Depression Series Series by Linda Ford

The road that led to Kate Bradshaw's door sometimes seemed the loneliest in the world. In the depths of the Depression, the young widow was struggling to hold on to the family farm and raise two small children. And she had only her faith to sustain her--until the day Hatcher Jones came walking up that long, lonely road.The handsome, mysterious drifter was clearly haunted by some terrible secret from his past... moreThe road that led to Kate Bradshaw's door sometimes seemed the loneliest in the world. In the depths of the Depression, the young widow was struggling to hold on to the family farm and raise two small children. And she had only her faith to sustain her--until the day Hatcher Jones came walking up that long, lonely road.The handsome, mysterious drifter was clearly haunted by some terrible secret from his past. But the simple acts of kindness he showed Kate and her children spoke of a good heart and strong values. And she longed to make him see that there could be redemption for anyone, even him--and that all his wandering had brought him home at last. less

What unseen hand guided Kody Douglas's horse to that bleak, windswept South Dakota farmhouse? The "half-breed" cowboy--a man of two worlds, at home in neither--would never know. But when he finds a lovely, vulnerable young woman there, abandoned in the darkest hours of the Depression, he cannot simply ride away and leave her.Charlotte Porter reluctantly follows this hard, embittered yet compelling man to his family's homestead... moreWhat unseen hand guided Kody Douglas's horse to that bleak, windswept South Dakota farmhouse? The "half-breed" cowboy--a man of two worlds, at home in neither--would never know. But when he finds a lovely, vulnerable young woman there, abandoned in the darkest hours of the Depression, he cannot simply ride away and leave her.Charlotte Porter reluctantly follows this hard, embittered yet compelling man to his family's homestead. But the more she learns about him, and the secret child who haunts his memories, the more she aches to comfort him and make him her own. Can two outcasts--brought together by hard times and shared faith--truly find love in so cold and heartless a world? less

First comes love, then comes forgiveness...But a widowed father struggling during the Depression doesn't have much faith in either--until he meets Emma Spencer in the South Dakota boardinghouse they share. She's a dedicated nurse who could love his boy and heal his own heart. But how can Boothe trust a profession he blames for his greatest loss? Emma understands Boothe Powers's pain. She has her own secret anguish and believes her dreams of a husband and child are beyond reach... moreFirst comes love, then comes forgiveness...But a widowed father struggling during the Depression doesn't have much faith in either--until he meets Emma Spencer in the South Dakota boardinghouse they share. She's a dedicated nurse who could love his boy and heal his own heart. But how can Boothe trust a profession he blames for his greatest loss? Emma understands Boothe Powers's pain. She has her own secret anguish and believes her dreams of a husband and child are beyond reach. Still, she can pretend when he asks her to play his temporary fiancee to protect his son. And if God would grant her one miracle, He knows exactly what her heart is yearning for.... less