The Pirate Bride by Kathleen Y’Barbo
The Pirate Bride is the second book in the Daughters of the Mayflower series, coming after The Mayflower Bride.
Pasts collide in New Orleans when
a treasure goes missing.
The last time New
Orleans attorney Jean-Luc Valmont saw Maribel Cordoba, a Spanish nobleman’s
daughter, she was an eleven-year-old orphan perched in the riggings of his
privateering vessel proving herself as the best lookout on his crew. Until the
day his infamy caught up with them and all innocent lives were lost. Unsure why
he survived but vowing to make something of the chance he was given, Jean-Luc
has buried his past life so deep that no living person will ever find it—until
a very much alive and very grown up Maribel Cordoba arrives on his doorstep and
threatens all he now holds dear.
The Accidental
Guardian by Mary Connealy
The Accidental Guardian is the first book in Mary’s High Sierra Sweethearts series.
She’s the only witness to a wagon
train attack. Keeping her safe, though, means his world is about to be turned
upside down.
When Trace Riley finds
the smoldering ruins of a small wagon train, he recognizes an attack by the
same group who left him as sole survivor years ago. Living off the wilderness
since then, he’s finally carved out a home and started a herd—while serving as a
self-appointed guardian of the trail. He’d hoped the days of driving off
dangerous men were over, but the latest attack shows otherwise.
Deborah Harkness saved
her younger sister and two toddlers during the attack, and how finds herself at
the mercy of her rescuer. Trace becomes an accidental guardian when he offers
the only shelter for miles around and agrees to take them in until they can
safely continue their journey. His simple bachelor existence never anticipated
kids and women in the picture and their arrival is unsettling—yet enticing.
Trace and Deborah find
themselves drawing ever closer as they work together to bring justice to the
trail and help the group survive the winter—but every day closer to spring
means a day closer to leaving the mountains forever.
A Breath of Hope by
Lauraine Snelling
A Breath of Hope is the second book in Lauraine’s Under Northern Skies series, coming
after The Promise of Dawn.
One man’s past could affect all
of their futures.
With her younger
brother Ivar in tow, Nilda Carlson is on her way to America to join her older
brother Rune and his family in the northern forests of Minnesota. While she
sees this as a golden opportunity, she has enough experience in life to know it
won’t be easy. The transatlantic voyage itself proves to be an adventure, and
she hopes she will feel safe in her new home.
Rune and Signe Carlson
are thrilled that Nilda and Ivar are coming to Minnesota, but life on the
Strand farm remains a struggle. Rune is trying to build a house for his wife and
children, but Uncle Einar Strand, obsessed with his own ambitions, refuses to
help. What’s more, he forbids anyone from the community to step foot on his
land, leaving Rune to toil on his own. When a tragedy lays bare the truth
behind Einar’s anger and isolation, the Carlsons and Strands will have to come
together like never before to become a true family.
No One Ever Asked by
Katie Ganshert
No One Ever Asked is a stand-alone novel.
When an impoverished
school district loses its accreditation and the affluent community of Crystal
Ridge has no choice but to open their school doors, the lives of three very
different women converge: Camille Gray—the wife of an executive, mother of
three, long-standing PTA chairwoman and champion fundraiser—faced with a shocking
discovery that threatens to tear her picture-perfect world apart at the seams.
Jen Covington, the career nurse whose long, painful journey to motherhood
finally resulted in adoption but she is struggling with a happily-ever-after so
much harder than she anticipated. Twenty-two-year-old Anaya Jones—the first
woman in her family to graduate college and a brand new teacher at Crystal
Ridge’s top elementary school, unprepared for the powder-keg situation she’s
stepped into. Tensions rise within and without, culminating in an unforeseen
event that impacts them all.
Pelican Point by
Irene Hannon
Pelican Point is the fourth book in Irene’s Hope Harbor series, coming after Hope Harbor, Sea Rose Lane,
and Sandpiper Cove.
In the midst of life’s storms,
unexpected love is a beacon of hope.
A crumbling lighthouse
is not part of the inheritance Army
doctor Ben Garrison expects to claim when he journeys to Hope Harbor. Fresh out
of the service, he wants only to unload the tower of bricks, decompress from
years of treating battlefield trauma, and prepare to launch his civilian
career.
Hope Harbor Herald editor
Marci Weber has other ideas. She may not be a Hope Harbor native, but the small
Oregon seaside town has become home—and she’s determined to save the Pelican Point
landmark.
Sparks fly as the two
go head-to-head over the fate of the lighthouse. But when they start to
cooperate, a different kind of fire ignites. Can Hope Harbor heal the hearts of
these two romance-wary souls?
