Have you ever found it a challenge to keep loving someone through life’s trials? Join three women of historical Maine who find themselves loving men whom the world has cast aside. Jack is in prison for murder and scheduled to hang. Edward has been presumed dead at sea for the last five years. Etienne is a lowly immigrant lumberjack whose value goes overlooked. Can faith bridge the road to love?
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This one-volume repackaging of three novels includes the award-winning The Prisoner’s Wife, along with The Castaway’s Bride, and the award-winning The Lumberjack’s Lady.
The Prisoner’s Wife – Maine Brides Book 1
1720: Jack Hunter is about to be hanged for the murder of his neighbor. Jack knows he’s innocent, and the unscrupulous constables will seize his land when he’s dead. He asks Lucy Hamblin, the only girl he ever loved, to marry him in the jail. Her father broke them up four years ago, but now her father is dead. Will Lucy be willing to grant his last request and become the widow Hunter?
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This book won the short historical category of both the Inspirational Readers’ Choice Contest and ACFW’s Book of the Year Contest for 2007. It was favorite historical of the year among Heartsong readers for 2006.
On the Favorite PASTimes blog, reviewer Michelle Hutchinson says of this book: “I loved it! It’s one of the most romantic tales put out by Heartsong that I’ve ever read. It will take your breath away, I promise!”
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The Castaway’s Bride – Maine Brides Book 2
When her sister Abigail’s beau returns from sea after being thought dead for four years, Deborah Bowman is torn. She greatly admires Edward Hunter and believes him to be the best of men, but Abigail’s heart now belongs to another. Deborah longs to honor her sister’s choice, but why can’t Abby see Edward’s superior character and the miracle of his return?
Edward has come back to life in the eyes of his family and friends. Marooned on a deserted island, only the Lord and thoughts of his beloved Abigail kept him going. But now that he’s home, he finds he and Abigail aren’t who they used to be … and his cousin has assumed his place in the family business and his fiancee’s heart.
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The Lumberjack’s Lady – Maine Brides Book 3
Letitia Hunter works as a clerk at her father’s lumber company, but her place in society is well established. When an intriguing French lumberjack comes to work in the office alongside her, Letitia knows she cannot allow the feelings he stirs within her. Her father would never consider him an eligible suitor. From the moment Etienne rescued the boss’s lovely young daughter from drowning in a frozen pond, he has not been able to put her out of his mind. Working with her only complicates things, yet his feelings for her cannot be denied. Can he overcome prejudice and prove his worth both as an employee and as a man? God works in mysterious ways, His children to bless. Will He make this relationship work?
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This book was second favorite historical of the year among Heartsong readers for 2007 and won the 2008 Inspirational Readers Choice Contest, short historical category.
