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Love Lessons CoverTitle: Heart of a Cowboy

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill - Love Inspired (July 2010)

ISBN: 978-0373876099443857

Pages: 224

Ten years ago Jordan Masterson left her hometown heartbroken--and pregnant. Now, yearning for a connection with her family, the single mother returns to Tallgrass, Oklahoma. But she's shocked to find her son's father--unaware he has a child--a vital part of the community. Zachary Rutgers owns the ranch that the local homeschoolers use for riding and recreation. Which means little Nicholas, Jordan and Zachary will be spending a lot of time together. Jordan must tell Zachary the truth about their son--and ask for answers herself. Hoping the heart of her cowboy will still be hers for the taking.


Love Lessons CoverTitle: Love Lessons

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill - Love Inspired (April 2010)

ISBN: 978-0373875900443857

Pages: 224

Homeschooling his daughter is new to devoted single father Ian Ferguson. To ensure his child gets a good education, the busy CPA hires a temporary tutor. Twenty-three-year-old college student Alexa Michaels is too young—and too pretty—to be right for the job. Yet his daughter is coming out of her shell and learning. Still, Ian is traditional, and sweet Alexa—who graduated from the school of hard knocks—is challenging some of his old-school ways. Can this dad learn some valuable lessons about love, family and faith from the least likely teacher?


Title: Cowboy Protector

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill - Love Inspired  Suspense (March 2010)

ISBN: 978-0373443857

Pages: 224

Two years ago, Hannah Williams left the Witness Protection Program--and she's been running ever since. To stay ahead of the mob, she changes her name and location constantly. So when she takes a job caring for a Montana rancher's sick daughter, she expects to leave soon. But little Misty Taylor tugs at Hannah's heartstrings--and so does her handsome father. Hannah knows Austin Taylor suspects she's keeping secrets. But how can she tell him the truth without endangering the pair she's come to love?


Title: Gold in the Fire & Light in the Storm

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill - Love Inspired  Classics (March 2010)

ISBN: 978-0373651351

Pages: 512

Gold in the Fire

As a firefighter, Joshua Markham was used to taking risks. So when unexplained fires started disrupting the quiet town of Sweetwater, he was prepared to stop them--whatever it took.

What he wasn't prepared for was Darcy O'Brien, the beautiful he found trying to save horses as her family's barn smoldered. After a recent relationship filled with heartache, Joshua wasn't ready for the protective feelings Darcy and her young son evoked in him.

Joshua wasn't willing to take risks when it came to love. But he was a man of faith. Could it be mere coincidence that he'd pulled this remarkable woman from a burning barn. . .and into his life?

Light in the Storm

Beth Coleman, a caregiver most of her life, is drawn to Samuel Morgan, the new minister who has come to Sweetwater to recapture his faith and bring his family together.  Both have made plans for the future that doesn't include falling in love.


 

Title: Christmas Peril (2 story anthology)

Merry Mayhem by Margaret Daley

Yule Die by Debby Giusti

Publisher: Steeple Hill - Love Inspired  Suspense (December 2009)

ISBN: 978-0373443659

Pages: 224

 

Christmas bells ring with danger in these suspenseful holiday stories

 

Merry Mayhem by Margaret Daley

When single mom Annie Coleman unexpectedly arrives in Christmas, Oklahoma, police chief Caleb Jackson suspects she's hiding secrets. He'll be watching her closely. And his protection is just what Annie and her daughter need, as danger has followed them to their new home.

Yule Die by Debby Giusti

It's hardly a happy holiday for medical researcher Callie Evans…until she discovers her ailing patient is her long-lost brother. And he's being watched by undercover police officer Joe Petrecelli. When the trio is abducted by a cadre of bad guys, Joe and Callie will have to fight to keep her brother—and themselves—alive.

 


 

 

Title: Together for the Holidays

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill - Love Inspired (November 2009)

ISBN: 978-0373875592

Pages: 224

Fifth book in the Fostered by Love series

A single mother with a traumatic past, Lisa Morgan only wants to raise her son with love and values. But lately the boy is struggling. When his basketball coach becomes a reluctant role model, Lisa is relieved. Until she learns that David Russell is also a cop. She’s not ready to share her past—or her heart. And neither is the world-weary detective. Yet as Christmas comes closer, the true meaning of the holidays brings them together in ways they never dared dream.


