Rescue Me - Mail-Order Brides

Series · 23

books · 2023

By Annee Jones, Elissa Strati, Margaret Tanner, and more

Books in series

Belle

2023

To save her life, Belle Sharmon lets everyone think she has perished in a fire. Stowing away on a freight train, Belle and her small son meet up with a Confederate soldier. Why is the man still in uniform, when the war has been ended for five years? What secret does this soldier hide? After a short time, Belle and the soldier go their separate ways, but not before he has infused her with hope. Months later, at the Mail-Order Bride Bureau, Belle meets Leigh, a man who can rescue her. If she marries Leigh, will her secret remain safe? Or will ghosts from the past endanger their future?

Lauren

2023

Lauren Brower is traveling to Rawlins, Wyoming to marry a sheep rancher she met through an advertisement. Much to her dismay, a thief snatches her reticule and runs off with her tickets and most of her money. What she still has tucked away on her person is not enough to buy a replacement ticket. She is offered a way to earn her fare plus extra funds, but it means she must delay meeting her intended. Jeb Carter, Union Pacific Special Agent, is sent to Laramie, Wyoming, to discover who is behind a string of train robberies. He plans to work solo—he always works solo—but his boss has other ideas. He comes upon a hapless damsel in distress stuck at the Omaha Union Depot. Much to his dismay, he soon receives orders to escort her to a crossroads town on the train line. There, she will work for a busy restaurant while gathering information. He is to be her contact. Lauren encounters an unforeseen development. Jeb joins a posse search that ends in tragedy. In the process of searching for train robbers, will they be robbed of their futures?

Beatrice

2023

Cornered and assaulted, Beatrice couldn’t take it anymore, and fought back with deadly consequences. Beatrice Gaffney had been accosted one too many times, and had reached her limit. This time she fought back, but instead of disabling her assailant, she killed him. There would be dire consequences for her actions, but she wasn’t hanging around to find out what they might be. Tyler Harris reluctantly sent for a mail-order bride. Being hounded by his mother to produce heirs had become tiresome. He expected a carefree wife who would cook and clean and relieve his mother of that burden. What he didn’t expect was a beautiful, haunted woman who jumped at her own shadow. It was clear to Tyler, Beatrice was hiding a deep, dark secret. When the shocking truth was finally revealed, he reeled in disbelief. Will she clear her name, or will their happy ever after, forever elude them? Author's Promise: This is a heartwarming historical novella with a happy ever after ending and no cliffhangers. It is a clean and wholesome story with nothing more than hugs, kisses, and holding hands. \\Although part of a multi-author series, this book is completely standalone and not related to the other books in the series.

Lila

2023

A fortune's at stake. And Lila's in the way. Desperate to escape her evil stepsisters, Lila heads West to be a mail-order bride. As she reaches her destination, her groom is shot dead in front of her. Suddenly, a mysterious stranger whisks her to safety. A former bounty hunter, Bolton specializes in retrieving sensitive government property. He discovers Lila possesses the only key that will open a stolen strong box. Against his better judgement, Bolton agrees to use Lila to flush the thieves into the open. When plans go awry, Lila realizes she is fighting not only for her life, but for a future with the man she’s come to love.A fortune’s at stake. And Lila’s in the way.

Corrine

2023

Twenty-two year old Corrine Peyton is one of Boston’s richest debutantes. Beautiful, educated, and motherless. Left a substantial inheritance from her late-mother’s estate, she could easily support herself for the rest of her life and never have to worry about marrying for any reason other than love. Unfortunately, for Corrine, her stepfather has designs on her fortune. In order to get control, he plans to have her declared incompetent and sequestered to a mental hospital. When she’s unable to find a solicitor willing to help her fight her stepfather’s charges, Corrine makes the decision to run away. A chance discovery of local mail-order bride service leads her to apply. They quickly find her a match. An Oregon rancher is looking for wife to help him run his home and business. He makes a formal offer through the service, which Corrine accepts. However, she has conditions. Will Aiden Thomas accept his potential bride’s demands? And, when Corrine’s stepfather sends Pinkerton men looking for his runaway meal ticket, will Aiden be willing to put his life on the line to protect her?

