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About the Book Title: The Heart of a Cowboy Series: Colorado Cowboys Author: Jody Hedlund Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Publication Date: October 5, 2021 Click here to purchase a copy of this book.   Publisher's Book Description “ When he agreed to guard her, he never bargained on having to guard his heart. Brilliant scientist Linnea Newberry is on the adventure of a lifetime, traveling the Santa Fe Trail with her grandfather, Dr. Howell, on a botanical expedition to Colorado Territory. She longs to be valued for her contributions and not seen as a helpless liability. But at every calamity she faces, her grandfather threatens to send her home. After watching his ma suffer and die in childbirth, Flynn McQuaid has sworn off women and marriage forever. Headed west to start a new life, he has his hands full not only taking care of his younger siblings but also delivering cattle to his older brother. He doesn't need more complications. When Fly...

About the Book Title: A Deep Divide Series: Secrets of the Canyon Author: Kimberley Woodhouse Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Publication Date: October 5, 2021 Click here to purchase a copy of this book.   Publisher's Book Description " With her past behind her, she has nothing--and everything--to lose. After being kidnapped as a child, heiress Emma Grace McMurray has seen firsthand the devastation that greed causes in the world, and she wants nothing to do with it. When she discovers her father has offered her up as a bargaining chip to expand his empire, she disappears into the night. Determined to stay hidden, even if it means always looking over her shoulder, she finds herself working as a Harvey Girl at the El Tovar Hotel. When Ray Watkins arrives at the hotel on business, he is immediately captivated by the beauty of the Grand Canyon. Though his fame-seeking father aims to lure new investors to the Arizona Territory, Ray dreams of one...

About the Book Title: The Gold in These Hills Author: Joanne Bischof Genre: Dual Timeline/Contemporary and Historical Romance Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publication Date: August 31, 2021 Click here to purchase a copy of this book.   Publisher's Book Description " One wild and mysterious ghost town. Two second-chance love stories. And the century-old legacy that binds them together.   Upon arriving in Kenworthy, California, mail-order bride Juniper Cohen is met by the pounding of the gold mine, an untamable landscape, and her greatest surprise of all: the kind and loving man who awaits her. But when the mine proves empty of profit, and when Juniper’s husband, John, vanishes, Juniper is left to fend for herself and her young daughter in the dwindling boomtown that is now her home. Juniper pens letters to her husband but fears she is waiting on a ghost. Perhaps worse, rumors abound claiming the man she loves could be an outlaw. Surviving in a ghost town requires trusting the k...

About the Book Title: The Mistletoe Countess Author: Pepper Basham Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Barbour Fiction Publication Date: September 1, 2021 Click here to purchase a copy of this book.   Publisher's Book Description “Will the magic of Christmas bring these two newlyweds closer together, or will the ghosts of the past lead them into a destructive discovery from which not even a Dickens’s Christmas can save them? Mistletoe is beautiful and dangerous, much like the woman from Lord Frederick’s Percy’s past, so when he turns over a new leaf and arranges to marry for his estate, instead of his heart, he never expects the wrong bride to be the right choice. Gracelynn Ferguson never expected to take her elder sister’s place as a Christmas bride, but when she’s thrust into the choice, she will trust in her faithful novels and overactive imagination to help her not only win Frederick’s heart but also to solve the murder mystery of Havensbrook Hall before the ghosts from ...