Love Inspired Historical

Love, Savory and Sweet is part of The Flowers of Penruddock collection which was selected as a Silver Medalist in the 2018 FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) President's Book Awards in the Romance Fiction category. Although most of the novellas in this collection are set in a medieval-like time frame, Love, Savory and Sweet takes place later in an early industrial age-like setting. Lady Krysantha is a young widow with a son, a large mansion in the city, and just enough of an annuity to pay for living there. If she's going to provide her child with the future his father ...

It will take a miracle for her to trust him. When Mary Ann Williams was a teenager, her daddy fell from the lofty pedestal on which she had placed him. As a result, she’ll never ever trust any man again. The day Mary Ann sees Doug Palmer walk into her place of employment, her tunnel vision momentarily transforms him onto a white horse. But, despite the possibility that Doug might be her Prince Charming, Mary Ann will not easily give away her shredded and bruised heart. In this sweet romance, proving himself trustworthy to Mary Ann will be a huge task hindered by a problem named Roxie. ...

Alice Bowen was cursed – that had to be the reason for the series of disasters that had befallen the young debutante as of late! Bold, outspoken, and outgoing- Alice was the center of attention in Baltimore, but in Brownsville, Texas, her confused matchmaker was pairing the women up like prized steer. Her prospective husband didn’t need a wife, he needed a housekeeper and nanny – something she certainly had no experience with!

 Colton Farmer was widowed. He was caring for his child alone, trying to keep the farm going, and now matched up with the girl of his dreams: Alice. He was...

It’s 1930. Nola Levitt has more than most, living with her family and working in her parents’ general store in Nazareth, Iowa. She can’t risk marrying and having a family they can’t support in these depressing times. With no joy in his heart after losing everything, including his parents, and having to drop out of medical school after the stock market crash, Jerome Walcott has come to Nazareth to care for his uncle and run his drug store/pharmacy during the man’s lengthy recovery from serious injuries sustained in a car wreck. He doesn’t count on having a lovely storekeeper’s ...

A Christmas romance sprinkled with suspense! In this sweet romance, all Marilyn dreams of for Christmas is a relationship with someone who cares for her. Someone who really knows her. She’s looking for her prince charming to perfectly satisfy her wishes. Marilyn and her best friend, George, volunteer at the homeless shelter in their small hometown. The two grew up together and are nearly inseparable. George knows Marilyn better than anyone, but his love for her remains unspoken rather than risking damage to their lasting friendship. When a charming stranger volunteers at the shelter, ...

1885 Arkansas City girl, Leah Ellison has big dreams but soon finds out that teaching in a backwards Ozark Mountain community is far different than what she’d imagined. Leah arrives in the Ozarks only to find out she had no ride to her destination. Suitcase in hand, she starts walking and discovers her ride has broken down. Cotton farmer, Luke Canfield, is amused when he sees the lovely woman dressed in ruffles and bows dragging a suitcase behind her. He’s even more intrigued when the little spitfire sets him in his place for not arriving to fetch her despite his wagon breaking down. It...

Josephine Taylor has a well-paying job as a reporter in New York City. She loves every minute of it – the action, the adventure, and the fact that it has allowed her to focus on marriage for love instead of keeping herself off the streets. She's had no luck with marriage, and that's all right with her. Until she overhears something outside Tammany Hall about fixing an election and decides to print a story about it. When the story breaks, she starts getting afraid of everything. With a threat against her life, she must flee. In Boston, she searches for a job and a husband when that fails. ...

Romance and the Vietnam War collide. Adriana Montagna’s papá ekes out a living as a coal miner in the rural mountains of West Virginia. After high school graduation, she moves to be close to her brother who attends college. There, she meets and falls in love with Patrick. Patrick Fitzgerald is a graduating senior at West Virginia University who plans to join his daddy’s South Carolina accounting firm. But Uncle Sam may have another job in mind for Patrick—in the U.S. Army. Despite their differing backgrounds, he falls for Adriana. Can a lasting relationship survive between Adriana ...

Set amid the relentless gunfire and towering peaks of war-torn Afghanistan, "Love in the Shadow of War" unfurls a forbidden love story as powerful as it is enduring. This gripping tale follows Sahar and Sohil, two lovers whose destinies are entwined with the chaotic tapestry of their homeland's struggles. Sahar, a brave young woman, carries her people's struggles with grace, dreaming of a peaceful future for Afghanistan. Sohil, a committed guerrilla warrior, finds himself at war with invading forces and, within his heart, torn between duty and his undying love for Sahar. Their remarkable ...

