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Ruth AxtellAuthor Bio:
Ruth Axtell Morren has written historical romances for Steeple Hill Books, Love Inspired, and Moody River North and will publish with Revell Books in 2013. Her first book, Winter Is Past, received critical acclaim from Christian bookseller. Her second book, Wild Rose, was a "Top Ten Christian Fiction" for Booklist. She specializes in both regency and Victorian England and the nineteenth century Maine coast. |
Books by Author
 Moonlight Masquerade, A RegencyLady Celine Wexham seems the model British subject. French by birth but enjoying life in 1813 as a widowed English countess, she is in the unique position of being able to help those in need–or to spy for the notorious Napoleon Bonaparte. When Rees Phillips of the British Foreign Office is sent to… |
 Her Good NameIn the 1890 thriving coastal town of Holliston, Maine, the leading lumber baron’s son, Warren Brentwood, III, returns from his years away at college and traveling to take up his position as heir apparent to his father’s business empire. Esperanza Estrada, daughter of a Portuguese immigrant fisherman… |
 Hometown Cinderella |
 A Gentleman's HomecomingIt's been six years since Luke Travis has seen his native England...and his son, Sam. But his hopes for a joyful reunion are shattered when he learns that Sam wants nothing to do with him. There's one ray of hope--Luke's former sister-in-law, Bobbie Gardner. The kindhearted woman has been a mother to… |
 To Be a MotherWar and tragedy destroyed Rianna Bruce's chance at happily ever after, or did it? Reuniting with her first love, Noah Samuels, proves that her feelings haven't gone away. In helping his young daughter, can Rianna show the disillusioned Noah the blessing of a second chance? |
 The Making of a GentlemanJust moments away from the hangman's noose, Jonah Quinn escapes from infamous Newgate Prison. Taking prisoner volunteer Florence Hathaway hostage is a masterstroke, but Jonah intends to end their acquaintance once he's free. God, however, has other plans. |
 A Bride of HonorIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a lady of rank and distinction is no match for an impoverished preacher. Yet Damien Hathaway is entranced from the moment he spies Miss Lindsay Phillips entering his church. She doesn't appear any different from the other pampered society ladies--and she's… |
 A Man Most WorthyHe was her father's poor bank clerk. She was a wealthy young lady. Though they were worlds apart, their innocent friendship bloomed into a mutual admiration. Then suddenly Nicholas Tennant was wrenched from Alice Shepard's life. Now, years later, he has returned to London society wealthy and influential,… |
 Hearts in the HighlandsMaddie Norton had long since resigned herself to her spinster's lot. Her life was devoted to her simple yet enduring faith, to good works and to the elderly lady whose companion she was. She believed herself content. But that was before her mistress's handsome nephew returned to London, after many years… |
 The Rogue's RedemptionHe was tall and dark with eyes as blue as cobalt. In a glittering London ballroom Miss Hester Leighton saw a man who interested her more than anyone she'd met since coming to town. A woman of deep faith, Hester knew she should not keep company with Major Gerrit Hawkes, a jaded, penniless soldier haunted… |
 The Healing SeasonThough he'd found his life's calling ministering to London's underclass, Dr. Ian Russell hadn't yet found his life's mate. Then the former army surgeon encountered the enchanting stage actress Eleanor Nevill. |
 Dawn in my HeartCalled home to Regency London after his brother's death, Tertius Pembroke, Earl of Skylar, must marry quickly and produce an heir. Lady Gillian Edwards seems the ideal bride: young, beautiful and innocent. Unknown to the other, they both harbor secrets that could destroy their marriage. |
 Lilac SpringDaughter of a prominent nineteenth-century Maine shipbuilder, Cherish Winslow had a deep love for ships, the ocean -- and her father's apprentice, Silas van der Zee. Once his childhood companion in Haven's End, Cherish wished Silas could see she was no longer a girl in pigtails but a woman in love.… |
 Wild Rose*Starred Review* Morren turns in a superior romantic historical in Wild Rose, about Geneva Patterson, an orphan in the little seacoast town of Haven's End, who befriends another outcast, a sea captain accused of theft, Caleb Martin. The time is 1873, and neither Geneva nor Caleb can throw caution to… |
 Winter Is PastA rising star in Parliament, widower Simon Aguilar needs a reliable woman to care for his gravely ill daughter, Rebecca. He finds an exemplary nurse -- and much more -- in the indomitable Althea Breton. Raised amid privilege, Althea renounced wealth and social position to serve God, and is reluctant… |