Joanne Bischof
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Two second-chance love stories, hope across the centuries, and the legacy that binds them together. Upon arriving at Kenworthy, California, mail-order-bride Juniper Cohen was met by the pounding of the gold mine, the rowdiness of its prospectors, and her greatest surprise of all: the love of the kind man who awaited her. But when the mine proves empty of profit, and when Juniper's husband vanishes, doubt and discouragement are as prevalent as the...
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Blackbird Mountain novels volume 2
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"Two brothers were raised to know that Viking blood runs in their veins. But when it comes to passion and rivalry, they're desperate to discover if God's peace can dwell in their hearts."--
Aven voyaged to America where she was wooed and wed by Thor Norgaard, a deaf man in rural Appalachia. His younger brother and rival Haakon made choices that shattered Aven's trust in him. Now Haakon sails on the North Atlantic ice trade, and his soul is plagued...
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"When Aven Norgaard leaves Norway to serve as housekeeper to her late husband's cousins in Appalachia, she expects lads in need of care, not three grown men--each in need of a wife and bound by a powerful brotherhood. As the men carve out a living by brewing artisan liquor, young Haakon's pursuit tempts Aven's lonely spirit. But it is his deaf brother, Thor, whose silent strength shows her the depths of real love. Unable to speak to any woman, Thor...
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Pretty Lonnie Sawyer is shy and innocent, used to fading into the background among the Appalachian hills. Though her family is poor and her father abusive, she clings to a quiet faith. But when handsome ladies' man and bluegrass musician Gideon O'Riley steals a kiss, her fate is sealed. Lonnie's father forces her into a hasty marriage with a man she barely knows and does not love. Equally frustrated and confused, Gideon forces Lonnie on an arduous...
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Settling into a simple life in the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, Lonnie and Gideon O'Riley have finally found happiness after the rocky start to their marriage. The roguish bluegrass musician has fallen in love with his gentle wife and the God she serves, and Lonnie rests secure in his tenderness for her and their young son. Then a heartless ruse brings them back to Rocky Knob -- to face the claims of a woman who says she is Gideon's rightful wife....
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Cadence of grace volume 3
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"Gideon O'Riley returns to his wife, but finds her engaged to another man. Will God bring them back together, or does He have other plans?"--
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"As the circus tents are raised on the outskirts of Roanoke in 1890, nurse Ella Beckley arrives to tend a Gypsy girl under the watchful eye of Charlie Lionheart, a guardian who bears a striking resemblance to the child and protects the baby with a love that awakens a hope in Ella that goodness may yet reign"--
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"Four historical women, their lives in transition ... find joy in the memory, discovery, or receiving of a treasured heirloom and the love it represents. Betsy is brokenhearted to lose an heirloom watch, and its buyer won't return it. Wren cautiously welcomes back the boy-turned-man who disappeared four years ago. When Clara's father is injured, she borrows a neighbor's son to help on the farm. Darla returns to her hometown determined to recover both...
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"In the year 834 AD, an Irish monk flings a bronze bottle into the sea, praying the Latin word etched onto the vessel will reach a hurting soul and restore faith. Little does he know the far-reaching, eternal impact it will have throughout the ages....the Message in a bottle romance collection follows the legacy of this bottle's contents as it touches five women's lives in unique ways. From the misty shores of Ireland to a famed river voyage on the...