Ruby’s Redemption
(Gems of Grace, Book 1)
A gentle clergyman. A broken prostitute.
A blossoming love that will endanger both their lives…
Forced into depravity by her tyrannous guardian after her parents’ death, Ruby’s life is one of vile deeds and violence. Unable to remember much of life outside the brothel’s walls, years of despair and abuse have crushed all hope of ever breaking free from her captor’s iron grip.
Until an unlikely encounter with Henry, a gentle country clergyman, sets an escape in motion that will change both their lives. But when Ruby’s worst fears are realized, the uncommon pair will face more devastation than either thought possible.
As the dawning of a new life of peace and love is ripped from her grasp, Ruby discovers that true freedom has a high cost…
…but who will have to pay?
2021 Readers’ Favorite Honorable Mention Award Winner (Historical Christian Romance)
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Pearl’s Promise
(Gems of Grace, Book 2)
A duty-bound heir. A dejected spinster.
An encounter that could ruin both their families’ demands for their futures…
Pearl Acton’s worst fears are coming true. She’ll be trapped in a loveless marriage—just like her parents—as her family seeks to quickly marry her off to the wealthy Mr. Clarence. Until an encounter with a quiet and soulful heir sparks a fragile hope that somehow Pearl might aid her family and marry for love.
Nicholas Dalton has always been a disappointment to his father, with his poetic soul and disorganised nature. In London for the season, Nicholas finds an instant connection with Pearl, but it would seem her future is promised to another. Or might she feel the same as he?
As Pearl and Nicholas each strive to uphold their family duties, they soon discover that things aren’t quite what they seem. But is it too late to escape their crushing obligations and forge a new path — together?
2022 Readers’ Favorite Honorable Mention Award Winner (Historical Christian Romance)
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Beryl’s Blessing
(Gems of Grace, Book 3)
She’s used to being alone. He can’t get away from his guilty conscience.
Will an arranged marriage help them heal, or force them to confront long-hidden truths and new depths of despair?
Five years ago, Beryl Haywood was crippled in an accident that claimed two lives. Since then, reading and painting have been the only companions to/in her long, lonely days.
Frederick Sinclair is struggling to adapt to normality after returning from the French battlefields. A hefty weight of guilt and regret weighs on him, taunting him that he’ll never be free from it.
As the newlyweds begin to wonder if love might lie ahead, a startling discovery shakes them each to the core, threatening to snatch away the future they’d begun to hope they might share…
2023 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Medal Award Winner (Historical Christian Romance)
#1 Amazon Bestseller, Historical Christian Romance
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Restoring Miss Hastings
(Hearts of the Hall, Book 3)(multi-author series)
Devastated by loss… a stranger takes her in.
But will her presence ruin his plans to restore all he’s lost?
England, 1850.
Harriet Hastings has nowhere left to turn: after losing both her parents within a few months of each other, she is penniless and alone. So when a distant relative makes arrangements for her future, Harriet faces another loss — leaving the place she calls home to go and live with strangers.
Edmund Derringer’s on a mission: to restore the family heirlooms he pawned to cover the debts of his failed speculation. The last thing he needs is to be saddled with his cousin’s ward — a friendly chatterbox who intrudes on his time, distracting him from the task at hand.
But when outside forces threaten their burgeoning fondness, each will be compelled to re-examine what they really believe about one another, and what their most important goal for the future truly is…
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The Letter
(Victorian Virtues, Book 1)
She wants a new life.
He’s in danger of losing his.
Will love solve everything — or immerse them in even worse peril?
England, 1848.
Restless and ready for a change, Grace Stratton gladly accepts the opportunity to leave her remote parsonage home to serve as a wealthy spinster’s companion in the idyllic country town of Lindenfell. Its warm atmosphere and friendly inhabitants sooth Grace’s lonely heart. But when a mysterious stranger arrives, she soon discovers things aren’t always what they seem.
Convinced chloroform will revolutionise the medical world, Dr. David Carbury frequently administers it to his London patients — until one of them dies. Facing a grave trial to prove his innocence and defend a drug most people view as poisonous, he makes hasty plans to buy time to bolster his case. But he wasn’t expecting to face an even deadlier challenge.
