Bøger af Julia David

Benjamin Graham is a wanderer, going wherever the wind may blow, only to find himself out of wind, money, and unfortunately, his new horse. With only one prospect for a job, he lands on the Von Keller's dairy farm. Finding little motivation for milking cows, his only interest lies with their middle daughter, Nadine. Restless, yet wanting to prove reliable, he agrees to take a journey to find the Von Keller's oldest daughter, Margaret. Missionary, teacher, and crusader, she has convictions and fervor to serve the Lord at any cost; now it seems even to her last breath. Desperately, Ben relies on what little he has as she waivers between life and death. As he comes to terms with his new role, he finds an increasing attachment to this astonishing young woman. One starlit evening, his desires collide with hers and he finds his own future dangling in the balance. What kind of game is he playing with these sisters? He should be disowned by this family, but there is one he's falling in love with. A broken chain, pulled from Margaret's neck, burns in his pocket. Can he do the right thing or the honorable thing? Is it too late? Reckless to reliable. Friendship to love. A past pointing to a future. God's truth-the breaker of all chains. Visit Julia David Page below for Broken Chain short video.

Beautiful and independent Nadine has made a few too many mistakes. Now abandoned and far from home, she has nothing left but a black coat to wrap around her lies and desperation. In 1881, intellectual Hayes Sullivan has one job as the local commissioner for the railroad, joining the east coast to the west. One night, running from his own complicated past, he succumbs to something unusually irrational and breaks down a door at the Silver Holiday Saloon. Crumpled in a smoke-filled room is a young woman presumably dead. After pulling her to safety, he stays with her into the night until he can find out who is responsible for her. The very information she refuses to reveal to anyone. How long can Nadine hide her dark, scandalous lies to the people who have shown her such forbearance? How long can she sneak behind buildings to avoid the law or worse, Hayes Sullivan? Without a doubt, Hayes knows someone is tormenting this mystifying young woman. Yes, he needs her help, but beyond that why can't he stay clear of her? Hating the illogical passion of the heart and his own behavior, he allows her into his own protected life. Will haunting pasts suffocate believable futures? Go below to the author page for a short video for Black Coat

Two strangers hiding their own life-long secrets. Can pretending to be married...be that hard? The town of Greenlock shuns the daughter of the mortician. Day after day, Lauren begrudgingly has to take over her father's duties creating despondence in her tender heart. Then a voice speaks from the morgue basement. A rough and tumble outlaw who's supposed to be dead is still alive! For some unfathomable reason, Lauren agrees to help him stay dead. Elias was raised at Lennhurst Asylum. Since he had no family or future, he jumped a half-served prison sentence and enlisted in the recent Civil War to wield explosives. From running and surviving all his life, all Elias promised anyone was loyalty. Love was out of the question. When Lauren mentions her longing to see her mother and sister in Colorado, for loyalty's sake, he offers to take her on the arduous wagon train journey. Of course, it wouldn't be proper not to be married while traveling together. Lauren and Elias, so vastly opposite; their charade should be easy and yet they never expected it to threaten their very lives. Loyalty versus love. Can Love Cover a multitude of sin or destroy a future? PG-All my romances are standalone, happy-endings, and clean with a touch of pepper.: ) JD

From a desperate yet useful childhood at the Lennhurst Asylum and School for Disabled Children, Anna is married off to a plantation baron, a man old enough to be her father. When he collapses on the frozen pond and drowns, could it be the freedom she's never known? With barely a day of peace as a young widow, her cold-hearted stepsons throw her from their father's home.William Gibbs thinks he knows desperation. With the death of their mother, he is left to raise his four younger siblings in their one-room cabin. One deemed a lunatic, who runs from home, he can't find a moment to keep her safe and work their small tobacco farm. Without the crop, they'll all be destitute. On a dark rainy night searching for his missing sister, Will turns to the local reverend for help. Their simple solution is to marry off the woman who has been sheltering in their church. A woman who reports she's worked with the insane. "A wife will cost you nothing." The reverend's wife points out. Will agrees to take Anna as his wife. Unbeknownst to Will, she wasn't a paid nurse, but a previous patient at Lennhurst Asylum. Has his desperation and crowded cabin just gotten worse? Just as the new family finds care and acceptance for one another, Anna is arrested for the murder of her first husband. Moved by his ever-growing feelings for his new wife, Will vows to protect her from the ludicrous charges. But what about the baby nursing at her breast? It's not Anna's first husbands or Will's baby. And she did not give birth. What kind of hoax is it? Should her past and the innocent babe in her arms doom her to life behind bars? Can Will protect her in time? Contains some PG-13 themes

#1 in the Wells Fargo West SeriesThe Messenger's Mischief, a winning combination of humor, hope, her-oics, history, and heart-hugging romance.>Overly snoopy, Miss Balderhoff realizes when the Wells Fargo man isn't snarling from pain, he's quite handsome. More than Christian duty sparks her steps to service. Sawyer Roth could care less about a silly cat. Without a working shoulder, he's no good as a Wells Fargo shotgun messenger. Gutsy and kind, he'll give Miss Balderhoff that. But her sweet smile and warm touch will not persuade him into affections with a gal so odd and peculiar as her. And a shotgun messenger's not allowed to marry, so there is no future to entertain. Or is there? All my western & historical romances are PG, clean with a touch of pepper, and always a delightfully happy ending. JD

