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What if you wanted to be a mother so badly, you would almost anything to make that dream come true?Craig Parker, a local farmer, has been asking widowed Amanda Drake for over a year to marry him, to which Amanda has refused each time. After all, she still loved her late husband and she didn’t feel she could ever love again. One day, they hear about a train full of orphans coming to their town in Texas. They both want to adopt a child and they are both individually given permission to adopt as a single parent. Complications arise as Amanda must make a decision; should she stay single and raise her new daughter on her own or will she find a new family?If you like sweet western historical romances, then An Unexpected Family is for you! “This well-written story is full of love for family that is built around 2 children who arrived on an orphan train.” Ruth“I loved this book! Loved Amanda and Craig’s story. WIll be reading more from Zoe Matthews.” Robin“Nice Story about real history. Gave me an opportunity to share with my children my own family’s experiences with orphans and orphanages after the Civil War.” Amazon ReaderOTHER BOOKS IN THE ORPHAN TRAIN ROMANCE SERIES Book 1: AN UNEXPECTED FAMILYBook 2: THE PROMISE OF A FAMILYBook 3: BIG SPRING BRIDES: ANNABook 4: BIG SPRING BRIDES: SERENABook 5: BIG SPRING BRIDES: KATRINABook 6: WESTERN PROMISESBook 7: WESTERN SKIES

~The year is 1960 when men could be men, and women kept the faith.~ One lone woman, four grown sons, one absentee father.After four months on the job, twenty-four-year-old Rebecca Harper has become something of a jack-of-all-trades on the Cooper Bar-6 Ranch...except for her cooking. But the four strapping sons who run the ranch in their father's absence need wise counsel more than unburnt bread, and Rebecca is perfect for the job. Whether dealing with the driven eldest, the belligerent youngest, or the personalities in between, she recognizes the source of each young man's pain is a lifetime of a father's indifference. As soon as the rogue returns, Rebecca aims to give "Mr. Cooper" a thick piece of her mind. Not that dishing out hard truth will make her feel any more alive. Past betrayal has taught her to live at arm's length from anyone who might mean too much to her. So she cooks and cleans and counsels, at once harboring anger against a man she has never met and numbing herself against the life she has forgotten to desire. Until one night, one thunderstorm, and one heroic stranger changes it all. In that fleeting moment, Rebecca Harper dares to hope her heart will beat again. * * *Breath Without Life novels portrays seven bachelor ranchers, each so broken down by old wounds that he cannot conceive of ever finding love. Be there when one Cooper after another meets the one incredible woman who can make him whole again. Every book within this series is a stand-alone love story, though ranch life circumstances run chronologically through all six novels.

Can the solution be found among strangers?Noreen Hirsch loses everything including her husband and two sons. Then her adopted country goes to war with her homeland. Has God abandoned her? Rosa Hirsch barely adjusts to being a bride before she is widowed. She gives up her citizenship to accompany her mother-in-law to her home country. Can Rosa find acceptance among strangers who hate her belligerent nation? Basil Quincey is rich beyond his wildest dreams, but loneliness stalks him. Can he find a woman who loves him and not his money? Three people. One God who can raise hope from the ashes of despair.Inspired by the biblical story of Ruth, Love's Harvest is a tale of hope and redemption.