Linda Ford: 80 books

Trusting their hearts… Dakota Cowboy by Linda Ford After years of rejection, Lucy Hall is in no hurry to rush to her father’s deathbed. Handsome cowboy Wade Miller can ride right back and tell him so. But before Wade can leave, Lucy witnesses a crime, and a killer is on her trail....

Relive history on the American Great Plains as penned by nine different multi-published authors. Follow pioneers, immigrants, and orphans through their adventures, heartaches, challenges, victories, and romances. You are sure to find more than one favorite among nine stories in this unique collection to warm your heart and inspire your faith.

Second-Chance Courtship Abigail Black had no choice but to break Ben Hewitt's heart years ago. Her parents had picked another, wealthier groom. Now widowed and destitute, she's desperate to leave her old life behind. The wagon-train journey to Oregon is full of dangers, but she'll face anything-even...

Surely the handsome cowboy can't be serious. Lucy Hall's father wants to see her? Now? After years of being brushed aside, Lucy's in no hurry to rush to the man's deathbed. And just as Wade Miller rode into town to bring her father's message, he can ride right back out with hers. But before Wade can...

Traveling to Canada's Northwest Territories is a thrilling opportunity for Linette Edwards-and her chance to escape a dreaded marriage in England. She's more than eager to accept Eddie Gardiner's written invitation. How could she know that Eddie thinks he's marrying not Linette, but her friend, Margaret? Eddie...

It broke Jenny Archibald's heart to lose her best friend, Lena, to a fever-Jenny's not about to let any harm come to two-year-old Meggie, Lena's orphaned daughter. Jenny will take Meggie to the girl's uncle in Dakota Territory. And if Jenny's parents won't let her leave without her promise to marry...

Trapped in a North Dakota blizzard, single mother Vivian Halliday's prayer for herself and her child is answered. Rescue comes in the seemingly terrifying form of Billy Black, the hulk of a man feared by all the townsfolk. Yet in the home he shares with his ailing mother, the handsome, gentle giant...

Dr. Jacob Calloway was the answer to her prayers-whether he liked it or not. Teena Crow is desperate to learn his scientific healing methods to help her people. But Jacob is too suspicious of Teena's native remedies to allow her near Treasure Creek's clinic. So she decides to earn his respect-and...

The road that led to Kate Bradshaw's door sometimes seemed the loneliest in the world. In the depths of the Depression, the young widow was struggling to hold on to the family farm and raise two small children. And she had only her faith to sustain her-until the day Hatcher Jones came walking up that...

Too pretty by half-that's Miss Virnie White's problem. Conor Russell has seen what prairie living can do to a delicate female. That's why he's raising his daughter, Rachael, to be as tough as any boy. The new schoolteacher may have good intentions, but harsh reality will make her hightail it out of...

Brewster Johnson is scarred-physically and emotionally-by a painful childhood. With no hope of finding love, he sets out to take what he needs-a wife. But he did not anticipate a woman who would help him find joy in his past and hope for his future. Abby Landor is content keeping house for her twin...

Her dream-on her terms With her own business, Cassie Godfrey is finally self-sufficient. But her plans are interrupted by four young orphans-and one persistent cowboy. If she'll care for the children until their uncle claims them, Roper Jones will build Cassie's house. To her business mind,...

When Lydia Baxter arrives at the Twin Spurs Ranch, the "family" she is expecting to work for turns out to be Sam Hatten and Matt Weber, two young bachelors desperate for a housekeeper. Lydia agrees to stay temporarily, on the condition they provide a suitable chaperon-and one couldn't ask...

Mandy knows how to take care of herself. With her ma dead and her pa disappeared Mandy Hamilton does what she has to do to care for her two sisters. Now that she’s found the perfect place to build a home for the three of them outside of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, nothing can stop her—especially...