Hands of Love Series

Was she a mail-order bride or the ill-gotten prize of a gambler? Rose O'Brien lost her family during the potato famine in Ireland--all except her older brother who lived in America. She'd resigned herself to marry a man she didn't love, until an unexpected letter came from across the seas, and she fell in love with a man she'd never met. Thomas Atwood, rebellious, intelligent, and arrogant, couldn't resist besting his friend in a wager for a girl he didn't know. He boasted he could win her hand in marriage within eighteen months through his letters alone. He didn't know winning would cost him his heart. Can a woman love a man so much that he becomes her idol? Rose must make a choice when, more than anything, she wants both her husband and her heavenly Father, even if the cost is her life.

“This is the man I will marry.” Hannah Zorn looks across the room at the tall, handsome stranger with assurance in her heart that he will one day be her husband. Her best friend scoffs at her premonition. Her twin sister sets her sights on the same man and appears to be winning his love until Hannah uses one of her sister’s ploys—deceit. Gus Rohmeier is confused by the beautiful twin sisters who vie for his attention. He’s ready for marriage, and the Zorn twins are the only girls who have caught his fancy. He can’t marry both of them. He needs time to decide which is the woman meant to be his wife. But time runs out when he’s accused of an indiscretion and is forced to meet the wrong girl at the altar. Hannah and Gus believe all things work together for good and even joy can be found in the midst of the darkest day. But will they be able to awaken the joy that awaits them in the midst of the darkest time of their lives?

Hannah and Gus’s story continues as they move south to Iowa where they build their own farm. There Hannah battles fear and loneliness on the prairie until neighbors begin moving in. Still, she finds it hard to trust God especially when Gus becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Fear of him being caught paralyzes her. But one night a special passenger stays with them and Hannah begins taking part in Gus’s efforts to help runaway slaves. Still, her fears rule her life until another night Gus is called away not long before she goes into labor. With no way to get help she turns to the Lord not knowing if she will have to deliver her baby alone with her young sons the only help available. Again her faith is tested when rumors of war reach their farm and her two oldest boys near the age of eighteen. When the country is thrown into the war between the states, Hannah's faith falters in the uncertainty. Will her boys return whole and what of the girls they've left behind? Through the Valley is Book Two in the Hands of Love series. Hands of Love begins in 1840 and reaches across most of the 19th Century as two young married couples, Gus and Hannah then Thomas and Rose find their lives (told in the first three books) connected when their children meet and marry.

Gold is a harsh taskmaster, but true love endures forever. Sarah Rohmeier fell for David Latshaw the first time she saw him when she was only fourteen years old. Even her parents’ disapproval couldn’t change her mind. Mama said his father was a drunk, and the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. But Sarah loved David and couldn’t imagine being married to anyone else. When she was seventeen, he finally asked to come calling, and she knew she’d be his forever. David was fifteen when he fell in love with Sarah, but he felt inferior around her family. He’d never be good enough for her, but he promised to give her everything she wanted. His dream was to make her happy. Someday, he’d be as rich as her Grandpa Atwood, even if he had to trudge through a deadly wilderness to reach the Alaska Gold Rush. He also promised he’d never leave her, and he didn’t in his heart. But he’d do anything for her, even if it meant spending a year away seeking his fortune then landing at death’s door. Can their love survive the test of separation? Will David lose everything before he realizes happiness comes from a heart in service to God? When will he understand he’s searching for false riches while the true gold his heart craves has been within reach all along? Experience Sarah’s and David’s marriage as they waver in the loss of their dreams and the harsh reality of a long distance relationship without God as their center. Watch them grow through joys and heartbreak of life and love during the 1890s.

Double cousins raised as sisters! Anne Atwood and Colleen O’Brien navigate the troubled waters of growing up and falling in love. When Anne falls for William Rohmeier, her perfect man, the one Colleen calls Anne’s knight in shining armor, everything goes awry. William leaves Denver to join his family on their ranch with a promise to write each week. Anne’s heart is broken when no letters come, and she listens to her friend, Graham Prescott, when he hesitantly reveals unflattering things about William’s character. What is the use? William obviously wasn’t what she thought. When Graham becomes her suitor, she decides she may as well marry him as anyone. At least he seems to love her. William doesn’t understand why Anne isn’t answering the letters he has faithfully sent. As soon as he can, he makes the trip to Denver to find out what’s wrong. There, his heart is crushed when he discovers Anne is in New York City shopping for her wedding to another man. Colleen is devastated when Anne and Graham Prescott announce their engagement as she knows Graham doesn’t love Anne because he loves her. The elderly Longworth sisters use hilarious manipulation in an attempt to help Colleen set things right. Graham’s life is ruled by insecurity from his impoverished background. His efforts to win Anne’s heart so he can gain her wealth bring him face-to-face with his inner man. Two couples searching for love, but will they find the right partners? Although God is not the author of confusion, could He be using theirs as a tool to bring each to a right relationship with Him?