18 books like A Woman Named Damaris (Women of the West)
Julia's last hope
The only thing she has left is her faith in God. . . . Is it enough?
With the closing of the Calder Springs' timber mill, most of the town's residents are left unemployed. Several families, realizing the lack of a future in the small mountain town, soon decide to relocate.
But not the Harrigan family. Although John has lost his job at the mill, he and his wife, Julia, make the decision to stay…
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A Lady of High Regard (Ladies of Liberty, Book 1)
Born into affluence, Mia Stanley is a winsome socialite with a knack for matchmaking. She's also a writer for Godey's Lady's Book magazine, much to the disdain of her family and their society friends. A proper young lady of her social standing isn't meant to labor in such a way, but Mia has always had a way with words...
When her writing draws her into the world of downtrodden seamen's wives on…
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Roses for Mama
She's cared for her siblings as best she could . . . but is it enough? Instead of the new life she and her family expected to forge out west, seventeen-year-old Angela is thrust into the role of caring for her three younger siblings after the death of their parents. With the help of her older brother, and trust in God, Angela is determined to raise the children as her mother would have wanted.As…
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From Shards to Sea Glass
Anxiety and loneliness grasp Claire Wycoff's shattered heart and mind in the wake of her parents' unexpected deaths. A peculiar riddle discovered in their safe deposit box leads her to a small town on the coast of Maine. Not long after arriving in Lone Spruce Cove, the talented young woman accepts the opportunity to create a mosaic in the recently vandalized vestibule of the local church. After…
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The Measure of a Heart (Women of the West #6)
Anna Trent felt fortunate to finish the eighth grade with first-class honors. Already past her sixteenth birthday, most of the girls her age had been forced long ago to drop out to help at home. She loved school loved to learn, loved the excitement of new discoveries, loved the quickening of her pulse as she shared some great adventure in the pages of a book. And now that is over.
The oldest…
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Faith
Prolific author Copeland kicks off another historical Western series with this pleasing tale of mail-order brides set in 1872.
When their pastor father dies suddenly, leaving little money, three sisters realize that they need to take drastic action to survive. Each answers a newspaper ad soliciting Christian brides. Faith goes to Texas, where her intended, a well-to-do rancher named Nicholas…
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A time to love
At the altar Linda Forrest discovers her fiancee has eloped -- with her own sister! Starting a new life as a mail order bride she finds her husband has a sinister secret, but that no danger can place her beyond God's love.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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One Thousand White Women
One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's…
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Too Long a Stranger (Women of the West #9)
When Sarah Perry is faced with the death of her husband, she must decide how she is going to provide for herself and her little girl. As struggles hit Sarah hard, she struggles to make ends meet, and when she is faced with a big decision, she is unsure what to do. When Sarah sees how the big decision plays out in her and her daughter's life, she starts to wonder if she had made the wrong…
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A gown of Spanish lace
When a young woman is faced with being kidnapped, she is forced to resort to her only hope--God. A young woman among many burly robbers, Ariana is unsure of who to trust, but she must make risks if she ever wishes to leave and go back to the family she dearly loved.
This book was one of my top favorites of Janette Oke, it not only showed Ariana's apparent Spiritual strength, but also contained…
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Happiness Hill
Will lovely Jane Arleth leave behind her old-fashioned ways - and handsome John Sherwood - to marry a man of great wealth?
Chance Encounter
The young man across the aisle from Jane Arleth could not take his eyes from her face. Everything about her placed her in a class of wealth and culture, and yet there was about her a look of strength, self-reliance, and sweet character that was rare.
Just…
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Sarah's Quilt
Arizona Territory pioneer Sarah Prine struggles with drought, starving cattle, and a neighbor's unwelcome advances, a situation that is further complicated when her brother's family is devastated by the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
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They Called Her Mrs. Doc
Eastern socialite Cassandra Dell Winston was willing to travel to the ends of the earth to be with her husband, Dr. Samuel Smith. But it was still a shock when Sam took her west to a rustic frontier town--the place where They Called Her Mrs. Doc.
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These Is My Words
Een jonge, avontuurlijke pioniersvrouw beschrijft in haar dagboeken hoe ze eind 19e eeuw per huifkar naar Arizona trekt en daar twintig jaar lang te maken krijgt met het harde leven in het Wilde Westen.
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Redeeming Love
California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she meets Michael Hosea. A man who seeks his Father’s…
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A daily rate
A young woman has to leave her dear aunt who raised her and go to work in the big city. She experiences first-hand the problems of the poor working class, and then learns that she may be able to help some of them.
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Secrets
The first book in the Glenbrooke Series, Jessica ran from her past...but can she hide from love?Jessica Morgan wants desperately to forget the past and begin a new life. She chooses a small, peaceful town tucked away in Oregon’s Willamette Valley as the place to start over—Glenbrooke. Once there, Jessica conceals her identity from the intriguing personalities she meets—including the compassionate…
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My Ántonia
My Antonia, first published 1918, is one of Willa Cather's greatest works. It is the last novel in the Prairie trilogy, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark.My Antonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose eldest daughter is named Antonia. The…
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