Frank Carlson Library

Jared Callahan's mysterious bride
Rancher Jared Callahan eagerly awaited the arrival of his mail-order bride. But instead of the kindhearted woman who wrote about escaping her constrained city life, the beauty who arrived in his remote frontier town couldn't remember anything. Not him, not their long-distance courtship, not even her own name. What is he going to do with this petite spitfire?
Dazed and confused from a railway accident, Rebecca...

"As the sole heir of her family's country estate, Lady Winter is plagued by greedy aristocrats looking for a marriage of convenience. Perfectly capable of running the estate after her father's death, she is infuriated by their scandalous proposals. She wants more than a heartless merging of property and bloodlines. Until she meets true love, Winter vows to carry on alone. Winter's appointed guardian, the dashing Earl of Alistair, is intrigued by his...

Framed for murder and on the run from her kidnappers, Vanessa Jackson secretly hides her infant son in a safe place and flees for a wooded cabin. There she finds her childhood friend Eric Tomlin--a man she must trust with her life...and her family's future. The Danger in the Manger Alyssa Jackson is shocked to find a baby in her Christmas manger. But the message on the infant's T-shirt tells Alyssa the child must be her nephew. Alyssa believes...

Everyone knows Olivia Shepherd loves Charles Waverly. It's as plain as the aroma of peach pie in the kitchen of the Quincy School. The only person who doesn't seem to notice is Charles. For years, Olivia has been his friend and confidante, hoping one day he would want more ...

Keene believes there is no God. Jane Delaney knows differently, and when the famous opera singer plows into her car, God provides her with the opportunity to share her faith with the great Keene Moray. As his new personal assistant, she knows she can make the most of her proximity and perhaps prove Keene's atheism wrong. When a health issue threatens to cancel the annual Passion play at Jane's church, the Lord makes a way for Keene to become intimately...

When WWII soldier Will Judge brings home an orphan boy from Europe, it turns his world upside down. His fiancee might be ready to marry him, but not to mother a war orphan. As Will struggles to figure out his next move, he turns to Abby, his childhood friend. Since they were teenagers, Abby Richardson's feelings for Will have always been more than friendly. Once she was willing to be his pen pal and his confidante, listening as he poured out his heart....

"Whitaker Hutton always gets his way. When cattle go missing from the Bar-HB Ranch, the tenacious foreman will stop at nothing to find them. But his boss's granddaughter, Olivia Hartman, is more than Whit bargained for. Once the victim of Whit's childhood pranks, Livvy has grown into a feisty beauty. Livvy can't forget the way Whit used to tease her. Even worse, he doesn't think she's capable of helping in the roundup. She could stay mad at him forever--if...

"Nora Rainwater's uncle is the notorious Cherokee Joe, known throughout Alabama as a brutal thief. When Nora takes a job as a personal secretary to the affluent and influential Lucille Graham, she must hide her heritage and her family in order to keep her job. Mrs. Graham's own daughter dies as a result of a resent robbery, and Nora fears that her uncle may have been involved. Allen Lewis doesn't understand why it is about Nora that he can't resist,...