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Faith Lori Copeland · 1998 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate 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… Shares: Women pioneers, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

A time to love Al Lacy · 1998 · ★ 4.3 · 500p · ≈ 16h · Moderate 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. Shares: Women pioneers, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

Eden Hill Bill Higgs · 2016 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Nothing seems to change in Eden Hill, Kentucky, and that's just fine with Virgil T. Osgood. He's been content to raise his family and run the only service station in town. But when a new station is set to open right across the road from Virgil's pumps, he suddenly faces obstacles in his career, his marriage, and his self-worth that he's never even dreamed of.Cornelius Alexander wants his new… Shares: Religious Fiction, Christian Fiction

These Is My Words Nancy E. Turner · 1998 · ★ 4.4 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate 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. Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction

A gown of Spanish lace Janette Oke · 1995 · ★ 4.0 · 251p · ≈ 8h · Moderate 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… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Christian Fiction

Redeeming Love Francine Rivers · 1991 · ★ 4.5 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Moderate 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… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

Sarah's Quilt Nancy E. Turner · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 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. Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life

A Dangerous Legacy Elizabeth Camden · 2017 · 433p · ≈ 14h · Moderate 513 pages (large print) ; 23 cm Shares: Religious Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

Titus Florence Morse Kingsley · 1894 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Titus is a young boy, born to a down on his luck fisherman who has turned towards violent crime and a downtrodden mother. His main companion, his brother Stephen is crippled as a result of being beaten by their cruel father, however he remains kind and sweet. After hearing of Jesus Titus is brusque at first, dismissing the possibility that Jesus would help them as 'heathen greeks'. He warns… Shares: Religious Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

Roses for Mama Janette Oke · 1990 · ★ 4.2 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate 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… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

Julia's last hope Janette Oke · 1990 · ★ 3.9 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Moderate 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… Shares: Women pioneers, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

Kristin Lavransdatter III Sigrid Undset · 1922 · ★ 4.0 · 394p · ≈ 13h · Challenging In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period. Now in one volume, Tiina Nunnally's award-winning definitive… Shares: Religious Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

A daily rate Grace Livingston Hill · 1981 · ★ 4.2 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate 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. Shares: Christian Fiction, Romance

Secrets Robin Jones Gunn · 1994 · ★ 4.5 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Moderate 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… Shares: Christian Fiction, Romance

My Ántonia Willa Cather · 1818 · ★ 3.9 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Challenging 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… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Romance

A Woman Named Damaris (Women of the West) Janette Oke · 1991 · ★ 4.7 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Moderate She was almost fifteen on the night she dared for the first time to think of what life might be like away from home. Pa again had come home drunk and mean; the trauma of the subsequent scene had been repeated as long as Damaris could remember. The idea that she no longer needs to tolerate this, that maybe she's old enough to manage on her own, is planted in her mind and begins to grow. She must… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Christian Fiction, Romance

Stars in the Grass Ann Marie Stewart · 2017 · 456p · ≈ 15h · Moderate 455 pages (large print) ; 23 cm Shares: Religious Fiction, Christian Fiction

The Cherokee Trail Louis L'Amour · 1982 · ★ 4.1 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, she must make a living running a stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have a difficult time overcoming. After being forced to… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life

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