Lori Copeland

A Plain and Simple Heart, an exciting new Amish-meets-Wild West adventure from bestselling authors Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith, weaves an entertaining and romantic tale for devoted fans and new readers.1884—Several years earlier, young Rebecca Switzer lost her heart to Jesse Montgomery, a rugged but dissolute cowboy on a dusty cattle trail near the Amish settlement of Apple Grove. Now she is grown up, and when she hears one day that he has been spotted nearby, her desire is plain and simple: She must see him.Sheriff Colin Maddox is counting the days until he can leave law enforcement and follow his dream of starting a church. When a lovely woman, new to town and looking travel weary and a bit lost, gets caught up in the middle of a temperance riot, she is arrested along with the leaders. He can hardly believe she is what she claims—a Plain and simple woman. Nor can he believe how quickly he loses his heart to her. Can Colin convince her to forget Jesse and give him a chance?

Wanted: Women with religious upbringing, high morals, and a strong sense of adventure, willing to marry decent, God-fearing men. Applicants may apply by mail. Must allow at least two months for an answer. Patience Smith only intends to wear Lenore's wedding dress for a few minutes, but when a kidnapper snatches Patience in a case of mistaken identity, her life takes an unexpected turn. Lost in the mountains of Colorado, Patience manages to escape her captor only to stumble onto an abandoned mining dugout and a ragged orphan boy. Denver City sheriff Jay Longer has been on Patience's trail since the moment she was taken. And he has no desire to force the hot-tempered young woman to return with him. Still, he can't just abandon her, not when her foolish plans to reopen this mine and find gold are exposing her to danger. If Patience's dreams of striking it rich come true, it will mean a whole new future for her and her mail-order bride friends. But neither Patience nor Jay knows just how far someone will go to keep them from finding the treasure inside the mine.

Wanted: Women with religious upbringing, high morals, and a strong sense of adventure, willing to marry decent, God-fearing men. Applicants may apply by mail. Must allow at least two months for an answer.Spunky, young Ruth Priggish is on the run from a seventy-year-old suitor. Faced with the prospect of marriage to the persistent old codger, Ruth throws caution to the wind and decides to head for Wyoming Territory, where freedom and independence await. Her only hope is to seek help from an unwilling protector: Dylan McCall.U.S. Marshal Dylan McCall is trying desperately to get to Wyoming before winter sets in. But when he finds himself saddled with a stubborn spitfire who won't take no for an answer, his job--and his heart--are at stake.

Wanted: Women with religious upbringing, high morals, and a strong sense of adventure, willing to marry decent, God-fearing men. Applicants may apply by mail. Must allow at least two months for an answer. With the matrimonial prospects in her little Michigan town virtually nonexistent, nineteen-year-old Faith--along with her two sisters, Hope and June--answers an ad for mail-order brides. Before she knows it, she's on her way to Deliverance, Texas, to marry wealthy rancher Nicholas Shepherd. But from the moment she arrives in Deliverance, sparks fly between Faith, a strong-willed tomboy, and her prospective husband--a man with a strong will of his own After a string of wedding postponements and a slew of interferences, a union between Faith and Nicholas begins to look less and less likely. In the meantime, Faith and Nicholas are beginning to care for each other--but is their matching stubbornness destined to forever be a barrier between them?

Annie Lawson was perfectly content with her life on the banks of the White River-or so she thought until the man of her dreams, Doctor Gabe Jones, agreed to temporarily fill a void in Edgar's Cove-but it turned out the void was in Annie's heart. Could a simple baseball score decide the answer to a lifetime dream?

Award-winning inspirational novelist Lori Copeland sets this tale of adventure, faith, romance, and humor on the 1870s Kansas-Missouri frontier. When devious spitfire Susanne McCord convinces Papa that Cass Claxton sullied her virtue, the ensuing shotgun wedding provides the escort she wants for her trek to St. Louis. At journey's end, the hostile travelers part-vowing to annul their paper marriage. Six years later, Susanne desperately seeks refuge for nine orphans. But when her only hope lies in unfriendly hands, she uses a clever strategy to rope a maverick named Claxton.

This is the story of Beau Claxton, a cowboy who finds himself obliged to a young widow after she saves him from near death on the prairie. Beau and Charity face the difficulties of life on the prairie and ultimately find joy and hope.