Josie

2023

“The only way to save your ma is to marry me…” Josie and her ma were desperate to save their farm. George wanted their farm and Josie wanted to know why. Something wasn’t right. Praying for the Lord to guide and protect her, she impulsively buys a newspaper, secretly responding to an ad for a mail-order bride. While feeling at peace about her decision, George becomes forceful about their marriage. When disaster leaves them destitute, they escape from George, fleeing to Wyoming, where Josie’s future husband, Micah, awaits. Micah is everything Josie had ever dreamed of, with a future filled with love and hope; until her ma comes up missing, and George shows up, wearing guns, threatening… “The only way to save your ma is to marry me.” But that's not the only trouble they face... Will they ever overcome all the adversities? They cling to each other and their faith in God to get them through. Is it really meant for them to be together?

Elise

2023

Desperate to reach the United States, Elise Meyer accepts a marriage offer from a New York German-speaking widower in exchange for her first working three years as a nanny for his two children while he finishes his university education. Once she arrives in New York, she discovers the situation is not what she agreed to. She soon realizes the children’s grandfather, a displaced Prussian landowner, does not have honorable intentions. One night, after he attacks her, she grabs a knife and fights back. Worried she might have killed him, she flees. Kurt Neumann recently finished his eleven-year enlistment and is relieved to see the last of the U.S. Army. While he was in, although he fought when needed, he spent most of his time cooking for the troops. Having saved most of his earnings, he is now in limbo while he decides what to do with his future. He meets a pretty German woman who speaks limited English. The German he learned from his grandmother is limited, but enough he can communicate. Once they realize a detective is after Elise, intent on taking her back to answer for her crime, Kurt must make a decision. Will he avoid complications by walking away, or will he help her escape?

Amanda

2023

Amanda Sutton, the nanny to a wealthy family in Chicago, becomes suspicious of her employer when the man’s wife dies unexpectedly. Overhearing a conversation between her employer and his lover, Amanda knows she needs to flee town before the man realizes Amanda knows more than she should. Amanda finds an ad from a man who wants a mail-order bride immediately. In a panic that her employer would come after her, Amanda doesn’t give much thought to the strange ad. Instead, she leaves for Wyoming on the next train heading west. When she arrives in Wyoming, things are not as expected, but the sheriff helps her find a nanny position. All seems well until the man she ran from comes to town looking for her. Can a woman running for her life and a man who doesn’t want a woman in his life fall in love and find happiness?

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Ellen

2023

A flapper in a fix! Ellen has been the family breadwinner while her men are off in Europe, making the world safe for democracy. But with the war over, Sydney, the man whose job she held, is back, and she is unemployed. And now Sydney is stalking her! At her mother's suggestion she becomes a mail-order bride. But has she fled far enough to be safe?

#12

Dagmar

2023

Dagmar Larsson, a doppelganger for a rich heiress, accepts payment to lure danger away. But it might cost her everything. Dagmar Larsson barely escapes a kidnap attempt when she is mistaken for her wealthy employer, Alrik Soderlund’s daughter, Algot. Alrik is shocked at her uncanny likeness to his daughter. He hires Dagmar to lure the would-be kidnappers away by impersonating Algot and sailing to America where Dagmar will have the opportunity to become a mail-order bride. Unbeknownst to him, his daughter also sneaks aboard ship. Niklas Olsson doesn’t think he deserves a bride, but he accompanies his best friend, Lars, to meet the ship hoping to find a humble woman to share his quiet life. But two women arrive being pursued by thugs with evil intent and looking so alike Niklas and Lars can’t tell them apart. When danger catches up with them, will he risk everything to save both women knowing one is honest and the other a deceiver?

#13

Mabel

2023

_Has Mabel gone from one desperate situation to another? And will she ever find happiness, or is she destined to a life of misery?_ Mabel spends her days behind closed doors. Supposedly for her own safety. After witnessing the unthinkable, Mabel knew it was a lie. Instead, her fiancée sought to keep his deadly deeds from her. Only now she knew the truth, her life was in jeopardy. To save herself, Mabel must flee. Earl Carpenter has no intention of getting hitched. But when his brother’s mail-order bride arrives without notice, he has no choice but to marry her. Author's Promise: This is a heartwarming historical novella with a happy ever after ending and no cliffhangers. It is a clean and wholesome story with nothing more than hugs, kisses, and holding hands.

