Hill Country Courtship

By Laurie Kingery

A Baby of Her Own 

Maude Harkey is resigned to a loveless life until a baby is bornand orphanedat her boardinghouse home. She'll never be a wife but she can still be a mother. Yet a boardinghouse is no place for a newborn. Enter Jonas MacLarena handsome, exasperating rancher with an offer too good to refuse. 

Jonas can handle running a ranchbut handling his cantankerous mother is another matter. Maude matches his mother's stubbornness so she'll be a perfect live-in companion. But she's there for his mother, not for him. He'll just have to keep his wounded heart closed to her beauty, her humor, her warmth and strengthand her irresistibly adorable baby. 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Love Inspired
• Release date: Mar 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781460378892

Laurie Kingery

Laurie Kingery is the author of twenty-three historical romances. She won the Reader's Choice Award for THE RAVEN AND THE SWAN in 1994,and has been nominated for an ACFW Carol Award. Laurie lives in Ohio with her husband Tom (whom she met on eHarmony!). She has two children, seven grandchildren, and two dogs. She is a  veteran RN of an inner-city emergency room. A Christian since her teenage years, she is a member of Quest Community Church of New Albany.