For this week's Top Ten I choose my favorite book out of my ten favorite western series. These won't be in any particular order. I'll just list them in the order that they are in on my bookshelf
Sophie
Edwards is doing just fine, until a strange-yet oddly familiar-man
rides into her life, insisting on rescuing her and her four
daughters. Can she find a way to love a headstrong mountain man? When
Clay McClellan discovers his brother has been murdered, he's bent on
finding the killers and seeing them properly hung. But first his
Christian duty demands that he marry his sister-in-law. After all,
Sophie needs someone to protect her - right? Faith and love help
unruly wed newlyweds find common ground and a chance at love on the
Texas frontier.
#4 Doctor in Petticoats
Sophie's Daughters #1
Doctor
Alex Buchanan is a wanted man--a deseter from the army stalked by a
bounty hunter--but he'd rather be dead than inflict any more pain on
his patients. Beth McClellan is idealistic, believing the nursing
training she received will be enough to help her serve as doctor to
her home town in West Texas. When Alex and Beth meet in a stagecoach
accident, they find that they work well together. But are his demons
and her dreams too deeply rooted for either of them to pay the price
required for a future together?
#5 In Too Deep by Mary Connealy
The Kincaid Brides #2
In 1866 Colorado, Ethan Kincaid agrees to a marriage of convenience
with the same casual disregard he gives every decision. Audra
Gilliland, young mother of two, accepts his proposal because she
wants to stop being a burden to her newly married stepdaughter.
And
suddenly both of them are in far deeper than they'd planned.
Ethan
doesn't expect Audra to affect him so profoundly, and when she begins
to, he's terrified of the pain he's felt before when someone he loved
was seriously injured on his watch. He's determined that his new wife
will do as he says so he can keep her safe from the dangers that lurk
on their ranch.
Audra has been cared for all her life by one man
or another--and they've done a poor job of it. Now she's planning to
stand up for herself. And her new husband had better agree or get out
of her way!
What will it take to transform two wayward
hearts fearful of getting in too deep into two trusting hearts ready
to risk falling deeply in love?
#6 Montana Rose by Mary Connealy
Montana Marriages #1
Cassie
Griffin, a seemingly spoiled pregnant woman, is widowed one day and
wedded the next. Marrying handyman Red Dawson seems the only
alternative to Cassie being hitched to a brutal rancher. But can this
china doll; bear exchanging smooth silk for coarse calico? Red was
reluctant to be yoked to an unbeliever, but sometimes a man has no
choice. Will Red change Cassie's heart by changing her name? Wade
Sawyer is obsessed with saving Cassie from a marriage of convenience.
How far will he go make her his own?
#7 The Drifter by Lori Copeland
Men of the Saddle #2
Charity
Burk, a recent Civil War widow, will lose her Kansas homestead unless
she finds a man to plow and fence the tough prairie sod. When she
discovers Beau Claxton–mauled by a ravenous wolf–she believes
he’s the answer to her prayers. She drags the dying man to her
cabin, cleanses his wounds, and stitches him up–convinced that
marrying him is God’s will. But does this unconscious stranger have
room in his heart for God or for her?
#8 Love's Long Journey by Janette Oke
Love Comes Softly Series #3
After all their dreaming and planning, Missie and her beloved Willie are actually on the trail west in a covered wagon, leaving behind her also-beloved family. Her memories are bittersweet as she faces the hardships of the westward trek-the rain, the mud, the impassable rivers, and even death. Will their love for each other and faith in God survive the bewildering surprise at journey's end?
#9 Sean Donovan by Lori Wick
The Californians #3
Caught
in his first bank robbery, Sean Donovan is sentenced to hang. But
Charlotte Cooper, who needs a blacksmith for her livery, has other
ideas. By law, a woman of good standing in the community can save a
man from the gallows by marrying him. Humbled by the dramatic rescue
and renewed in his faith, Sean’s heart goes out to his new bride, a
woman whose past has prompted her to guard her heart. Yet could the
talk around town be true? Is the fiercely independent Charlotte
falling for Sean Donovan?
#10 A Texas Sky by Lori Wick
Yellow Rose Trilogy #2
Dakota
Rawlings, Texas Ranger, is accustomed to big adventure...but nothing
in his work has prepared him for the seemingly easy task of escorting
Miss Darvi Wingate to the town of Stillwater and on to Aurora.
Quick–witted,
game for anything, and just as passionate about her newfound faith as
Dakota is about his, Darvi seems to find trouble under every rock.
When she becomes a pawn in one of the biggest rackets in town, she
wonders if even a Texas Ranger can get her out of this one. Out here
in the West, the stakes are high—for money, for power, and for
love...under a Texas sky.
