The Valiant Hearts Romance Collection: 9 Stories of Love Put to the Test - Softcover

Billerbeck, Kristin; Franklin, Darlene; Griffin, Pamela; Grote, JoAnn A.; Reece, Colleen L.; Spaeth, Janet; Spinola, Jennifer Rogers; Tyndall, MaryLu; Y'Barbo, Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 163409672X ISBN 13: 9781634096720

Publisher: Barbour Books, 2016

Synopsis

Join brave women who take on wars, social injustices, and westward expansion, living to find love and build a legacy in these nine stories of historical romance. From Virginia west to Oregon, meet Lucy, a nurse; Helen, a bookkeeper; Permelia, a farmer; Birdie, a seamstress; Francie, a writer; Collette, a widow; Christiana, a midwife; Glorie, a nurse; and Josephine, a maid, who each have their ordinary lives disrupted by mysteries and challenge—and extraordinary love.

About this title

Book Description:

In nine historical romances from beloved Christian authors, brave men and women endure some of life’s hardest mysteries, challenges, and injustices spanning from war in the 1860s to Prohibition in the 1920s. Will the bonds they form and the loves they develop lead to lasting legacies for nine couples?

About the Author:

Kristin Billerbeck is a bestselling, Christy-nominated author of over 45 novels.  Her work has been featured in The New York Times and on “The Today Show.”  Kristin is a fourth-generation Californian and a proud mother of four. She lives in the Silicon Valley and enjoys good handbags, hiking, and reading.  

Bestselling author Darlene Franklin’s greatest claim to fame is that she writes full-time from a nursing home. She lives in Oklahoma, near her son and his family, and continues her interests in playing the piano and singing, books, good fellowship, and reality TV in addition to writing. She is an active member of Oklahoma City Christian Fiction Writers, American Christian Fiction Writers, and the Christian Authors Network. She has written over fifty books and more than 250 devotionals. Her historical fiction ranges from the Revolutionary War to World War II, from Texas to Vermont. You can find Darlene online at www.darlenefranklinwrites.com
 

Pamela Griffin lives in Texas with her family. Her main goal in writing is to help and encourage those who know the Lord and plant a seed of hope in those who don’t, through entertaining stories. She has over fifty titles published to date, in both novels and novellas, and loves to hear from her readers. You can contact her at words_of_honey@juno.com

JoAnn lives on the Minnesota prairie which is a setting for many of her stories. Once a full-time CPA,  JoAnn now spends most of her time researching and writing. JoAnn has published historical nonfiction books for children and several novels with Barbour Publishing in the Heartsong Presents line as well as the American Adventure and Sisters in Time series for children. Several of her novellas are included in CBA bestselling anthologies by Barbour Publishing. JoAnn’s love of history developed when she worked at an historical restoration in North Carolina for five years. She enjoys researching and weaving her fictional characters’ lives into historical backgrounds and events. JoAnn believes that readers can receive a message of salvation and encouragement from well-crafted fiction. She captures and addresses the deeper meaning between life and faith.

COLLEEN L. REECE was born and raised in a small western Washington logging town. She learned to read by kerosene lamplight and dreamed of someday writing a book. God has multiplied Colleen's “someday” book into more than 150 titles that have sold six million copies. Colleen was twice voted Heartsong Presents' Favorite Author and later inducted into Heartsong'sHall of Fame. Several of her books have appeared on the CBA Bestseller list.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barbour Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 163409672X
• ISBN 13: 9781634096720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448