#14

Treise

2023

Printer’s assistant Treise O’Hara works with her father who runs a small-circulation newspaper but wishes she could be a reporter investigating stories. Father publishes a controversial op-ed about an unscrupulous business owner in Philadelphia. The newspaper office is invaded, and equipment is broken. Father is beaten and carted away. Hiding in a storage cupboard, Treise witnesses the attack and recognizes the thugs and who their boss is. She overhears their intention to bury him so she’s forced to go into hiding and stays in her cousin, Eveleen’s, room where she works as a maid. The women make a plan to answer ads for mail-order brides in the small city. Treise is counting on disappearing behind a new last name. Sheriff Paxon Waldemarr works hard to keep the lawless element in Laramie, Wyoming Territory, under control. His brother and sis-in-law were killed in a robbery, leaving a five-year-old daughter in Paxon’s care. He runs an ad for a mail-order bride, hoping for someone to care for his niece and maintain a household. His work life is hectic, and he wants calm at home. What he doesn’t expect is a determined suffragette intent on securing the vote for women in the new government. If her actions reflect on his career, how will their marriage survive?

#15

Luella

2023

What has possessed Luella to ever consider being a mail-order bride? In order to escape the abusive life she has in North Carolina, Luella Carter decides to answer an advertisement for a mail-order bride. The gentleman who placed the ad claims to only want companionship and help around the house, and does not need love, children, or other wifely duties. This seems to suit Luella just fine, but when she arrives, she wonders if this was all a big mistake. Cyrus Brady is the town's undertaker, and as such, he knows what it means to be an outcast. But his lonely life of solitude is horribly interrupted by his sister who takes it upon herself to advertise for a mail-order bride back east for him. Now a young woman has arrived, ready to become his bride, and Cyrus doesn't know if he's ready to become a husband.

#16

Louise

2023

The night before her wedding and honeymoon on Titanic's maiden voyage, Louise discovers the man she was to marry is a hardened criminal. Desperate to escape and protect her younger sister, she does the only thing she can think of to hide—become a mail order bride and mother to two young children. Louise knows nothing of mothering or managing a home, and it’s sure to be the perfect cover. But when Louise arrives at her destination, she’s surprised to learn she’s not the only one with a secret. With peril surrounding them, will the man she’s supposed to marry help once he discovers her past and the danger she’s brought to his quiet life? Or will the secrets from his past return to hurt them both?

#17

Abilene

2023

A marriage made in Heaven, a hard-hearted Sheriff and a bootlegger's daughter go together like moonshine and bad decisions. Will she find a way to penetrate the barriers of his heart? Daughter of a bootlegger and hopeless romantic, Abilene is on the run and looking for her happily ever after – including an understanding husband, a house in the country, and tranquility. Sheriff Mark Joseph needs a practical wife who understands that chaos is part of his job and tenderness, love, and affection amount to sentimental hogwash. Will she find a way to penetrate the barriers of his heart?

#18

Grace

2023

Grace looked back. They were still coming. She rounded the corner of the depot and prayed the train was ready to depart. Stopping to catch her breath, she looked for a friendly face. A man twenty feet ahead turned at that moment and looked right at her. She ran for him, grabbed his arm, and walked with him onto the train. Time would tell if she'd found safety or made the greatest mistake of her life.

#19

Sabrina

2023

Responsible for a younger sister, Sabrina thought she was running from a bad situation to something better. However, when she discovered what sort of “wife” her prospective groom had in mind, she knew she had to escape. Hugh could use a housekeeper and someone to cook for his ranch hands, but he has no desire for wife. He particularly does not like redheaded women. However, when one vocal redhead with her sister in tow bumps into him—literally—it soon becomes apparent the two need rescuing. As long as the feisty redhead’s claim she can cook is true and she stays out of his way, he’ll give her a chance. After all, he cannot pass up thwarting the plans of a man he has grown to detest.

#20

Minerva

2023

Having seen the robber's face, Minerva realizes she is in peril. This ruthless outlaw’s death stare is a warning in itself. He is prepared to follow her to the ends of the earth to stop her from identifying him. The only thing she can do now is run for her life, but where to? Dare she take the drastic step of becoming a mail-order bride to a stranger who may, or may not, be able to save her if the outlaw does find her?