Bull-headed Wynne Elliot has one goal in mind: to track down Cass Claxton and shoot him dead for leaving her at the altar and running off with her money. But when Cass's brother Cole shows up, Wynne finds herself on an unexpected adventure, and she just might lose her heart. Beloved author Lori Copeland takes readers back in time to an era when cowboys were heroes and the rules of the Wild West prevailed. Lori's trademark blend of humor, romance, and Christian content make this an irresistible read.

A stranded stranger. An anxious widow. And...a parrot? When a tornado rips through a small Missouri bedroom community, widowed Taryn Oliver and her grandfather welcome their neighbors into the shelter of their basement. But who is that handsome man and why is he carrying a huge cage with a mouthy parrot inside? Reed Montgomery is on his way to Springfield to his wedding when his progress is halted by a storm that devastates the small town, Tunis. When Taryn's grandfather is hospitalized because of his injuries, she must step up and run the family business. What choice does Reed have but to offer his assistance, even though the idea of that business gives him the shivers? Besides, he can't leave until the rental company brings him a replacement vehicle and that might take a while. As the day of Reed's wedding approaches, Taryn becomes more and more convinced that he's about to make the biggest mistake of his life. What can she do to convince him that love-true love-means more than a convenient partnership? How can she stop him from saying, "I do," when she is convinced he really means, "I don't"?

Trouble's afoot in Morning Shade.However, Stella Diamond is on the case....A series of chain letters throws the townspeople into a tizzy. Shut the door Who is trying to swindle little old ladies out of their money with promises of good health and untold millions? Who knows? Not to worry though, Stella Diamond makes Sherlock Holmes look like a greenhorn.

The Diamond women are in over their heads once again. Morning Shade may never be the same. Holy smokes Involved in another smoldering turmoil, Morning Shade now has a hot case of peeking toms Cee Cee can't help Stella run down clues because she is busy with her mail route and a new romance. Maude also has a new man in her life, but can she seriously fall for a guy with such a distracting comb-over?

Clothing designer Jessica Cole has inherited her aunt and uncle's cattle farm. Perfect She can sell the farm to finance her company's newest venture, a clothing line for children. Then she learns the condition of her inheritance-she must move to the small Texas town where she was raised and run the farm for six months. Since she knows nothing about managing a farm, she's forced to ask for help from the last man she ever expected to meet up with again, her ex-husband Jason Rawlings. Jason proves to be as ornery as ever. He's in a bind since his housekeeper left town, and needs someone to take her place. He agrees to Jessica's request on one condition: she must become his housekeeper for six months. Imagine, the CEO of a successful business, forced to become her ex-husband's maid But what choice does she have? She can handle anything for six months, even keeping house for a man she used to love. After all, those old feelings are long dead and buried....or are they?

"Amelia had turned out to be one colossal nuisance.And the last thing Captain Morgan Kane needed was another headache." The three wily and beautiful McDougal sisters can swindle a man in less time than it takes to lasso a calf. But their luck is running out, and they're about to be hauled off to jail. When the wagon carrying them falls under attack, each sister is picked up by a different man. Fortunately for Amelia, she finds herself hanging on for dear life to the dashing figure of Union Captain Morgan Kane. But when she confesses she's running from the law, he drops her off in Galveston, only to come to her rescue later, in more ways than one. No sooner does Amelia arrive at the Port of Galveston than she falls into the clutches of a shadowy villain intent on selling her to the highest-bidding privateer. Taken aboard a ship with ten other female captives destined for slavery, can Amelia count on the cunning Captain Kane to swoop in and save her...again? And if she somehow survives, what becomes of her heart? Only God has the answers that Amelia seeks, but is her faith strong enough? To discover what happens to the other two McDougal sisters, read The Sisters of Mercy Flats and My Heart Stood Still, the first two books in the Sisters of Mercy Flats trilogy.

Lori Copeland, beloved author of more than 100 books, brings a new adventure to life in her latest novel. Lyric Bolton doesn't ask for much--just friendship and acceptance from her rural Missouri community. But her family is regarded with suspicion and fear because of her mother's sickness--a sickness of the mind that grows worse by the day. Lyric is resigned to a life of isolation and doesn't see any way out...but that's before Ian Cawley bolts into her life on a runaway stallion. As she opens her heart to Ian, Lyric dares to imagine a different life. But what will happen when he discovers the secret she holds closest of all?