As attraction sparks not long after they meet, Grace soon suspects he’s hiding something, and David knows he can’t run from the truth forever.
But neither of them could imagine the sinister threat lurking just around the corner…
2023 FHLCW Reader’s Choice Award Winner (Short Historical)
2024 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal Award Winner (Christian Historical Romance)
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The Lamp
(Victorian Virtues, Book 2)
Will God hear their cries and grant them a future together, or will deadly occurrences tear them apart forever?
England, 1849.
Beatrice Beckwith is an orphaned young lady living with her aunt. On the brink of her deepest wish coming true, her plans unexpectedly collapse. Then, a startling discovery and an outbreak of cholera set in motion a series of catastrophic events, plunging her into even bleaker darkness.
Isaac Taylor is forced to leave Miss Beckwith just as he’s arranged a meeting to propose. His deceased great-uncle’s derelict house needs restoration. But dust is not his only enemy, and a web of secrets soon entangles him.
Kept apart against their wills, Beatrice and Isaac must navigate deadly illness, family deception, and scheming neighbours, yearning for the time they’ll be reunited. But as they each face their darkest moments, they’ll endure more devastation than ever before.
Can joy once again be found, or will dangerous circumstances extinguish its light—and their very lives?
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The Library
(Victorian Virtues, Book 3)
How can she ‘keep the peace’ when there’s never been any?
England, 1850.
Bookworm Irene Denton lives with a painful secret. To the citizens of Lindenfell, her mother is a kind, generous lady—but behind closed doors, she’s a cruel and controlling tyrant. Stories have always been Irene’s refuge, so when the possibility arises for Lindenfell to have a library of its own, Irene is hopeful she’ll soon have a safe place to escape her mother’s merciless grasp.
Solomon Shaw enjoys helping his widowed father run Lindenfell’s chemist shop. He wants nothing more than to make his father proud, and to find the courage to win Irene’s affections. But the burdensome guilt of a shameful secret has convinced Solomon she can never be his. When the only other person who knows his secret arrives back in town, Solomon fears his hopes will be shattered—and his secret exposed.
Amidst untold pressures, Irene and Solomon kindle mutual hope for a future together. Yet, meddling interlopers and long-buried truths soon signal the end of their story.
But is the book entirely closed on the hope they once had? Or is a new chapter of peace and love still to be written?
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Heart of Integrity
(Hearts of the West, Book 2)
Not all fault lines are hidden in the earth…
Ifor Morgan and his father have traveled far from their home in Wales to settle in the small mining town of Lone Pine, California—driven by a need to escape the shame and sorrow of his brother’s fatal scandal.
Susan Kelly is starting over, too. Miles from her home in Ireland, she’s determined to build a life for herself in Lone Pine that doesn’t involve any of the deception she was caught up in back home.
As Ifor and Susan forge a cautious connection, people from Susan’s past show up in town, entangling her in a fresh web of illegal activity.
And when a devastating earthquake throws the town into a state of upheaval, secrets soon shake those least expecting to uncover them…
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Mail-Order Hotelier
(Honorable, Healing & Hopeful Husbands, Book 12)
She needs to marry to keep her hotel… but she’s not expecting to lose her heart.
California, 1860. Sarah Foster didn’t think things could get any worse after her father died, leaving her to run their hotel alone—until his will revealed a shocking stipulation. She has sixty days to marry, or lose the hotel, but her father’s selected suitor is the cruelest man she’s ever known. Sarah scrambles to find a different groom, and begrudgingly places an ad for a mail-order husband. But no one responds—and time is running out.
Elijah Montgomery can’t believe his great aunt wants to sell their New York apartment and travel across the country so he can run a hotel again—an arrangement that also requires him to marry the hotel’s owner. But his aunt never takes no for an answer, and Elijah soon finds himself on a journey that will alter all that’s familiar—with unexpected consequences.
As Elijah and Sarah adjust to life as newlywed strangers, unrest that’s been brewing towards the local native tribe reaches boiling point. As they each wrestle with the impact of the horrific massacre, Elijah’s unwavering faith challenges Sarah to question her rejection of God.
But when further injustices come to light, will they find the strength to hold on to hope—or lose it all?