After the Civil War, Caleb takes up correspondence with Maggie, a widow in search of a husband. But both of them face inner trials… Will their faith sustain them as they fight to change their circumstances?

Winning story in Perry Elisabeth Design’s short story contest.

I don’t like change. I know most people get used to it, but I have never been able to. When Dad announced their move and I couldn’t go with them, I didn’t handle it well. Would I ever find the faith to be victorious?

Content warning: A character does attempt suicide, so please read with caution.

Five desperate young women…

Katie, Joanna, Eve, Evangeline, and Adelaide meet on a stagecoach on their way to Cheyenne, Wyoming as mail order brides. As they talk to each other, Katie and Adelaide become suspicious. Are they correct to be suspicious or are they overreacting?

One man with an evil plan…

Ross has been planning this for months and the stagecoach is finally on its way. After this, he’ll have succeeded in his most devious plot yet and be on the top of his game. Maybe he’ll even be able to come out of the shadows, despite his brother being a detective.

A Master Designer.

Will the five mail order brides ever reach the young men who wrote to them? Or was it all just a ruse to get them into the stagecoach? Will Ross get away with his plan?

In this touching, inspirational western, Ruth prays for aid after rejecting an unwanted suitor — only to receive a heartrending challenge in return. Can she find the strength to weather the trials to come?

Children laughing. Animals clucking. Those were the first sounds I ever heard. Ehud finished making me hours earlier. People filled the room. A warm place sat far away from me full of fire, and two chickens wandered around. No other animals. What was I here for?

The birth of Christ as observed by the manger

Outlaws took the town. He answers to a Higher Law.

As US Marshal Aston Williams approaches a small town in New Mexico, he plans to stop overnight. He deposits the gold in the town marshal’s safe and heads to the saloon. The men are more rough looking than he’s used to for a small town and there are no girls. Then he recognizes one of them as a notorious outlaw. The next thing he knows, he wakes up in a large barn with the ten upstanding men who actually live in town.

Can Aston and the men in town find a way save their wives and children as well as their town from the outlaws? Will Aston learn that his worth comes from God?

A talented detective with a mission to find his kidnapped colleague must work undercover with a heinous outlaw who has more plans than first meet the eye.

No longer could I say I was lonely. But oh, how I wish I could! Who could have done such a thing to the Creator of the world? Who had so much hatred for Him?

Ellie Turner's grandfather can't be left alone. He raised her after her parents died and now it is her turn to take care of him. But the constant worry is wearing her down. When someone new to town buys the general store and befriends both of them, he helps take some of her load away.

Coming January 2027.

Confirmed bachelor, Cole Baxter, finds himself raising his sister's four young children. After one week of leaving his ranch in the hands of his foreman to take care of the grieving, needy children, he has to admit the task is beyond him and he needs help. But hired help won't suffice: those children need a mother's hand. Cole needs a wife.

When a cat causes a horrible mixup…

Pastor Paul Buchanan is told he needs a wife and soon or he would lose his church. After much prayer, he decides to look. With no eligible women in Austin, TX, he writes to a mail order bride matchmaker.

Ellie Simpson’s parents died five years ago and she has been struggling ever since. She needs to get out of Philadelphia, preferably to a small town. She writes to a mail order matchmaker with only three stipulations: he can’t be a drunk, a pastor, or too much older than her.

After they meet it soon comes out that they are not compatible in the least and they choose to be friends, but no more. When Paul’s cousin, Conrad, comes to town and appears to be exactly what Ellie is looking for, Paul has to deal with his jealousy and figure out why he is jealous.

Will Ellie find what she is looking for? Can Paul keep his church or will the elders throw him out?

Timothy is at his wit's end. His twelve year old half-sister has run off five housekeepers in almost a year. Since their parents died, she has grown wilder than ever. What can he do? As he looks for a new housekeeper, his eye catches sight of a mail order bride advertisement. One young lady has a younger sister and sounds like a God-fearing woman. Could this be the answer to his dilemma or will Louise run her off, too?

A companion novella to Amazing Grace.