Title: Second Chance Family

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill - Love Inspired (July 2009)

ISBN: 978-0-373-87535-1

Pages: 224

 

 

Dedicated teacher assistant Whitney Maxwell gave up her dream of a family years ago. But she's about to get a lesson in faith and family from an unexpected source—a brave little boy named Jason. Jason and his dad are dealing with his autism the best they can, but Dr. Shane McCoy can't put his tragic past behind him. As Whitney and Shane work together to help his son, could these two lost souls open their hearts to love again and become a lasting family?

 


 

Title: A Family for Tory/A Mother for Cindy

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill -  Classics (June 2009)

ISBN: 978-0-373-65129-0

Pages: 512

 

A FAMILY FOR TORY

There's nothing more rewarding for riding instructor Tory Alexander than making her students happy. So when Slade, the father of her favorite student, asks for a favor, how can she refuse? But is she really ready to be part of a family again?

 

A MOTHER FOR CINDY

Widowed mom Jesse Bradshaw has a knack for matchmaking. Now her little neighbor Cindy wants her to find Cindy's lonely daddy a wife. Jesse's determined to help--and Nick's determined to keep his distance. Neither expect love to lead them where it does: right to each other.


Title: Poisoned Secrets

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill - Love Inspired  Suspense (Mar 2009)

ISBN: 0373443291

Pages: 224

Maggie Ridgeway has spent years searching for her birth mother. And now, thanks to an anonymous tip, she's finally found her. Taking the apartment across the hall from her mother's family, Maggie is determined not to leave until she gets some questions answered. Who is her father? Why did her parents abandon her? And what item in her new apartment is provoking multiple burglaries? After an interrupted break-in leaves Maggie unconscious, the building's owner, Kane McDowell, promises to protect her. But then he learns who she really is. When the past is unveiled, the shocking disclosures could tear Maggie and Kane apart.


Title: What Sarah Saw

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill - Love Inspired  Suspense (Jan 2009)

ISBN: 0373443226

Pages: 224

The only witness when a single mother mysteriously vanishes? Her three-year-old daughter. FBI agent Sam Pierce needs to question little Sarah. Yet child psychologist Jocelyn Gold will barely let him near the girl. Or herself. The tragic conclusion to a kidnapping case broke Sam and Jocelyn apart years before, and their hearts still haven't healed. But for the child's sake—and her mother's—they must join forces to uncover just what Sarah saw.

 


Title: When Night Falls

Free Novella

eHarlequin

A violent encounter in a deserted parking lot is FBI agent Sam Pierce's only clue to the menace stalking child psychologist Jocelyn Gold. A random event? Or a client's revenge? When darkness falls, the danger deepens...

 

 

 

 

 


 

Title: A Texas Thanksgiving

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill - Love Inspired (Nov 2008)

ISBN: 0373875045

Pages: 224

 

A frozen turkey dinner is just fine for former soldier and widower Evan Paterson. But his five-year-old daughter deserves better. So when she invites her best friend and her single mother to the Double P ranch for the holiday meal, Evan agrees. But not to a fix-up. Social worker Julia Saunders knows as much about heartache as he does, but Evan isn't ready to love again. Until a duo of pint-sized matchmakers show two stubborn grown-ups what being thankful truly means.

 

 


 

Title: Forsaken Canyon

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense (October 2008)

ISBN: 0373443099

Pages: 224

 

"I'll arrest you."

 

So threatens the tribal chief of police if Kit Sinclair dares enter Desolation Canyon alone. Hawke Lonechief insists it's too dangerous. He lost his wife to the treacherous canyon. He knows the ancient ruins Kit seeks aren't worth her life. But Kit is sure all that hiking and searching will help put her traumatic past behind her. When she risks Hawke's wrath by going alone, he finally agrees to lead her. On his terms. Impossible. Because someone else is following their every move. Watching them grow closer to danger with every step…

 


 

Words to Write By

How the Authors Do It:

Join a variety of well-known authors as they share the Scripture or quotations they find inspiring to their writing. The devotionals they've contributed reflect all aspects of the writing life: basic motivation, rejection, publishing and succeeding. Spend some time with the writers you love and discover what words they write by.

Contributors: Lauralee Bliss, Andrea Boeshaar, Margaret Daley Jill Eileen Smith, Gail Gaymer Martin, Robin Lee Hatcher, Anita Higman, Kathy Ide, Loree Lough, Cecil Murphey, Molly Noble Bull, Deborah Raney, Carolyn R. Scheidies, Sally Stuart, and many more.


