Susan Page Davis

Seven women seek husbands to help them rebuild a Kansas town.
Meet seven of Turtle Springs, Kansas', finest women who are determined to revive their small town after the War Between the States took most of its men. . .and didn't return them. The ladies decide to advertise for husbands and devise a plan for weeding out the riff raff. But how can they make the best practical choices when their hearts cry out to be loved?
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"Rebecca Harding can hardly wait to get away from her city nursing job in Portland, Maine, for a few restful days at her lakeside cottage. The only problem is, the cottage is half owned by her former fiancé, architect Rob Wallace, whom she hasn't seen for three years. They alternate months for usage and payments. When Rebecca arrives in mid-May, the cottage is neat and tidy, but her feelings are anything but. Family struggles for Rob and accusations...

Emily Gray returns to visit Baxter, Maine, after seven years of building a career as a journalist in the city and simply seeks rest in the slow-paced small town. As if reuniting with old flame Nate Holman isn't exciting enough, when the two of them take a box of groceries to an island resident, they find him dead inside his cottage. Can Emily's nose for news unravel the homicide at Blue Heron Lake?

Orphaned at a young age Jane was indentured as a housemaid. During an Indian raid she was captured carried off to Canada and sold. Then her arranged loveless marriage ended with the death of her abusive husband. So when Captain Baldwin and Charles Gardner arrive and purchase her ransom she returns to the village of Cochecho with very little hope left. Charles has no intention of finding a wife - but he cannot keep himself from thinking of Jane.

"When Jan and Blake and Elaine Cook arrive at Lancaster Community Church to prepare for the Mother-Daughter tea, they discover that the historic white clapboard building has been broken into. Have the cousins stumbled on to yet another mystery? At first, it appears that nothing was taken, but it soon becomes clear that something valuable -- dating back to the very founding of maine and part of Pastor Mike's family hictory -- is gone. And then another...

When Mary Fisher, a mystery bookshop owner, receives a call from her friend Henry, inviting her over to see his new classic car, she immediately accepts. But Henry's "new" car--a 1955 Buick Century--puts him in danger. An intruder attacks him in his garage, and Mary hears the scuffle. With Henry in a coma, it's up to Mary to find out who hurt Henry, and why. Henry's twin daughters are at his side in the hospital, so Mary puts her analytical mind to...

Marble Cove's annual Lobster Fest is just around the corner, and Margaret begins having strange dreams, Beverly throws her hat into the mayoral race ring, Diane's first book sells poorly, and Shelley is chagrined when Dan invites his boss for dinner with little notice. As a group, the women search for Jeremiah Thorpe's elusive bounty, and hope to unravel the treasure's fate.

In the summer of 1860, Prince Edward Island is astir. Its citizens eagerly anticipate the arrival of the first member of the British royal family to visit the island. Molly Orland is too poor to be invited to the ball, but she and several other local young women are thrilled when they're hired as extra staff at the lieutenant governor's house, where the young Prince of Wales will be a guest. Peter Stark has arrived a few days in advance of the royal...

Diane turns down Leo when he asks her out for Valentine's Day, but wonders what is causing her hesitation. Meanwhile, Beverly receives a new puppy, Shelley fills in as manager of the Cove and Margaret learns something new about herself when she cooks a gourmet meal for Allan. --

"Jack Miller stumbles through the Civil War, winding up a telegrapher and cryptographer for the army. In the field with General Sherman in Georgia, he is captured along with his precious cipher key. His captor, Hamilton Buckley, thinks he should have been president of the Confederacy, not Jefferson Davis. Jack doubts Buckley's sanity and longs to escape. Buckley's kindhearted niece, Marilla, might help him -- but only if Jack helps her achieve her...