#21

Audrey

2023

Wrong place, wrong time... and now she's running for her life... Audrey Winthrop has everything figured out. At twenty-one years old, she’s got everything she ever wanted... Well, almost everything. But, she’s on her way toward living her dream. It's 1920 and the world is changing, especially for women. Bright lights, a big city, and independence are finally within her reach. And now that she’s living in New York City, it’s all just a few steps away. With the help of some friends from her boarding house, Audrey is excited to get a taste of big city life at last. But when it’s finally her turn to step out and dance her heart out at one of the local speakeasies, she witnesses a crime that will change her life forever...

#22

Claire

2023

Claire Wallace flees New York in 1894—as far away from her dead father's bank robbing gang as she can. But apparently, even two thousand miles isn't far enough. Toby Gilbert, an undercover Secret Service operative, places an ad for a wife as part of his cover. He has no intention of falling in love for real. What happens when Claire's father's associates come looking for her, thinking she's making a deal with the government? And what happens when Toby's plans fall by the wayside? Will he love her by laying down his life? Or does God have other plans?

#23

Wanda

2023

At twenty-eight, Wanda Henke has worked for the Albany Gazette for six years now, the last two as one of their crime reports. When she and her editor attempt to check out a lead, the editor is murdered in cold blood, with her as a witness. A crooked police detective puts her in the murderers’ crosshairs, causing her to flee the city. Along the way, she stumbles upon an advertisement for a matrimonial service and she sends in her application. By the time she arrives in San Francisco, an offer of marriage from the owner of a lemon orchard. While she’s uncertain, she knows that she can’t keep running forever. With any luck, changing her name and hiding away on a farm will thwart the men following her. Caleb Hornsby is the owner of the largest Meyer lemon grove in the upstate area. It’s taken him nearly ten years to build up his business. Working night and day has left him little time for courting. And, given the area isn’t exactly teaming with would-be brides, he follows his best friend’s advice and sends for a mail-order bride. It isn’t until strange men show up in town looking for someone with Wanda’s description that he wonders if he’s married a criminal. Or, worst yet, someone he can no longer trust.

#24

Eveleen

2023

Eveleen Murphy works as a maid in the house of a Philadelphia lawyer. Amiable and fun-loving, she is a favorite in the household. But when her employer’s younger brother moves in, she is confronted at every turn by his unwanted romantic advances. When her cousin is in danger, she takes in Treise. The women make a plan to answer ads for mail-order brides in the small city. But when jewelry goes missing and Eveleen is blamed, she has to go on the run. With only one letter from a potential husband in hand, Eveleen sets out for Wyoming Territory. Dairy farmer Bjorn Crosby has been content to work the family dairy farm with his younger brother. Days after his brother marries and moves to his wife’s farm, Bjorn places an ad for a mail-order bride, hoping for an experienced farm woman. The first woman to reply is from the city, and he doubts the wisdom of his communication. When he’d faced with the woman’s arrival at his farm, he has to decide to move her into his home or fund her ticket home. With such a tenuous start, what hope does this relationship have?

#25

Julia

2023

She won't be forced into an arranged marriage... But no matter where she goes, he'll use any means to find her... When Julia Ellis overhears her fiancé's sinister intentions, she decides to do the only thing she can think of to escape and decides to become a mail-order bride in America. She's always dreamed of the land across the sea. Forever impulsive, she sneaks onto the ship of her longtime friend, Philip Reinholt, and disguises herself as a man. But Philip isn't fooled. When he learns of her plans to become a mail-order bride and that his ship is her secret passage to reach her destination, he's beyond upset with her impulsive plan but insists on helping. Little do either one of them realize that her intended is better at tracking her than they bargained for.

Authors

Annee Jones

Author · 24 books

Author Annee Jones loves to write all things romance, fantasy, cozy mystery, & more. She is passionate about writing stories where dreams come true and love wins in the end! Animal friends, elements of suspense, and appendices with fun facts manage to appear in all her works regardless of genre. Professionally, Annee works as a disability counselor where she helps her clients navigate through complex medical and legal systems while rediscovering their wholeness in Spirit. Subscribe to Annee’s newsletter to stay up to date on new releases, sneak peeks, author parties, and exclusive giveaways: https://www.anneejones.com/newsletter Find Annee’s books here: Annee’s website: https://www.anneejones.com/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B08KSFSHX1 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/authorannee... Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/annee... Want to join Annee’s private Facebook reader group, Annee's Angels? Request your spot now: https://www.facebook.com/groups/annee... You can also connect with Annee on her FB author page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAnneeJ...

