Catherine Palmer

Evangelist Elijah Book is a fearless warrior for God, or so he believes. When a helpless infant is entrusted to his care, his zeal becomes sidetracked as the fate of an innocent child rests with a woman Eli must trust in spite of himself. Storms of hurt and bitterness threaten to overwhelm Lily Nolan after the death of her husband and child. If there is a God, how could He abandon her so completely? Can she risk opening her heart to the orphaned Samuel?...

1998 HOLT Medallion finalist! / 1998 finalist for Romantic Times Reviewers Choice! The fictional town of Hope discovers the importance of forgiveness, overcoming prejudice, and the dangers of keeping unhealthy family secrets.

Abandoned as a baby and raised in a crowded orphanage, Rosie Mills has always dreamed of a home of her own. Now she finally sees her chance. Impulsively, she heads to the Kansas prairie to care for a widower's young son. In exchange, she'll have a place to call home. Rosie soon discovers, however, that what she longs for even more than a home is someone to love her. Love is too risky for Seth Hunter. Deserted by his own father, he fears getting close...

Successful pediatrician Marah Morgan returns home to help run the family farm after her father suffers a disabling injury. Marah finds herself reluctant to help a man who has not shown her the love she longs for and who holds the key to a tragedy from her childhood. When government archaeologists arrive to excavate Indian burial grounds on the Morgan farm, Marah becomes suspicious. Then a mysterious farmhand arrives, a man who both fascinates and...

Jessica Thornton is ready for a fresh start for herself and her irrepressible son, Splinter. An unexpected, unusual inheritance-a remote island mansion-seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. But when she arrives, she stumbles into a dangerous web of deception, greed, and murder. Even worse, she runs into the one person she never wanted to lay eyes on again: her long-lost husband, the man who coldly deserted her before their son was born. And the...

Fashion designer Alexandra Prescott fully expects her latest business trip to be an adventure. After all, she is looking for inspiration for a line of exotic fabrics. But her well-ordered plans are shattered by news of financial disaster and an attempt on her life. Relctantly admitting her vulnerability, she is forced to turn for help to Grant Thornton, an infuriatingly independent anthropologist whom she has met under suspicious circumstnces. Inexplicably...

Her faith takes her across the world and into the path of a most extraordinary man. Freshly arrived in East Africa, Emma Pickering is instantly drawn to Adam King. The rugged cowboy is as compelling as he is mysterious. And if he'll agree to a marriage of convenience, it would solve both their problems. Emma could secure her inheritance-and with it, her chance to find her sister. Adam could gain the funds needed to carve his ranch out of the savanna....

Charles Locke is risking everything to make his fortune in a tea-trading enterprise. Sarah Carlyle believes money is the root of all evil and is determined to be rid of her fortune. When Charles and Sarah are thrown together at sea, their hearts are unexpectedly bound. But when Sarah discovers Charles's hunger for money and Charles discovers Sarah's fortune, their love is suddenly in question. Can Sarah give her heart to a man motivated by money?...

Olivia Hewes has one dream: to make Chatham Manor's wool-producing venture profitable. When she meets Randolph Sherbourne, the heir of her largest competitor, the two are drawn toward a forbidden love that will mean betraying both their families and the centuries-old feud that has separated them. But when the shocking truth about the death of Randolph's father is revealed, their future happiness seems doomed.

Promised to one, betrothed to another, swept away by the one man she can never have. On the eve of her 21st birthday, Ivy Bowden has much to anticipate. Engaged to be married to the man her father has chosen for her, Ivy dreams of a secure, contented future. But when she finds herself in the arms of the mysterious Colin Richmond, recently returned from India, her world is thrown into complete disarray. Nothing is as it should be, and suddenly Ivy's...