American Homespun
Massachusetts 1775-1816
Set in post-Revolutionary War New England, the American Homespun series takes you inside of the hearts and homes of those forging the New America. Follow Lucy Simms Marden, Samuel Wilson, their families, and friends through the trials and triumphs of living their daily lives and finding extraordinary love.
Waking Lucy
He married her to save her life… and she woke up furious.
Massachusetts, 1797. Samuel Wilson carries deep regret. Ashamed of his failures and convinced the woman he loves deserves better, he broke off their engagement with a brief, cruel note and has longed to undo the damage ever since. But when a blizzard cuts off their close-knit village and he finds his feverish former fiancée near death, the honorable man does the only thing he can to save her life… and the most reckless thing imaginable: he marries her.
Lucy Simms hoped for a loving marriage. Waking to find herself wed to the blue-eyed charmer who broke her heart, the strong-willed young woman has no intention of being bound to any man without her full consent. And certain his vows were driven by guilt, family pressure, and her helpless condition, she is determined to seek an annulment, even if her wounded heart still remembers the man she once loved.
Can two wounded hearts overcome regret, pride, and old pain to build the home they were always meant to share?
Waking Lucy is the tender first book in the American Homespun historical romance series. If you enjoy accidental marriage, second-chance love, and ordinary people building something extraordinary in post-Revolutionary New England, then you’ll adore Lorin Grace’s warmhearted tale. Buy Waking Lucy today and fall in love with a story of forgiveness, hope, and home.
Waking Lucy is the recipient of the 2017 Recommended Read Award in the League of Utah Writers published book contest.
Reforming Elizabeth
A shameless flirt who needs reforming. A grieving preacher who’s forgotten how to laugh. And one formidable great-aunt with no patience for either of them.
In 1798, a young lady’s reputation is everything, and Elizabeth Garrett’s latest flirtation has embarrassed her father, a Massachusetts judge, one time too many. Elizabeth Garrett’s latest flirtation has embarrassed her father, a Massachusetts judge, one time too many. His ultimatum: be reformed or be sent away. And her reformer? Great-Aunt Mindwell. With a name like that, Elizabeth is certain her freedom is gone.
Since his wife’s death, Reverend Gideon Frost has lost his congregation, his footing, and very nearly his faith. Reassigned to tiny East Stoughton, he takes a second job to make ends meet, working for Mindwell Roberts, who has no time to coddle him. She has her hands full already: a nineteen-year-old great-niece whose only real skill is flirting.
Elizabeth knows every game and is sure she can wait her father out. Then one flirtation goes too far, landing her in the worst trouble of her life. The last place she expects to find joy is her great-aunt’s house. And the last man she expects to fall for is a stuffy preacher who just might learn to laugh again.
A clean, heartwarming historical romance of second chances and unexpected joy.
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Remembering Anna
The key opens a box, unlocks the past and defines the future.
On her fourteenth birthday in 1775, Anna Stickney receives a handmade journal—a place for her secrets and wishes. As the colonies fight for independence, Anna records battles of her own in tiny script: a first love with a young man named James, a war that carries him far away, and sorrows she will never speak aloud. Someday, she promises herself, she’ll share it all with her daughter. But someday never comes.
Since Mama’s death, a locked box has sat in the Massachusetts home Lucy Wilson shares with her husband and little sister, its key nowhere to be found. Lucy thought she knew everything about the gentle woman who raised her. She was wrong.
Hours before Lucy’s life changes forever, the key turns up. Now she can only steal a few quiet moments at a time to read her mother’s words—words that burden, soothe, and finally free her as she comes to know the woman she called Mama.
A tender, clean historical novella of a mother’s secrets, a daughter’s understanding, and a love that outlasted war. A companion to Waking Lucy.
Healing Sarah
The only thing colder than the summer of 1816 is Sarah’s heart, and Dr. Dawes is determined to melt it.
Sarah Marden is content as the family spinster. Almost. Two years after the war took her fiancé, she has buried her grief, and the secret that went with it, under schoolbooks and the care of Emma Wilson, the woman who would have been her mother-in-law. But this summer, nothing is as it should be. Emma’s mind is slipping, snow is falling in June, and Timmy is back.
Dr. Timison Dawes has seen the brutal side of war, and he expects his career to take him far from a small-town practice. He never planned to stay past his sister’s wedding. Then again, he never expected Sarah to still be single. A temporary position gives him the excuse to find out whether the North Shore could be home again.
When they were children, Sarah ran from Timmy’s kisses because he smelled like barn cats. Now, she doesn’t want to run, no matter how much she should. Someone in town knows what she’s hiding, and the anonymous notes are clear: stay away from the doctor, or everyone will know. Tim has no idea what keeps her at arm’s length. How can he coax Sarah out of the shadows when even Mother Nature refuses to bring spring?
A clean, heartwarming historical romance of second chances, hidden grief, and the healing power of love.