Come Along for an Unforgettable Journey of Love and Adventure.With the California Gold Rush of 1849, the toughest man in town, Truitt, is ready to face the truth. Putting his fighting career aside, he needs to get out of Hangtown. The unruly mining town named after the night his father was unjustly hung. But mudslides and Truitt Emerson do not mix. Now he's stranded with two ladies from back east that his boss expects delivered to Hangtown all in one piece. One lady he would leave behind, the other beauty clutching a silly case has him looking back to watch her every move. When Cassidy O'Ryan was pulled from her Irish Grandparent's home as a child, her beloved violin became her prized possession. Unwilling to heed her father's wishes by marrying his business colleague, she promises to travel to the gold rush town of Hangtown to wed her cousin she's only met as a child. What she didn't promise was that she wouldn't trade places with her ladies maid and pursue her love of singing and violin in the new state of California. The young women had months to plan the switch. It shouldn't be a problem until her cousin sends Truitt Emerson to pick them up and escort them to Hangtown. Truitt is not only the town boxer, but he's also her cousin's bodyguard. The sudden desire to trust in this handsome stranger is unusual. Until he burns her beloved violin.Cassidy now has her own fight to find her truth, her freedom in this rough mining town.Neither Truitt or Cassidy are prepared for the compelling attraction that's desperate for an honest future.Can the TRUTH prevail or is it too late? PG-Wholesome, western, historical, standalone romance with a touch of pepperNew cover applied 11/21

He needed a New Day... After months at sea, mine owner, Ian Beckner wanted nothing more than to run on California's solid ground. He and the Cornish workers had survived! Now the next chapter awaited- leading them to Grass Valley where these resilient families would settle and begin the gold mining work at Empire Mine. She needed a New Life...The stunning and privileged Olivia Bradstreet had her own arduous journey to the west. Now finally, her past has been redeemed. She is the headmistress of the Oak Street Home for Children. Her years of social deportment used for her true calling- leading the charge for the orphan and friendless. Even with the joy of being home, Ian is slammed with the truth. The Empire Mine is weeks from foreclosure. He has no choice but to sell the Beckner's previous home on Oak Street. Unfortunately, that will mean evicting the lovely Miss Bradstreet and her young charges. From the first encounter with her, he knows she is an enticing force to be reckoned with. How will he prove that the lives of the Cornish workers are the highest priority? How can he convince her when she believes the children are the higher priority? In what neither saw coming, both Ian and Olivia are unexpectedly humbled. Forced to work together for the survival of the Empire Mine and orphans, can their delicate bond rise above their doubts? Will Ian's Empire crumble or make way for love to last for generations? PG- A standalone, clean and wholesome, happy-ending romance with a touch of pepper.New cover applied 11/21

In 1851, being kidnapped off of a ship might be the worst thing for an innocent young woman. For Emery, she thought it was her salvation until the kidnappers only took her and left her younger sister on the ship.When angry miners seek revenge on the greedy baron, Arnold Snider, who stole their savings, they believe they've kidnapped Snider's wife. It's simple, if he gives their gold back, he can have his wife back. But how will the trade work when they realize they've taken the wrong woman?Keeping the mistaken identity to herself, Emery is left with a recluse miner. Will the secret help her get her sister free or land her back in the hands of the cruel Arnold Snider, a man she despises?Doctor Morgan Hastings wants to take his mining friends by the neck. How could they ride off leaving a young woman on his porch, shackled and bound? How can he help her when she looks at him like he's the enemy? Why won't she let him help her get back to the ship, to her husband? Just when Morgan can't stand the confusion any longer, Emery does something that shocks even a doctor recovering from the war.Minute by minute choices, gripping emotions, and surrender. Can Morgan and Emery heal from the past that plagues them? Will a thread of faith be enough to see the light and love that awaits them? Every romance series novel is a standalone, happy ending, inspirational, and clean with a touch of pepper. Some PG-13 themes.New cover applied 11/21

Calculating Reed Chapman, didn't factor an unstable young woman from Lennhurst Asylum inhabiting his beloved land. In 1867, bitter from the civil war, lawyer Reed Chapman is easily distracted, yet determined to have his land back. How did his simple plan to restore his family's inheritance, leave him driving away from Lennhurst Asylum, elbow to elbow with a beautiful patient in his charge? An unstable, madcap young woman who believes she is the heir to his land. Patience Stevens spins with the adventure of leaving Lennhurst to find her childhood trees, lake, and land. Confident to face the dark unknowns that took place there, she dreams of gardens and woodland homes for all her winged friends. Fortifying herself to face the horrors one by one, the revelations of her past collides with a new struggle in the form of handsome Reed Chapman. He seems overly concerned with her wellbeing and suddenly her heart is taken with his attention. Can a gullible young woman from an insane asylum trust the ways of the heart? Is his declaration for her hand hasty or genuine? Her simple list of dreams seems so close she can almost touch them. Is Reed Chapman to be her tender, passionate husband or her adversary? Can her child-like faith and hope survive this haunted wilderness without him?Standalone, clean with a touch of pepper.