The Road Home by
Beverly Lewis
The Road Home is a stand-alone novel.
As the sun began to rise, Lena
Rose leaned against the cool pane of the bus window and gazed out at the
familiar landscape of her life. I’m leaving my family and everything I know
behind. She sighed, trying to keep her
composure.
Grieving the death of
her Amish parents and the separation from her nine close-knit siblings, Lena
Rose Schwartz consoles herself that her new life in Lancaster County won’t be
forever. Surely someday soon she will return to her beloved Michigan
settlement, including her beau. But even as she holds on to hope for a reunion
with those she loves most, she discovers that Lancaster holds charms of its
own. Will she find the courage to open her heart to other possibilities?
Starting From Scratch
by Kate Lloyd
Starting From Scratch is the second book in Kate Lloyd’s Lancaster Discoveries series, coming
after A Letter from Lancaster County.
An old flame brings a spark of
new hope.
En Alt Maedel—an old
maid.
At age twenty-nine,
that’s what Eva Lapp considers herself. And who could argue with her? Finding a
good Amish husband at her age will be next to impossible. Plus, Eva’s
unwarranted bad reputation in Lancaster County precedes her. Maybe living the Englisch
life would be better.
Squeezed out of her childhood
home by her brother’s boisterous family, Eva finds lodging and a new job
managing a small café at a local plant nursery. But the challenge of her new
position isn’t enough to distract from her current predicament.
To Eva’s surprise, her
first love, Jake Miller, suddenly returns to Lancaster County. Flooded with
emotions and filled with questions about Jake’s past, can Eva trust what she’s
feeling?
Jake and Eva face many
obstacles in their quest for a fresh start in the community, but perhaps with God’s
help, they can find the redemption they both desperately need.
The Weaver’s Daughter
by Sarah E. Ladd
The Weaver’s Daughter is a stand-alone novel.
Kate’s loyalties bind her to the
past. Henry’s compel him to strive for a better future. In a landscape torn
between tradition and vision, can two souls find the strength to overcome their
preconceptions?
Loyalty has been the
heart of the Dearborne family for as long as Kate can remember, but a war is
brewing in their small village, one that has the power to rip families
asunder—including her own. As misguided actions are brought to light, she
learns how deep her father’s pride and bitterness run, and she begins to wonder
if her loyalty is well-placed.
Henry Stockton, heir
to the Stockton fortune, returns home from three years at war seeking refuge
from his haunting memories. Determined to bury his past, he embraces his
grandfather’s plans to modernize the family’s wool mill, ignoring the
grumblings from local weavers. When tragedy strikes shortly after his arrival,
Henry must sort truth from suspicion if he is to protect his family’s
livelihood and legacy.
Henry has been warned
about the Dearborne family: Kate, too, has been advised to stay away from the
Stocktons, but chance meetings continue to bring her to Henry’s side, blurring
the jagged lines between loyalty, justice, and truth. Kate ultimately finds
herself with a powerful decision that will forever affect her village’s future.
As unlikely adversaries, Henry and Kate must come together and find a way to
create peace or their families, their village, and their souls—even if it means
risking their hearts in the process.
Where Shadows Meet by
Colleen Coble
Where Shadows Meet is a stand-alone novel.
Hannah is distraught
when her parents are murdered—but what makes it worse is that she should have
been at home with them…not meeting her forbidden love, Reece. Unable to face
the community and her guilt, she runs away and marries him.
But Reece isn’t the
man she thought he was. He controls her completely, and when she gets
pregnant—against his wishes—he pushes her down the stairs as she approaches her
due date. When she wakes in the hospital and he tells her the baby died, she
knows she’s had enough. She runs again.
Years later, Hannah
has become an expert on Amish quilts, and her visibility allows Reece to track
her down. He begs her to come back, saying he’s changed—and sends her a picture
of their daughter.
This couldn’t be real,
could it? Hannah is certain this is just another way he’s trying to manipulate
her, but the chance, no matter how slight, of seeing her daughter won’t leave
her mind. When another member of her old community is found murdered—by the
same poison that killed her parents—old fears surface. Was Reece the one who
killed her parents in order to get her away? And is he killing again to get her
back?
Those are my must-have releases for the month of April! Stay
tuned to see if I actually read any of them (he he) and to see my must-haves
for the rest of the year!
Happy April and happy reading!
To see where I’m linking up, check out my Where I Party
page.
All credit for the italicized synopses goes to each author
and their respective publishers.
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