Readers who have enjoyed the inspirational, clean, and heartfelt stories of authors like Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Charles Dickens may enjoy this great read about one of the most important thing in life - finding love. A disabled girl in the early 1800's hopes to find a husband. Although her father is a duke, things look bleak as without help she could turn into an unmarried spinster. The Duke of Wilmington receives a letter from his boyhood friend, Lord Chesterton, informing him that he has the answer to what ails him. Lord Chesterton reveals that he has found a baron who ...

Emily, a young girl who has been living the high lifestyle in Ohio, thanks to her older sister, Jane, and Jane’s banker husband, Michael. But when Michael ends his marriage to Jane and puts them both out on the street, Emily finds herself traveling out West with no idea that she’s been promised in marriage to the sweetheart blacksmith, Pete. Going ahead with the marriage out of love and loyalty for her ailing sister, Emily has a hard time adjusting to the new situation—and to the lifestyle of the West. She’ll find that she sticks out like a sore thumb in San Mateo, California, and ...

A sweet romance of unbidden love. Betty Campbell catches Donna’s bouquet but has no desire to marry. Especially not to best man Greg Turner. Betty mistakes his confidence for arrogance. Greg has survived commercial fishing in the icy Alaskan waters to attend his sister’s wedding. He finds Betty attractive yet snobbish. Now he seeks the reason for Betty’s hostility toward him. Can Betty and Greg meet the challenge of misfortune and misunderstanding to move from enemies to romance?

Quick-thinking deputy Nate Rayburn saves the probate judge’s pretty daughter when their arrival to Montana Territory in autumn 1886 goes awry. Smitten with her rescuer, Imperia Bell takes every opportunity to thank the handsome public servant for his heroism, though her father doubts his qualifications for holding the office of sheriff come Election Day. Imperia infuses the hardscrabble mining town with her fanciful snippets and confections, while Nate puts odd jobs aside to assist friends Chance, Argus and Rene in building the much-anticipated church. With three weddings planned for the ...

Paula Freda, writing as Marianne Dora Rose, presents "Love's Ultimate Gift (Priscilla and Wyatt's story)", a Christian romance, clean and wholesome, and inspirational, for hearts of all ages. Priscilla is named after the biblical Saint Prisca (short for Priscilla). Saints Priscilla and her husband, Saint Aquila, are known as the patrons and intercedents for a happy marriage. Both our heroine, Priscilla, and our hero, Wyatt Aquila, have been praying to their patron saints, to find their soul mates. But born on opposite sides of the U.S., both aversed to online match-making, it's highly ...

Farm girl Rose Magee is delighted to spend the day with wheeler-dealer Joseph Thompson when he goes into town to sell the fish he purchased from her father. Joseph is intrigued by the girl who can hook a worm, pull in a fish, and clean it without being the least bit squeamish. When she discovers he has never learned to fish, she gives him a lesson. Sparks fly between them, but Rose's father puts the skids on this budding romance because he doesn't think Joseph knows some of the essentials skills that a man should possess. Joseph will do whatever it takes to win the heart of the most ...

Oliver Chauncey is crestfallen when the woman with whom he’s been exchanging letters fails to reply to his long-distance marriage proposal. A man of action, he travels to Boston to confront her and, in the process, discovers her mired in shame and disgrace. *This book was previously titled Going Home.*

Jasper Chauncey has finally found a bride to be in the matrimonial columns. While anxiously awaiting her arrival, his well-laid plans go awry as an auburn-haired spitfire captures his heart. *This book was previously titled Heading Home.*

In the snowbound valleys of 1912 in Bansfield, Massachusetts, love dares to bloom where it should never take root. Winter is no stranger to suffering. A housemaid with fiery red curls and haunting blue eyes, she keeps to herself, hiding a past that could cost her everything. Hunted by shadows and secrets, she’s learned to trust no one—until Ethan. Ethan is a quiet farmer shackled in a loveless, manipulative marriage. Bound by duty and a sense of right, his days are marked by hardship and guilt. But when Winter arrives to assist his petulant wife something buried long ago begins to stir...

Richard Chauncey has high walls around his heart but when a young woman arrives at his doorstep claiming to be his betrothed, brick by brick those walls begin to crumble. Richard’s no fool, though. There's a mystery surrounding his bride-to-be—one he aims to uncover!

*ANTEBELLUM & CIVIL WAR ROMANCE* Handsome bachelor Edric Wainwright wanted to find the perfect woman before he wed. A beautiful, wholesome woman that would be a loving wife to him and a great mother to their children. Abigail Naylor, the wife his family found for him was certainly beautiful, but she was none of the other things on his wish list. When Edric saw Eve, the last thing he wanted was to be attracted to her. How was it even possible for him to desire, much less fall in love with someone that he owned? Beautiful Eve just wanted to survive long enough to escape and one day reunite ...