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In this retelling of the biblical story of Hosea, Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. Then she meets Michael Hosea. He obeys God's call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. He defies her bitter expectations and slowly her heart begins to thaw. Her final healing must come from the One who loves her even more than Michael does.

On the grueling trail west, Grace Martindale loses her new husband and her last vestige of security. Upon arriving in Oregon Country, she uses her midwifery skills to help the other settlers, and—with the aid of fur trapper Alex Armistead—the Cayuse tribe. But peace between the groups is fragile, and tension soon leads to violence.

With the stakes rising and threats looming, Camri Coulter and Irishman Patrick Murdock work together to find Camri's brother Caleb.

"In the late 1860s West, two independent ranch homesteaders go head-to-head over prized land, until Gage Coulter proposes an unexpected plan to Bailey Wilde and, in a moment of weakness, she agrees"--

A western hero whose adventures embody the spirit of the American frontier, Smoke Jensen is bestselling author William W. Johnstone's most beloved creation. In his powerful new novel, Johnston chronicles Smoke's early years. Before he went off in search of his father, long before he become a legend, Kirby Jensen was a young man trying to make a living with the gifts God gave him--courage, cunning, and lightning with a gun.

Priscilla knew God wanted her to be a missionary, not a wife. The missionary board declares the only way she can serve is to be married, and so she embarks on a marriage in name only... a marriage that will test her spirit... and the new longings of her heart...

In order to return to Reno for Christmas, Smoke Jensen and his family take a chance by going through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, but when a bizzard traps the family with a would-be bank robber, Smoke and his family do whatever it takes to survive.

Matt Brennon finds the old man as he lays dying near a spring, his body riddled with bullets. The old man leaves his ranch to Brennon, telling him never to sell, never to give up. For the first time in his life he really wants to kill, wants it so much his hands shake. Before the battle is over, Brennon gets the chance to do just that. Falsely accused of murder, he is forced to run from the law while harassing his enemies at the same time. When...

A strong, beautiful mother of five, Kate Kerrigan has made do since losing her husband in the bloody Battle of Shiloh. Now, two years after the Civil War, there's nothing left for them in Tennessee but poverty and bad memories. So Kate decides a better life awaits them in far-off West Texas. Thus begins a 1000-mile trek through some of the harshest and most dangerous territory on the frontier. But by pulling together, the Kerrigans discover the...