

THE BRIDE'S SECOND CHANCE Two years ago, Olivia Shea was trying on her wedding gown, dreaming of marriage and motherhood. But her fisherman fiancé was lost at sea and Olivia fled, unable to stay in the New England fishing village. Now she's back in Fairport, determined to face her fears by working on a whale boat tour. But the charter's captain is the sole survivor of her fiancé's ill-fated voyage-a man of danger and memories. Jonathan Barrotta's scars from the night he nearly died run as deep as the vast Atlantic. To prove himself and to honor his friend's memory, he vows to fulfill his dream of piloting his own boat. But a life at sea means a life without Olivia-the woman he's always secretly loved. How can he ask her to be a fisherman's wife? Only with the Lord guiding their way will Jonathan and Olivia chart a course toward home-together.

When given the opportunity to buy the local mercantile, Emily St. John snaps it up - mostly because it will allow her to work side by side with the man she's loved since childhood. Surely, he'll finally pay attention to her. But Jeremiah Daniels can't believe it. He's scrimped and saved in order to buy the store he works in... and he's waited to court Emily until he had it and could provide well for her. Now, he figures, she can just keep her store and spend her spare time working for women's suffrage. He's going to open a shop of his own. All is fair in love and war, it's said - but can this stubborn pair rise above their pride and see God's plan is for them to be together?

Jeb will never settle down. At least that's what Beth's husband-to-be always said about his cowboy brother, Jeb. Since Harland's death, Beth has worked to create a home for Harland's two young children, Cassie and Lucas. Now, it seems that Jeb is coming to claim the only family he has left - and Beth's heart is broken at her loss. When Jeb rides into town, though, Beth's traitorous heart pushes aside all questions of his wanderlust, and she enjoys getting to know this exciting man. Will Jeb live up to his reputation and uproot the children Beth has come to love - as well as her affections? Or can he be persuaded to call Roswell home?

Though eight years have passed, Mandy remembers as if it were yesterday the pain of turning down Jason's marriage proposal. But she knows her decision was right, and she's learned to live without him. But when his grandfather's heart attack brings Jason back to their small town in the mountains of North Carolina, Mandy discovers that living without Jason is much easier when he's far away in New York City. Will Mandy find peace while facing the ghosts of dashed dreams every day?

Having waited a year for Frank Sterling to satisfy her father's requirements, Amy Henderson exults in the thought of her courtship--with the only man who has ever captured her heart. That is until Walter Bay demands Amy's hand in marriage. If she refuses, Walter threatens to ruin her father's life. Amy understands only too well what power Walter holds over her beloved father and determines that she will accept this unorthodox proposal. But will the pain of that decision drive Frank back into the lifestyle that had seperated him from Amy in the past? Or will both Frank and Amy hold on to the promises they've made to each other and to God?

Abigail's future looks bleak. Although a member of Britain's aristocracy, Abigail has led a sheltered life in her father's country manor house. The news that he has arranged for her to marry Lord Sutton, a titled man known for his profligate behavior, changes everything. Desperate, Abigail arranges to elope in the middle of the night with a neighbor she has dreamed of since childhood. When the plan goes awry and Abigail becomes deathly ill, she is rescued by a kindly stranger - whom she soon learns is Lord Sutton. Tedric is nothing like the rake she has heard is Lord Sutton. Are the rumors false? Or is she truly bound to a man who values nothing about her except her family name?

A newborn baby gets found on a ship heading to America from Ireland. Nora takes her as her own. Nora's two sisters just got married and have given her the house that they inherited. In steps the Sheriff of the town who is looking for a horse thief as well as helping Nora fix up her house. A new business, a kidnapping and heartbreak are what's in store for these two.

One of the few to survive an Atlantic shipwreck, Charlotte Fontaneau spins a lie, hoping to escape the abusive con artist who forced her into a life of crime. She assumes the identity of a fellow passenger, the niece of a kind, ailing Irishman in upstate New York, and the plan works quite well until his lawyer friend, Stewart Lyons, shows an interest in her. Stewart helps Charlotte understand her need of the Lord's love in her life--but she despairs that her dark past will doom the love she feels for Stewart. Certain that Stewart will soon learn of her treachery, Charlotte lives each day in fear of being discovered. When those old secrets are unexpectedly brought to light, will the shock cause Stewart's love for her to crumble? Can Charlotte ever find the peace she so desperately seeks?