Rick Barr

She wants to save her home; he has the means to save it. Will their fierce tempers spark a blazing love or burn a drought-ravished town to the ground?Cecily James is determined to save Last Chance, Nebraska from another tragedy. As the drought...

Emmaline Holton was five years old when the blizzard of 1878 left her an orphan. Her uncle wanted to raise her, but his difficult wife objected. That left only one relative to help Emmaline, her cousin Rachel and her new husband, Samuel.Fifteen years...

What if you discovered the man running for sheriff was also working the wrong side of the law? And what if that man was your intended husband.Last Chance in 1895 is a shadow of what it once was, filled with too many women competing for the few men...

Leah Braden chose to remain on the family farm. Her mother, Claire, and stepfather Ethan take their younger children, Amelia and Jess, to Chicago to seek medical treatment for little Jess’s hearing loss.Surprised that she is the one left to carry on...

The last thing Orchid Canning expected when she traveled west with her father was to lose him to smallpox. Alone and desperate to fulfill his dream of photographing people’s plights along the Oregon Trail, she finds herself in Last Chance, Nebraska,...

Where it all began…. Agnes Bohanan was the darling of the South. Her life was picture perfect—until the wretched Civil War took everything from her. Now, she’s an expectant widow with no family, no money, and no place to call home. But when a dear...

Love can make a person crazy…the best kind of crazy.Misfit and social pariah Charity Montgomery has heard it all before and she doesn't give two hoots what anyone thinks about her rough and rowdy ways—well, no one except a certain lawman who ignores...

Love can make a person crazy…the best kind of crazy.Misfit and social pariah Charity Montgomery has heard it all before and she doesn’t give two hoots what anyone thinks about her rough and rowdy ways—well, no one except a certain lawman who ignores...

Chosen to be the recipient of a great gift, Glenn Hitch receives a title pointing to the destiny all mankind was originally purposed for. Glenn’s new abilities include the same gift granted to Elisha’s servant in answer to the prophet’s prayer: the...

Major General Lee Chinh stared at the mirror, wondering what she had seen in him. His damaged body should have repelled her, yet she had loved him anyway. But now, Hope had been taken from him, along with the unborn child that had filled his mind with...

Can the new light of understanding chase away the darkness of hate?Faith No-Name is getting a second chance at life. For the past two years, her future—indeed, her very life—has been in the hands of a talented young attorney. Now that her life is no...

Will her lies be her demise?Grace Sinclair is in trouble. When her adopted sister, Faith, is forced to defend her honor against an over-ardent saloon patron, she shoots him in self-defense. But who is going to believe four orphaned females living and...

Sometimes things aren’t what they seem at first glance.Hope Anderson has been in love with Creede’s bad boy since the first moment she laid eyes on the handsome charmer. And now, he’s given her every indication he’s going to propose. So what’s his...

Reign Phillips has just earned her PhD in ancient languages when her Professor returns from Greece with treasure for the University of New Mexico; fifty-six mummified remains and a puzzling sealed gold casket that doesn't seem to fit any time...

Reign Phillips has just earned her PhD in ancient languages when her Professor returns from Greece with treasure for the University of New Mexico; fifty-six mummified remains and a puzzling sealed gold casket that doesn't seem to fit any time...

The intervention of a quadriplegic saved Nguyen Huu Minh from a mugging on the streets of Baltimore while attending Johns Hopkins University. That man’s faithchanged Minh’s life.Minh’s new faith brings him into conflict with his father’s business...

Miss Hannah Blackmore has been in love with Lord Egleton since she was a little girl, which is why she is devastated when he asks her to help him find a bride, and quickly. She is forced to acknowledge that Martin has only ever considered her a...

Fate often guides us down a troubled path toward happiness. Do we have the courage to take it?Mary O'Brien feels at home among the Southern Mountain Ute tribe. Happy and content for the last fourteen years living among these kind and generous people,...

When an explosive conflict is determined to destroy lives the world over, Ruby Rose Risler undertakes her patriotic responsibility to the Doughboys being called to defend liberty “over there.” But Ruby’s civic duty becomes a labor of love when her...

Friendships and reputations are on the line, and heartbreak is inevitable.Regina Beckett is no damsel in distress and she certainly isn't looking for a husband. For the last few years, she's stayed just ahead of her parent's matrimonial expectations....

It had been the perfect plan. No detail is left to chance. So, what went wrong?Marianne Sheffield is a practical woman who approaches every problem with a solid plan of action. So, when her identical twin sister needed help getting out of an arranged...

Abigail Livingston is tired of the uncertainty—are her suitors really interested in her or her father's fortune? The only way to know for sure is to pretend to be someone else. But her plan derails the moment she boards the train to Durango,...

Roxanne Sheffield has always been the dutiful daughter, but when her father surprises her with the news he's planning to wed her to the son of his business partner, she decides it's time to take matters into her own hands. Can her plan work without...

With his writing career failing and his publisher thinking of pulling the plug, Gene Winfield is left reeling from a failing passion and his beloved aunt’s passing.But when he discovers an ominous book among his late aunt’s belongings, Gene finally...