BookshelfComing February 2009, Book One in The Charity House series, The Marshal Takes A Bride (working title)...Vowing never to allow a man to disrupt her life after it was destroyed by rape, Katherine Taylor clung to her faith and worked hard to provide a loving and stable home for her orphaned half-sister. But then widower Trey Scott walked into her life. A vengeful lawman, the US Marshal had strong opinions about everything--including putting his heart on the line again! But Trey never counted on meeting Katherine. Or on falling in love with her. He was convinced their relationship was doomed...or was there hope? Could God have had something special in mind when He put them on the same path? Setting: Colorado 1880Bible Verse: For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him. Isaiah 30:18
Coming late 2009 or early 2010, Book Two in The Charity House series, A LOVE LIKE HIS (working title)...Can we ever truly know another’s heart? The outspoken daughter of a popular preacher, Hannah Sutherland has built a thriving career as a stage actress after she was run out of town for nothing more than false impressions and hearsay. That’s why Hannah is willing to risk everything -- even her own happiness -- in order to save her twin sister the same pain she has suffered. Reverend Horatio Beauregard O’Toole is one of six siblings in the infamous O’Toole acting family. Beau has made a name for himself preaching in mining camps, saloons and brothels. On the verge of getting his own church, Beau is determined to find a traditional wife who will fit in perfectly with his new congregation. When Beau’s youngest brother runs off with Hannah’s twin sister, Beau joins forces with the scandalous actress in order to locate the wayward couple. It seems as if both will lose what they’ve fought so hard to attain. Unless God has His own plan... Setting: Colorado, 1883Bible Verse: Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. Romans 15:7
Still to come, Book Three in The Charity House series, A LOVE THAT LASTS (working title)...Are we defined by our past or can our mistakes be used for a higher purpose? Isabella Constance O’Toole has built a thriving career as an opera singer on the British stage. Denver, Colorado wasn’t the first place a woman of international fame would chose to run, but thankfully it was a world away from the disaster she’d made of her life. Dr. Shane Bartlett’s medical practice has grown as fast as the western frontier, but his unusual patient list makes it hard to find a qualified assistant. Desperate for help, Shane agrees to hire the out-of-work opera singer in a temporary capacity. Bella never imagined she’d find refuge in the real-life role of nurse. Nor was the handsome, well-educated doctor a man she had expected to meet in the middle of the untamed west. Shane’s Christian integrity inspires her to seek God once again. But her new life in Christ and growing relationship with the good doctor is threatened when a mistake from her previous life returns with a vengeance. Will faith be strong enough to sustain her when the past comes calling? Setting: Colorado, 1885Bible Verse: I do not consider myself yet
to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is
behind and straining toward what is ahead. Philippians 3:13
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