 

Title: The Power of Love & The Courage To Dream

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill - Love Inspired Classics (July 2008)

ISBN: 0373651228

Pages: 512

The Power of Love

When Rebecca Michaels returns to her mother’s home with her troubled son and special needs baby, she feels certain that God has abandoned her. Then Officer Gabriel Stone steps in with his firm hand, solid faith and a heart that needs healing…

The Courage to Dream

Returning to her Southern roots is a bitter journey—one chef Rachel Peters hopes to make brief, after collecting two younger siblings. But old flame Michael Hunter is determined to reunite her with the place, the faith…and the love she left behind.


 

Title: Family Ever After

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill (May 2008)

ISBN: 0373874804

Pages: 224

Independent Bachelor No More...

Three foster kids fell into Noah Maxwell's lap and turned his life upside down. The successful businessman knew nothing about children, so he hired single mom Cara Winters to help care for his new brood.

Cara sensed that despite Noah's confident facade, old wounds troubled him. But he refused to discuss his past pain, despite her desire to help him heal. Perhaps her love could inspire Noah to relinquish his independence and give Cara and the children the fairy-tale ending they all deserved.

Fostered by Love: A family guided them to faith, but only love could heal their hearts.

 


 

 

 

Title: Don't Look Back

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense (March 2008)

ISBN: 0373442823

Pages: 224

 

Who, what, where, when and why. Those were the questions journalism professor Jameson King lived by. But the murder of his protégé, a young newspaper reporter, remained a mystery. One that Jameson— and the reporter's grief-stricken sister—vowed to solve. But working with Cassie Winters wasn't easy. A former student ten years his junior, the stunning redhead was too young, too full of life, for a man like him. A man with a secret concerning her brother…a secret that might tear them apart forever.

 


 

 

 

Title: Heart of the Family

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill (December 2007)

ISBN: 0373442621

Pages: 256

 

Women, Dr. Jacob Hartman knew, were a mystery. Take the first time he met social worker Hannah Smith at the Stone Refuge home for foster children. The woman stared him down as if he'd come at her with castor oil. Why? His past was full of heavy-duty heartache, but he was positive they'd never met. And as a former foster child himself, Jacob was deeply touched by how much she cared about the kids at the home, how loving she was—to everyone but him. Which was where, he figured, the mistletoe came in!

 

 


Title: Buried Secrets

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill (October 2007)

ISBN: 0373442621

Pages: 256

 

HIDDEN TREASURE?

 

Fresh from her grandfather's funeral, Maggie Somers was shocked to find his home--all she had left of him--ransacked.  What wasn't so shocking was that a Collier stood among the wreckage.  Maggie had grown up hearing all about the Collier Clan--liars and thieves who couldn't be trusted. Yet Zach Collier asked Maggie to have faith in him, to put their feud and their families' to rest. His grandfather had also recently passed away. Zach was sure the man--like Maggie's grandfather--had been murdered for something hidden among his possessions. Something Zach and Maggie had to uncover before they became targets.


 

Title: Family for Keeps/Sadie’s Hero, Love Inspired Classic

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill Classic (August 2007)

ISBN: 0373652020

Pages: 512

Family for Keeps

A senseless tragedy shattered Tess Morgan’s dreams of a family of her own, and even shook her faith. But now a very special man, single father Peter MacPherson, wants to help her find her way home—if only she has the courage to love again.

Sadie’s Hero

A bachelor auction is the only way Sadie Spencer can get close to a millionaire to ask for a charity donation. But one “date” with Andrew Knight—seemingly so cold, yet truly so caring—shows her that this man can offer her far more than mere money.


Title: Vanished

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill (May 2007)

ISBN: 0373442416

Pages: 256

 

 

Without a Trace
As a detective in Chicago, J.T. Logan had put away a lot of criminals--and had made a lot of enemies. However, the last thing the widowed father and current small-town sheriff expected was crime in his own backyard. Until his young daughter was kidnapped.

FBI agent Madison Spencer found herself working with J. T. again on a case painfully different from their previous one. She could only watch as he struggled to remain coldly professional while his heart was in anguish. And what of her own heart? Romance should be the furthest thing from their minds. All she could do was hope--and pray--for them all.

 

 


Title: Once Upon a Family

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill (April 2007)

ISBN: 0373813074

Pages: 256

 

As the local high school principal, Peter Stone knew troubled student Sean Williams needed his expert assistance. And as a Christian, Peter knew God was leading him to help. Yet it was the boy’s mother who captured Peter’s notice. Laura, a widow caring for her four children and ailing aunt, had no time for romance or religion. Somehow, despite her protests, Laura found herself and her brood frequent visitors to Peter’s ranch and the church he attended. Soon it seemed her family was meant to complete Peter’s life.


