Escape

Julie Jones lives the secluded and privileged life of a wealthy orphan—until she comes of age and her uncle locks her away in a mental institution. For three long years, prayer alone preserves her sanity. Then she finally discovers the courage and opportunity to escape.

After adopting the name of Daisy Madden, Julie meets Peter Hudson. His first inclination is to help her as he might one of his younger sisters. But he cannot come to her aid until she shares with him her whole story. Can Daisy learn to trust? And how much risk will Peter take for a stranger?

To See His Way

Heartsong Presents #412

A tragic accident saved Tildie Harris from being sold into an unwanted marriage. But now, she and her three young cousins are at the mercy of Arapaho Indians. The Arapaho assume the praying white woman belongs to a big Swede who has preached to their tribe. They send for the missionary Jan Borjesson, who immediately finds himself with a ready-made family.

He intends to deliver his charges to the nearest white settlement, but the grocer--growling like an old grizzly--still awaits his promised bride. The wilderness is no place to leave a woman and children alone, so what would God have Jan do? Can he provide for them through the harsh winter, until he can send them east? And by that time, will he even want to part with the beautiful woman and the heartwarming children?

Second place winner in the 2001 national Readers’ Choice awarded by Romance Writers of America/Faith, Hope, and Love Chapter

The Heart of a Child

Novella Collection, "Returning Amanda"

Prim and proper, four-year-old Amanda Greer steps off the train and is quickly separated from her older sister. She seeks out the town sheriff for help. What is a bachelor to do with a small child? He takes her to the church social, hoping to unload her on some motherly female. It isn’t just a tornado that is about to whirl into this young man’s life.

Also printed in A Mother's Heart (Barbour 2000)

Out in the Real World

Heartsong Presents #438

Interior designer Jane Freedman has no intention of getting mixed up with enchanting construction contractor Greg Boskell—especially since the widower has four children, including thirteen-year-old Amy who warns Jane to stay away from her dad. But when mutual clients bring Jane and Greg together on another renovation project, she cannot reasonably avoid working with him.

Before long, Caroline, Greg’s nine year old, befriends Jane, whose dog has had a litter of puppies. Greg’s boys, Thomas and Jacob, also become entangled in Jane’s life—and her heart. Amy still tries to oppose her father’s love for Jane, but she’s facing an emotional trial that Jane is uniquely suited to help her with—if Amy will let her.

City Dreams

Novella Collection, "The Arrow of God"

Denise Delacourt’s first teaching job is in inner city Houston. She’s astonished when she discovers her tenth grade English class can’t read on a fourth grade level. She follows her class to their hangout and discovers John Slann, a youth pastor, runs the “coffee house of the 50s” where her students are loved in spite of their backgrounds. Can she embrace that love too?

City Dreams by Kathleen Paul Barbour (2001) ISBN: 1586602950

Tied for third place in the 2002 national Readers’ Choice awarded by Romance Writers of America/Faith, Hope, and Love Chapter

Christmas Letters

Novella Collection, "Engagement of the Heart"

Betsy Anderson has received a letter from a soldier in an army hospital informing her that her fiance has died. Betsy is confused. She wrote many patriotic letters to soldiers in service, but she has never been engaged. She goes to the hospital and meets Sargent Kevin Coombs. Will she be taken as a flirt or a soldier’s Christmas Angel?

Christmas Letters by Kathleen Paul Barbour (2001) ISBN: 1586602438

First place winner in the 2002 national Readers’ Choice awarded by Romance Writers of America/Faith, Hope, and Love Chapter

Woven Hearts

Novella Collection, "A Second Glance"

Raised in an orphanage and nearly blind, Ginger Finnegan is searching for her place in the world. Most orphanage girls start working in the mills as soon as they are old enough, but Ginger remains at the home, tending the young children. Young Dr. Lucas Steadman has taken over as the doctor for the orphans. When he gives her glasses to help her see the world, he didn’t expect her to see right into his heart.

Kaleidoscope

Reprint of the novella Escape

Secrets and mystery pervade the life of a woman who longs to know and be known fully. But how much of her heart can she afford to risk amidst her ever-changing perspective on life? Running for her life, Daisy accepts a ride from a stranger, Peter--but can he unwrap her secrets in time to protect her? Can she trust the man she desperately wants to love with the secret she guards so closely? Can she trust her secret--and her life--to God?

The Prairie Romance Collection

Returning Amanda is a reprint from A Mother’s Heart

Expanding western borders, taming the land, and finding a place in which to live and love defines the pioneer heart. Within this unique collection are twelve complete stories of romance on the American Great Plains penned by twelve different multi-published authors. Readers will enjoy history relived through the pioneers' adventures, heartaches, challenges, victories, and romances. There are stories from town as well as settings miles from the next neighbor, about immigrants and orphans, and during planting to time of harvest. Readers are sure to have more than one favorite to warm their hearts and encourage their faith.