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Joy for Mourning (Desert Manna Book 2) by Karen Baney. A Christian historical romance book set in Prescott Arizona.

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Joy for Mourning

Desert Manna Book 2

He never gets the girl. She rebuffs every suitor. Stranded, will these opposites work together?


Grace Talbert spurns every suitor her father finds. She longs for the spark of romance and is unwilling to settle for something less. Her passion is running the Women’s Aid Society which organizes many charitable events to help the poor and the Indians. When a trip to deliver goods to the reservation leaves her stranded with a handsome stranger, she discovers the love she longed for.


After many years of wandering and building up his freight business, Joshua Harrison decides to return to Prescott. As bachelor, he is ill equipped to raise the orphaned daughter of a friend. He hopes the stable life of a small town will bring what he needs to become a good father. Having failed at love twice, he is afraid to try again, until he is stranded with the unconventional and beautiful Grace Talbert.


Will he finally win a woman’s heart? Will she sacrifice her independence for love? Will they learn to trust God amid danger?

Joy for Mourning (Desert Manna Book 2) by Karen Baney. A Christian historical romance book set in Prescott Arizona.
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