 

 

 

Title: So Dark the Night

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill (March 2007)

ISBN: 0373442335

Pages: 256

 

 

On a tragic night, photographer Emma St. James lost not only her vision, but her memory. The police believed she’d witnessed her beloved brother’s murder, but her mind refused to remember. She was lost and alone, until a stranger reached out with a touch she couldn’t see.
 

Rev. Colin Fitzpatrick would never forget the moment he saw Emma’s lovely face just seconds before she ran out in front of his car. She’d  been fleeing something—or someone—but she was his responsibility now. But with the killers desperate to find Emma, it would take divine intervention to keep them both alive.
 

 


 

Title: Heart of the Amazon

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill (January 2007)

ISBN: 0373874138

Pages: 256

 

THE JUNGLE SOUGHT TO CLAIM HER. ASSASSINS MEANT TO SILENCE HER.
There was no way her brother was dead. Officials claimed the biochemist had been murdered in the Brazilian rainforest, his body fallen prey to the mists of the jungle. But Kate Collier knew Zach and couldn't leave it at that. Zach was all she had left.
 

Tall, dark and mysterious, A.C. Slader had a past that was as turbulent as the Amazon River. Yet he was the only one who could guide her on a journey from which many never returned. A journey that would stretch the limits of their faith in God and each other...
 


 

 

 

Title: Tidings of Joy

Paperback

Publisher: Steeple Hill (October 2006)

ISBN: 0373812833

Pages: 320

 

The last book in the Ladies of Sweetwater Lake delves into Tanya's story. A young single mother and a man imprisoned wrongly for the murders of his wife and daughter learn that love has the power to heal past hurts in this emotional story about two people making fresh starts.


 

 

 

Title: Hearts on the Line

Paperback:

Publisher: Steeple Hill (June 2006)

ISBN: 0-373-87371-9

faith at the crossroads series

Click here for Montgomery/Vance Family Tree

 

 

TO: AL_CRANE@CSSENTINEL.ORG
FROM:
COLLEEN_MONTGOMERY@CSSENTINEL.ORG

 

Boss, I’m finishing up all my articles before Alessandro and I get married  later this month. He’s thrilled his uncle Max is out of the hospital and can attend the wedding. If only Baltasar Escalante weren’t still out there—Alessandro believes he’s plotting against the Vance and  Montgomery families. My cousin Quinn has been busy restoring detective Becca Hilliard’s house, but he’s also on alert following the explosion at the hospital. I’d be thrilled if Quinn and Becca became a couple but I wonder how safe it is to fall in love when there’s a madman on the loose.... 

 

Can faith and love sustain two families against a diabolical enemy?


 


 

 

Title: When Dreams Come True

Paperback:

Publisher: Steeple Hill (March 2006)

ISBN:

 

When her DEA agent huband's plane went down, Zoey Witherspoon thought her life was over. But with two kids to care for, and another on the way, she moved back home to Sweetwater to be closer to her friends and family.
 

Two years later, her world was turned upside down: her husband was alive! Amnesia-striken Dane wasn't exactly the same person he'd been,--but neither is Zoey. She refused to return to the fractured marriage they'd shared--workaholic Dane had never been around--yet moving forward was a scary prospect. Would a second chance at happiness make all her dreams come true?

 

Read an excerpt here.


 

Title: The Cinderella Plan

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Steeple Hill (October 1, 2005)

ISBN: 0373873301

 

When matchmaking teens conspire, Anne and Caleb are caught in the middle of a plan to bring them together. But will the teens' good intentions be enough to overcome the obstacles in Anne and Caleb's way?
 


 

Title: Light In The Storm

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Steeple Hill (April 1, 2005)

ISBN: 0373873077

Beth Coleman, a caregiver most of her life, is drawn to Samuel Morgan, the new minister who has come to Sweetwater to recapture his faith and bring his family together.  Both have made plans for the future that doesn't include falling in love.


 

Title: A Mother For Cindy

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Steeple Hill (January 1, 2005)

ISBN: 0373872933

Young widow Jesse Bradshaw was content to be a loving mother to her son, a devoted granddaughter, a doll maker and the keeper of a gaggle of pets. She couldn't imagine having anything more in her already crowded life--until jaded Nick Blackburn and his daughter moved next door. Cindy needed a mother's love, something the wealthy businessman couldn't provide for his precious child. Jesse tired to use her matchmaking skills to find a suitable wife for the workaholic widower, but what would she do when she realized she was Nicks' perfect match?


