Brides of Lehigh Canal Series

Kelly McGregor says she'll never marry – not after what she’s seen her father do to her mother. She’s determined to escape her father’s overbearing ways and the drudgery of driving the mules that pull his boat along the canal. Kelly dreams of owning a gallery where she can sell her drawings and paintings. Mike Cooper believes Kelly is the woman God chose for him – and wants nothing more than to be a husband who supports her in her artistic endeavors. But when Kelly declares she will never marry, Mike fears he has lost her forever. Kelly has prayed that God will fulfill her dreams. But when an opportunity for true romance appears, will she realize that her dreams can walk hand in hand with a love created by God? Fall in love with this inspiring love story!

Betsy Nelson can hardly accept her father's retirement, but she knows his failing heart demands it. She leaves her life in the city and returns home to care for him. It hurts to see a new pastor taking her papa's place, but Betsy didn't expect Pastor William Covington to be so charming and handsome. The Covington family's wealth and status in Buffalo hold no appeal for William. His greatest desire is to minister to others. He is delighted, then, when a church in Walnutport, Pennsylvania, calls him to be their pastor. Can he ever fill the shoes of Reverend Nelson, who has lovingly served this small canal community for years? When they clearly disagree on methods of ministry, can Betsy and William find common ground on which to work together for the better of the townspeople? After being left once before at the altar, William vowed to serve the Lord alone. But that was before Betsy's return...

Sarah Turner tends the lock on the Lehigh Canal in Walnutport, Pennsylvania. She'd like nothing better than to get away from the canal, having enough of it as a child when she led the mules that pulled her father's boat. But being a widow with three small children, she seems to have no other option. Sarah isn't looking for love again, but should she ever find it, she knows it could never be with a canal man. Elias Brooks has left his newspaper job in Easton to captain the canal boat bequeathed to him by his grandfather. When he stops at the lock, Elias meets Sarah, a pretty woman with determination and courage, and her three children, who seem eager for his attention. Could a woman like her ever look past the ugly red birthmark on the side of his face and see the heart within? Sarah's side job is baking bread for boatmen. . .and one good-looking blacksmith named Patrick O'Grady. Who will unlock the key to Sarah's heart-the boatman or the blacksmith?