Julia Ridgmont Books in Order

In Arizona Territory, an astronomer unexpectedly becomes guardian to his baby nephew and turns to Deborah for help. When the child’s grandparents threaten their makeshift family, a marriage of convenience offers protection while testing their guarded hearts and uncertain faith.

Pregnant widow Melissa moves to Hope Hollow hoping to rebuild her life after an unhappy marriage. An arranged match with farmer Garret Pearce offers security, but both must confront old wounds before they can risk trusting each other.

Becca has spent years dreaming of the banker’s son while overlooking the steadfast friend who hopes for her affection. An invitation to a barn dance seems to fulfill her wishes, until her escort’s unexpected coldness makes her reconsider what love means.

Fleeing danger, Alexandra disguises herself as a young man and seeks the blacksmith she once admired. Injured and needing an apprentice, Jake welcomes her help, unaware that recognizing his assistant may bring both renewed affection and threats from her past.

Susannah moves to Oregon as a mail-order bride, hoping to rebuild her life with widower David and his children. After a skating accident erases her memory, their fragile marriage faces uncertainty and the questionable attention of a traveling medicine man.

A widowed rancher and a schoolteacher caring for her late brother’s children both resist their attraction. When a winter storm strands Calvin at Rachel’s house over Christmas, their determination to keep apart faces a test neither had planned for.

A bank robbery brings restless Emma Hutchins together with returning U.S. Marshal Patrick Carter. Her determination to pursue the bandits forces an uneasy partnership, while an unforeseen threat complicates the pursuit and their growing feelings.

Schoolteacher Ariana Stover bets Sheriff Ben Tolleson she can reform an abandoned boy through kindness. Her efforts also draw in his troubled older brother, provoking jealousy as the sheriff’s attraction challenges their competing ideas about discipline.

Heiress Hallie Whittier trains as a detective and marries experienced agent Jeffrey Moore to protect a paleontologist’s expedition. Their employer’s plans bring two reluctant partners together, leaving them to navigate a dangerous case and an unexpected marriage.

Undercover Pinkerton agent Grayson Reeves follows a cattle-rustling investigation to widow Rebekah Iverson’s home. As attraction complicates his work, new danger threatens her family and the trust she may lose when she discovers his identity.