Margaret Tanner is an award winning, best selling author. As well as writing historical novels set in frontier Australia she has discovered a love for writing Western Romance. Her novella, Edwina of Connecticut is one of the 50 novels in the American Mail Order Bride series. Christmas Cowboy is in the Western Christmas Anthology, Silver Belles And Stetsons. . She has had numerous short stories published over the years, but writing Historical romance novels is her passion. Her favourite historical period is the 1st World War. Not only has she painstakingly researched this era, but was fortunate enough to make a poignant pilgrimage to the battlefields of Gallipoli (in Turkey), France and Belgium. She is married with three grown up sons, and two gorgeous grand-daughters. Margaret lives in Australia. She has recently retired from work, and hopes to concentrate on her writing.

Linda Carroll-Bradd

Author · 40 books

As a child, Linda was often found lying on her bed reading about characters having exciting adventures in places far away. Upon reaching a landmark birthday, she decided to write one of those romances she loved so much. Easier said than done. Perseverance paid out and twelve years later, she received her first call from a publisher and a confession story was published. Now Linda writes heartwarming contemporary and historical stories with a touch of humor, and many have a tie to her previous home of Texas. Linda enjoys writing from her cabin in the mountains among the cedar and pines with her husband of 34 years and their two much-loved dogs.

Sarah Lamb

Author · 4 books

Sarah Lamb is wife to an amazing teacher and mom to two boys who are growing up just a little too fast. Her day job is helping others to become writers, while she squeezes in each spare moment she can on her own books. She spends her days working and writing in the Blue Ridge Mountains and planning her next trip to Disney World.

Kimberly Grist

Author · 21 books

Kimberly Grist is married to her high school sweetheart, Nelson, who is a pastor in Griffin, Georgia. She and her husband have three adult sons, one with Down syndrome, and she has a passion to encourage others in offering a special needs ministry in the church. Kim is also a grandmother and proud to be a child of the living God. She feels called to help and encourage others and to share experiences both good and bad in order to be the witness that God would have us to be. Kim has enjoyed writing since she was a young girl, however, began writing her first novel in 2017. Inspired by so many things life has to offer one of which includes her oldest son’s diagnosis of cancer she finds it especially gratifying to write a happy ending. “Suffering is, of course, is my least favorite thing. My objective is not to discuss my struggles specifically but to combine a love of history with biblical principles to produce a clean historical Christian romance, that shows how God uses adversity for our good in ways we may never expect.” Combining, History, Humor, and Romance with an emphasis on Faith, Friends and Good Clean Fun, Rebecca’s Hope, a work of fiction that reminds us how God can use adversity to strengthen us and draw us closer to Him and give us the desires of our heart in ways we may never expect. Fans of historical romance set in late 19th-century will enjoy this beautiful story of love and forgiveness. As the unfortunate circumstances of Rebecca's childhood are revealed, we discover a heroine who is both resilient and kind. Rebecca and Sam's love story will have readers rooting for their happy ending DO YOU ENJOY HISTORICAL WESTERN ROMANCES? The Pioneer Hearts Facebook group is a wonderful place for historical western romance authors, and readers discuss their favorite stories, recipes, and photos. Join the group http://www.facebook.com/groups/Pionee...

F. Tilly Brownne

Author · 5 books

F. Tilly Brownne writes women’s fiction, drama, sweet & clean historical romance, contemporary romance, and Christian fiction. Audrey’s Search was her first historical romance in a series in July 2022 followed by it's sequel, Trevor's Torment. Watch her growing list of novellas, often on KU pre-order. Please mark them Want to Read for the latest news. And please follow her on Bookbub for notices of new books and more. Find her here: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/f-til... Join her fiction newsletter here: https://dianne-e-butts.ck.page/756490... When not writing she enjoys riding her motorcycle with her husband, gardening, and photography. She lives in beautiful Colorado. (She writes nonfiction under her real name: Dianne E. Butts. Learn more on her web site: https://www.dianneebutts.com/fiction.)