 

Title: Gold In The Fire

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Steeple Hill (October 1, 2004)

ISBN: 0373872836

As a firefighter, Joshua Markham was used to taking risks. So when unexplained fires started disrupting the quiet town of Sweetwater, he was prepared to stop them--whatever it took.

What he wasn't prepared for was Darcy O'Brien, the beautiful he found trying to save horses as her family's barn smoldered. After a recent relationship filled with heartache, Joshua wasn't ready for the protective feelings Darcy and her young son evoked in him.

Joshua wasn't willing to take risks when it came to love. But he was a man of faith. Could it be mere coincidence that he'd pulled this remarkable woman from a burning barn. . .and into his life?


 


Title: A Family For Tory

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Steeple Hill (March 1, 2004)

ISBN: 0373872550

 

Healing Hearts . . .

Just when Victoria Alexander was ready to abandon her lilfelong dream of having a family, she bonded with a special child whose needs outweighed her own. Now Tory would do anything to help the little girl -- even if it meant marrying the child's father! But the quiet agony in Slade Donaldson's eyes told Tory his daughter wasn't the only one who needed to be made whole again. And in spite of her own tragedy, Tory felt an inexplicable need to ease some of Slade's suffering. Could God's grace now heal these broken hearts so that Tory could finally have the family she longed for?

Read an excerpt here.


 

Title: What The Heart Knows

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Steeple Hill (January 1, 2004)

ISBN: 0373872461

Kathleen Somers needed something to believe in again. Rocked by her husband's death and her once-loving son's transformation, she'd drifted away from God. It wasn't until she met handsome Dr. Jared Matthews that she felt the first glimmer of hope. And something else . . .

A burned-out widower, Jared thought he could offer Kathleen nothing but heartache. Still, he couldn't desert her when the situation involving her son became a living nightmare. As he reached out to Kathleen, Jared finally saw what a relationship could be. Now he prayed that God's love would give Kathleen the courage to follow her heart . . .


 


Title: The Courage To Dream

Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Steeple Hill (April 1, 2003)

ISBN: 0373872127

Rough Weather Ahead.

Even the humid weather of Magnolia Blossom couldn't melt the tension that flared between Rachel Peters and Michael Hunter. High school sweethearts ten years before, they were finally face-to-face again, and in place of young love were unanswered questions. Luckily Rachel was only back temporarily, to get to know her younger sister and brother again before she took them off with her.

But nurturing her siblings wasn't as easy as she thought it would be, and as she watched Michael tenderly caring for his own son, she knew she needed help. So he agreed to teach her -- about family, about God and about the small town life she'd forgotten. But she was learning much more -- she was learning about how leaving again might not be the answer.


 

Title: Sadie's Hero

Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Steeple Hill (November 1, 2002)

ISBN: 0373871988

 

Devoted to her students, irrepressible Sadie Spencer would stop at nothing to help them. Even if it meant winning a date with one of Oklahoma's most eligible bachelors, Andrew Knight, to discuss their needs. But Sadie soon realized that God had a more urgent plan for their time together!

Experience had taught Andrew that he didn't need anyone in his life, including God. Until Sadie began to show the successful businessman how much he had to offer her students. But though the walls he'd built around his heart were slowly crumbling, would he ever find the courage to make peace with God so that he could be not only Sadie's hero . . . but her husband?


 

Title: Family For Keeps

Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Steeple Hill (August 1, 2002)

ISBN: 0373871902

 

A Dream Lost

 

Pediatric nurse Tess Morgan had dreamed of having a large family. But when her fiance was murdered, her hopes and dreams, along with her faith, were shattered by a single bullet. Until she met Peter "Mac" MacPherson, no stranger to tragedy . . .

 

A Family Found

 

Mac, a widowed single father, was drawn to the vulnerable nurse. The former football legend had lost his wife and father, but he turned to the healing powers of God and family to help him through his grief. Now can Mac's love help Tess regain her faith and finally find a family . . . with him?


 

Title: The Power of Love

Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Steeple Hill (March 1, 2002)

ISBN: 0373871759

Struggling to single-handedly raise a special-needs infant and a son headed for trouble, Rebecca Michaels thought God had abandoned her. Until police officer Gabriel Stone showed up on her doorstep, offering a firm hand, an understanding heart and an unshakable faith.
 

Witnessing the small miracle this loner was performing in her family, Rebecca wondered if she'd give up on God too soon. And if He didn't have some secret plan. One that would enable her to help Gabriel set aside his burning need for revenge. With God's help, could her healing touch now give them both a second chance on love?
 


All things were created

through Him and for Him.

Colossian 1:16

 

 

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