Janice Cole Hopkins

She knows what she wants until God shows her what she needs. Chloe Walsh has never quite fit into her family the way her two sisters have. She’s… well… different.

A new land, a fragile heart, and a chance for love she never believed possible. Ava Walsh has learned to hide her doubts behind a steady smile.

Widower Joseph McBride had resisted long enough. His little girl needed a mother, and the congregation expected their pastor to have a wife. Reluctantly, he wrote to his aunt for help.

Abby Carter was horrified with herself when she blurted out a marriage proposal to Preston King. Preston is confused, but knows he needs a wife to help him ranch in New Mexico Territory, so he asks Abby to marry him. But will he ever purge Magnolia from his heart? Find out....

Jo Walsh has always known this day would come, but knowing doesn’t make it easier. With her older sister happily married and her father’s health growing more fragile, Jo is next in line to find a match.

Monck’s Corner, South Carolina, 1739. When Mae Briscoe learns that a small group of slaves plans to flee to Florida for freedom among the Spanish, she knows she must go with them. The master’s son has been far too friendly lately, and there’s no one to protect her.

After his fiancée jilts him for not spending enough time with her, Avery Brown goes to San Francisco as a guest musician. Vowing to avoid such entanglements in the future, he hadn’t expected to meet such a beautiful young lady as Tessa McDonald or be so attracted to her....

Deadwood carpenter, Isaiah Yates, knows that he’ll never marry because of the secret he holds close, but he wishes things were different, especially after he meets the beautiful young widow, Leanne Moss. Leanne feels something spark between her and Isaiah, but why is the man avoiding her?

One scandal, one season, one shy baron, and a heart that doesn’t want to follow the plan.

Ingrid Palmer doesn't intend to ever marry. Her cruel father has taught her not to risk such misery. Instead, she helps her mother in her dress shop, volunteers at an orphanage, and does as much as she can to help the women's suffrage movement in Kansas City....

Heather Perry has always resented the government’s hold over the Hot Springs Reservation, where even long-time residents and business owners must lease their property from the government rather than own it.

Oliver Hartsell had no idea that when he went to repair Mr. Austin's windows he'd end up proposing to the man's daughter, but that's exactly what happened. He didn't regret it because he’d been secretly in love with Marie for a long time....

Danielle Gregory grew up in the saloons, where her mother worked, and she has never been able to escape that lifestyle. However, she’s promised herself never to work upstairs the way her mother did.

Annette Hunt prefers staying home to going to social events, but her cousin talks her into attending a competition between some of the best minds in Chicago....

When Gwen McAllister is accosted behind the soup kitchen where she volunteers, she wants to repay her homeless rescuer, so she talks him into going to her home for a meal. Despite her son’s and sister’s objections, she trusts Hunter....

As a women’s rights activist with a construction business in Wyoming in 1889, Bretta Shaw’s life isn’t easy. She couldn’t even find anyone to work for her until Alec Peterson shows up. The newspaper misprinted her name as Brett Shaw, and he thinks she’s a man; however, he agrees to take the job....

Brandon McAllister fell hard for Leslie Baggett and she for him, but Leslie’s mother moved her family from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Dallas, Texas, and keeping in touch becomes hard....

Needing to leave Sterling Orphan House at 18, Rose Sterling is to take toddler, Katie Hudson, to her father who works on the King Ranch in New Mexico Territory. She thought her biggest adventure would be getting there on the wagon train, but she was wrong....

As storms gather and hearts are tested, these characters weather hardships to discover tender triumphs, moments of grace, and a love that won't let go. Their journeys will leave you breathless as they fight for futures they almost dared not dream.

Jocelyn Wright would prefer to be outside, with her twin brother, instead of in drawing rooms and social events. But as Jonas gets ready to attend Philadelphia College, the colonies’ rebellion against the crown heats up, and Bennet Hart comes into the picture....