Kandice E. Geddes

Author · 12 books

Kandice Geddes was born and raised beside the red hills of St. George, Utah. She discovered her love of writing as a small child and began creating stories about mermaids falling for dashing princes. Thank you, Disney. And it only continued from there. She graduated from Southern Utah University with a track scholarship in Elementary Education and taught 1st Grade for four years. While living in northern Colorado, she rediscovered her love of writing, especially within the world of sweet romance, and has been pursuing it ever since. Some of her other loves are: reading, drawing, sugar cookies, watching Disney movies (shocker I know), and spending time with her swoony husband and two highly spirited boys.

Nancy Fraser has been writing since she was a child, most often on walls and with crayons or (heaven forbid) permanent marker. Since first becoming published in 1996, Nancy has received numerous five star reviews for her futuristic, time travel romance. She’s also published in short contemporary, historical romance and is contracted for a series of ten vintage historical romances set during the Golden Decade of Rock & Roll (1955-1964). When not writing fiction, Nancy likes to spend time with her five wonderful grandchildren.

P. Creeden

Author · 45 books

P. Creeden is the sweet romance and mystery pen name for USA Today Bestselling Author Pauline Creeden. Her stories feature down-to-earth characters who often feel like they are undeserving of love for one reason or another and are surprised when love finds them. P. Creeden married her college sweetheart, who she also met at a horse farm. Together they raise a menagerie of animals and their one son, an avid reader, himself. Animals are the supporting characters of many of her stories, because they occupy her daily life on the farm, too. From dogs, cats, and goldfish to horses, chickens, and geckos—she believes life around pets is so much better, even if they are fictional.

Lynne Lanning has such an effortless way of evoking emotion from her readers. Her characters are so realistic that the reader can feel their pain during trials and their joy during triumphs. Reviews state: "...it's as if Mrs. Lanning lived through this herself." "Couldn't put it down..." "A real page turner." Lynne enjoys turning history and her love of God into enjoyable, relatable stories with practical life lessons that can benefit people today. Each story tells of true bonds of love and loyalty, mixed with tough times and decisions, with a twist of humor and sometimes devastation...the same is true in life. With a blend of her own family members and heritage along with lots of fiction, it's hard to tell where reality stops and fantasy begins.

Donna Schlachter

Author · 5 books

Patricia PacJac Carroll

Author · 61 books

Cheryl Wright

Author · 51 books

Being a writer can be... interesting. Walking down the street and watching people go about their day-to-day life, but thinking strange, even dangerous things. I still clearly remember the day I stood at the traffic lights in downtown Melbourne. There she was, sitting in her car, waiting for the lights to change green. Tapping her fingers impatiently. Something inside my head went off. Kaboom! An idea formed, and became the beginning of a novel. Instead of sitting patiently at the lights, she was nervous, extremely anxious as she was being pursued by killers. The next thing she knew, an angry, crazy man was slamming her windscreen with a sledgehammer and she was running for her life. Yes, the life of a writer is quite unique.

Kathleen Lawless

Author · 30 books

Kathleen Lawless blames a misspent youth watching Rawhide, Maverick and Bonanza for her fascination with cowboys, which doesn’t stop her from creating a wide variety of interests and occupations for her many alpha male heroes. Her hero, Steele, in HER UNDERCOVER COWBOY, is a modern-day cowboy, so when she was wooed by a man called Steel—while he’s not a cowboy, he is an alpha male and her forever hero. Which is why all of her stories end Happily Ever After. Not that she can ever stick to just one genre. So many stories to tell—never enough time. With over 30 published novels to her credit, she enjoys pushing the boundaries of traditional romance into historical romance, romantic suspense, women’s fiction and stories for young adults. Sign up for Kathleen’s VIP Reader Group to receive a free book, updates, special giveaways and fan-priced offers. http://eepurl.com/bV0sb1

Zina Abbott

Author · 30 books

Zina Abbott is the pen name used by Robyn Echols for her historical novels. Her novel, Family Secrets, was published by Fire Star Press in October 2014 and her novelette, A Christmas Promise, was published by Prairie Rose Publications in November 2014. The first two novellas in the Eastern Sierra Brides 1884 series, Big Meadows Valentine and A Resurrected Heart, are now available. The author currently lives with her husband in California near the “Gateway to Yosemite.” She enjoys family history and any kind of history. When she is not piecing together novel plots, she pieces together quilt blocks.