From multi-award-winning author Deborah Hining come two novels about The Women of Jacob's Mountain who have a strength and sense of adventure unknown even to themselves. These stories of adventure, love, family, and faith will take readers from the rural mountains of West Virginia to the plains of Africa.A SINNER IN PARADISESet in 1977 West Virginia, A Sinner in Paradise is a heartwarming, uproarious affair with love in all its forms.J...

Foreword Reviews IndieFab Book of the Year Bronze Medal Award in ReligionGrieving her mother's death and yearning to see more of the world beyond her mountain home, Sally Beth sets out on a journey that leads her across the American Southwest and ultimately to a remote mission station in Tanzania, where she finds a new kind of freedom in the African plains and the people who dwell there.But when war comes to the mission gates, its horrors shatter her...

"An endearing ballad of the struggle for existence and understanding." – BooklistTen-year-old Pearl Wallace is living in the mountains of rural Tennessee in the depths of the Great Depression and several years into Prohibition.Pearl struggles with her moral dilemmas: What can she do to protect her best friend Darlene from an abusive stepfather? And, especially, how much does she need to tithe on the money she has earned from stealing her ...

IndieFab Book of the Year Bronze Medal Winner in RomanceBenjamin Franklin Award Silver Medal WinnerJilted by her fiancé, Geneva watches her seemingly idyllic life suddenly fall apart. Bereft and desolate, she packs up her nine cats and leaves her home in Washington, DC, to return to her native hills of West Virginia where she plans to rest and heal from her heartbreak.When Geneva's ambition and machinations run up against rugged mountain ways, she find...

For Nell Marchwold, bliss is seeing the transformation when someone gets a glimpse in the mirror while wearing one of her creations and feels beautiful. Nell has always strived to create hats that bring out a woman's best qualities. She knows she's fortunate to have landed a job as an apprentice designer at the prominent Oscar Fields Millinery in New York City. Yet when Nell's fresh designs begin to catch on, her boss holds her back from the limelight, claiming the stutter she's had since ...

**A baker and a small-town deputy find a surprise arrival drawing them together in a tale that’s “**sweet as pie” from the New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly).In Apple Valley, Washington, true friends are never far, neighbors can help heal the loneliest hearts—and longed-for dreams can unexpectedly become real . . .Charlotte Garrison’s second chance is falling into place just like she’s carefully planned. A few m...

To satisfy her wandering feet, eighteen-year-old Gillian McAllister is sent from Ireland to Canada in the summer of 1932. She arrives with her Irish ways intact, determined not to let the wiles of crop duster Christian Hunter woo her into submission. Yet as the summer unfolds and the sweet taste of love grows, Gillian's appeal lures more than she anticipates, shattering the life they've built. Fourteen years, a Great Depression, and a World War later, Christian sets out to discover why Gil...

A woman in a failing marriage discovers a new pattern for living in the quilting series from the New York Times bestselling author of Ties That Bind.Twice in her life, college counselor Gayla Oliver fell in love at first sight. The first time was with Brian—a lean, longhaired, British bass player. Marriage followed quickly, then twins, and gradually their bohemian lifestyle gave way to busy careers in New York. Gayla’s second love affair is with N...

Andy Carpenter's accountant, Sam Willis, is stunned to receive a phone call out of the blue from Barry Price, a high school friend he hasn't spoken to in years, pleading for help with something too frightening to discuss on the phone. Barry needs Sam's financial acumen and lawyer Andy Carpenter's legal expertise—and he needs them immediately. But when Sam almost runs over an injured dog lying in the road on the way to Barry's house, he can't drive off without waiting for help to arrive. By...

The USA Today bestselling author delivers a small-town romance with “humor, heart, and characters you wish lived next door” (Mariah Stewart, New York Times bestselling author).Blueberry Cove, Maine, is as small-town as small towns get. More than a little quirky, it has sheltered generations of families. But there’s always room for a new face . . .Fixing things has always been Alex McFarlan...

An unlucky-at-love veteran gets more than he bargained for from his matchmaker in this Victorian romance by the author of When a Lord Needs a Lady.Mr. Charles Norris needs help finding a wife . . .For he has the unfortunate habit of falling for each Season’s loveliest debutante, only to have his heart broken when she weds another. Surely Lady Marjorie Penwhistle can help him. She’s sensible, clever, knows the ton, and must marry a peer, which he is...

A sexy shipbuilder is smitten with the new part-owner of his family’s boathouse in this contemporary romance from the author of Pelican Point.Bold, brash, Irish—Brodie Monaghan’s been breaking hearts ever since he arrived in Maine to rebuild the family business. Still, there’s one woman he just can’t wow. Grace Maddox claims she’s now part owner of Monaghan Shipbuilders and she has her own dreams for the weathered dockside buildings. Tiny Blueberry Cove ha...