Author: barbaragoss
A series of disasters wipe out the men in the town of Silverpines, Oregon, leaving the women to take unconventional measures in order to save and grow their town.A Chinook Indian by heritage, Dawn was orphaned and given to a white family as a slave. They raised her like one of their own, alongside their daughter Laura. Dawn soon finds herself falling for Jake, who recently moved to Silverpines, … recently moved to Silverpines, following his brother from Texas. Jake gets to know Dawn well and soon realizes that he has fallen in love with her. The catch? Though society…
An earthquake shook more than the ground in Silverpines, Oregon!April, 1899 A silver mine cave-in and lumber camp mud slide caused a shortage of young men in town. Women were saddled with running businesses and ranches alone. Laura Bennett, owner of White Oaks ranch, sends for a mail order husband. Max Winters lost the love of his life, Catherine, to another man, so he decides to answer Laura’s … to another man, so he decides to answer Laura’s ad. Since his true love was gone, he’d settle for a good partnership and a new life. He travels to Silverpines and…
Twin brothers: one is troubled and the other is trouble.All books in this series can be read in any order.What sort of a twin leaves his brother, a troubled man, to deal with the impending arrival of his mail order bride? Reece threatens to pay for her return to Pennsylvania, but his father falls ill, and he needs to hire her as his father’s companion. Reece’s past haunts him and he vows to stay … Reece’s past haunts him and he vows to stay clear of Maggie. Will he succeed?Rex aids a feverish woman who was put off a train…
Running away from the past leads back to it, eventually.Fiona jumps on a train heading west to escape her traumatic past. Through an exchange with a woman on the train she ends up in Hays explaining to Sam Jordan why his mail order bride isn’t going to arrive. She is invited to stay with his family where a plot develops in her mind: if she marries her name will change and the law wouldn’t find … wouldn’t find her. Which man should she try to marry, Sam or his minister brother Martin? Events occur that select the man for her.…
Zoe and Alf, close friends since childhood, are separated because Alf’s college is white and Zoe’s college is colored. They make each other promises before parting. Can they keep those promises? Zoe is forced into a world she doesn’t understand, and a college far from home and her beloved family. Alf meets Sarah at school, but is forced to honor his promise to Zoe, and keeps Sarah at bay, even … at bay, even though he’s attracted to her. Lucas Wright, the perfect gentleman, paves the way for Zoe at college, and while she feels something for Lucas, she holds…
Love! Julia Croft never thought she would actually fall in love with the man she set out to mislead. Surely he would forgive her if he knew the truth? Could he be so cold-hearted as to not see what her brother meant to her? Would he see that it was a matter of life and death that brought her to this deceitfulness? Deceived! How could Caleb Armstrong, have allowed himself to be drawn into being … into being enticed by a woman who merely used him? Now that he knew her ruse, he could easily rid himself of Julia Croft…
Shadow of Shame Jonas Armstrong’s sordid past forces him into a reclusive life. His shotgun wedding had fueled the gossips of Abilene, Kansas. His wife dying in childbirth, and her mother whisking the child away, only fertilized the town’s grapevine. Five years later, Hiram Jeffries moves his family to Abilene to become the minister of Grace Church, the very church that refused to marry … refused to marry Jonas, and had asked him to leave. Since the gossip about Jonas had long died down, the Jeffries family was unaware of Jonas’s reputation. Ivy Jeffries accepted an invitation to a straw…
As an infant, Running Brook is kidnapped by the Comanche; as a teenager, she is rescued by gentle Quakers and introduced to Christian beliefs; as a young adult, she searches for love and her true heritage. Discreetly disguised as a boy, “Brook” travels to Texas with a tantalizing young army captain and his Indian guide. There she finds her father who welcomes her with open arms. But Brook’s … stepmother and Ram, her handsome stepbrother, resent her. When she accidently discovers Ram’s underhanded schemes, she knows that her life is in danger. Isolated on the ranch, is there anywhere she…