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Ann H Gabhart
"Elena Bradford is more interested in her art than marriage. But when her father dies, leaving the family in debt, her mother packs the family up to go to a…
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Ann H. Gabhart
Mira Dean is reconciled to her life as a spinster schoolteacher until preacher Gordon Covington shows up in town with an audacious marriage proposal. Following him to the mountains takes…
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"Mira Dean is reconciled to her life as a spinster schoolteacher until preacher Gordon Covington shows up in town with an audacious marriage proposal. Following him to the mountains takes…
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While the century began with such promise, it is 1910 when Mira Dean's hopes of being a wife and mother are dashed to pieces. Her fiance dead from tuberculosis, Mira…
A. H. Gabhart,Ann H Gabhart
Former Columbus police officer Michael Keane has no trouble relaxing into the far less stressful job of deputy sheriff in his small hometown. After all, nothing ever happens in Hidden…
In front of a busload of camera-wielding senior citizens, Deputy Sheriff Michael Keane saves a stranger’s life. Unfortunately, he soon suspects he may have saved a murderer.
A Gabhart
Orchard of Hope, the riveting sequel to The Scent of Lilacs, takes readers along to experience unexpected love, fear, forgiveness, new life, and a deeper understanding of the value of…
At the close of the Civil War in the Shaker village of Harmony Hill, Carlyn Kearny must come to terms with a personal tragedy and find a way to open…
Kate Merritt worries love’s passing her by until Jay Tanner shows up to charm her hesitant heart. Pearl Harbor changes everything, including Kate’s chance for love.
Darcie and Walter Goodwin join a Shaker village to escape a cholera epidemic, but when Walter dies, Darcie is left aloneand lonely. Can love live again for this widow in…
Kentucky packhorse librarian Tansy Calhoun doesn’t mind the rough trails and long hours as she serves her mountain community during the Great Depression. Even the rough people-like ornery Perdita Sweet-have…
What did Mrs. Rooks mean? That his leg wasn’t his problem? What did she know? She wasn’t lopsided with one leg shorter than the other. She wasn’t a freak. Clay…
In 1933, most people are focused on the Great Depression but all Piper Danson can think about is how to get out of being a debutante and marrying Braxton Crandall…
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In 1933, most people are focused on the Great Depression, but all Piper Danson can think about is how to get out of being a debutante and marrying Braxton Crandall…
In 1881, Jacci Reed is only five years old when a man attempts to kidnap her from the steamboat her mother, Irena, works on. Badly wounded during the confrontation, Irena…
When a young woman’s plans for her future fall apart at the close of World War II, she discovers new purpose as a midwife in the hills of Kentucky–and a…
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Isabella Brady loves her Shaker sisters and brothers, but can’t stop imagining life and love in the outside world.
This complex and well-written story is the perfect conclusion to the Hollyhill story. With true-to-life family drama, refreshing humor, and lovable characters, this novel will delight readers.
Bestselling novelist delivers a moving story set in an 1844 Shaker village in which a young mother and a widower encounter a crisis of faith and struggle to follow their…
Orphaned in the cholera epidemic in Kentuckys early nineteenth century, Adria Starr was raised by a slave. Now at nineteen, she must stand up for his freedom–and in the process…
Popular author brings alive the strikingly different worlds of the Southern gentry, the simple Shakers, and the ravages of war to weave a touching story of love, freedom, and forgiveness.
"Jacci Reed loves her life on the Ohio River in 1896 as part of the Kingston showboat family, but shadows of her past and the death of her mother linger…
The old Chandler place should be empty. The magnificent Victorian mansion is for sale, even if its aged owner Miss Fonda doesn’t realize it. But when real estate agent Geraldine…
Widow Rose Meadows eagerly accepts her brother-in-law’s offer for her and her two daughters to live on his farm after her treatments in a sanatorium finds them needing a home…
Jacci Reed loves her life on the Ohio River in 1896 as part of the Kingston showboat family, but shadows of her past and the death of her mother linger…
Kentucky packhorse librarian Tansy Calhoun doesn’t mind the rough trails and long hours as she serves her mountain community during the Great Depression. Even the rough people–like ornery Perdita Sweet–have…
In this heartwarming family drama set in 1964, Jocie Brooke tries to understand the mother who left her and the father who never would. The Heart of Hollyhill book 1.
Following on the heels of the successful book The Outsider, The Believer is Ann H. Gabhart’s newest exploration of love and devotion in a quiet Shaker community.
Bestselling author of historical fiction tells a story of hope and love in the face of desperate circumstances during the Great Depression.
Darcie and Walter Goodwin join a Shaker village to escape a cholera epidemic, but when Walter dies, Darcie is left alone–and lonely. Can love live again for this widow in…
Orphaned in the cholera epidemic in Kentucky’s early nineteenth century, Adria Starr was rescued by a slave. Now at nineteen, she must stand up for his freedom–and in the process…
During a period of political unrest in 1855 Louisville, Adriane stands ready to do everything she must to keep her father’s newspaper on top even if it means going toe-to-toe…
WWII is over, the boys are coming home, and Kate and her sisters are ready to pursue the plans they put on hold. Will their dreams come true?
Soulful and filled with romance, The Outsider lets readers live through a unique girl in a bygone time among a peculiar people–the Shakers. A tender and thought-provoking story.
Jerry Shepherd,Ann H Gabhart
Twice pardoned? Did Jerry dare to hope?
The chase was over. Nineteen-year-old Jerry Shepherd stares in his rearview mirror at the two policemen approaching his car. He wants to run…
When murder comes to call at a stately Victorian house, the town of Hidden Springs looks to Deputy Sheriff Michael Keene to solve the crime before anyone else dies.
