Enduring Dreams

Enduring Dreams

Sandra Ardoin

Sandra Ardoin

She stirs his heart like no other woman, but will loving her cost him his dreams? Claire Kingsley's goal to enter the male-dominated world of architectural design ended with the death of her husband. Then a chance encounter prompts a desire to see the Kingsley name on one more design. The only thing standing in Claire's way is her attraction to the town's new architect—an attraction she mustn't act on...for his sake. Though driven to see his architectural office prosper, Mark Gregory isn't as eager to work with Claire as he is to court her. As he struggles to tear down the wall she's built between them, a crucial client's demands endanger Mark's success in both business and love.Read the heartwarming historical romance, Enduring Dreams, the first novel in the Widow's Might series. Widow's Might SeriesChristmas Novella: Unwrapping HopeBook One: Enduring DreamsBook...
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Rekindling Trust

Rekindling Trust

Sandra Ardoin

Sandra Ardoin

Abandonment. Betrayal. Injustice.Two broken hearts given a second chance to mend. Widow Edythe Westin yearns for a peaceful home and independence from her controlling father. The goal seems within reach until her rebellious young son is suspected of arson and assault. With nowhere else to turn, she defies her father and appeals for help from the only man she ever loved—the man who once deserted her when she needed him most. Attorney Barrett Seaton returned to his hometown to make his brother's final days comfortable. Seeing Edy again raises Barrett's guard, especially when she remains under her father's thumb...just like the day she rejected Barrett to marry another man. A second betrayal by her would destroy him as surely as her devious father destroyed his brother by railroading him into prison. To save her son, Edy and Barrett must rekindle the trust lost years earlier. But how?...
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A Love Most Worthy

A Love Most Worthy

Sandra Ardoin

Sandra Ardoin

She didn't know which was colder, an Arctic winter or her new husband's heart.Hallie Russell believes life should be lived to the fullest. For that reason, she sails to the gold rush town of Nome, Alaska to take her cousin's place as the mail-order bride of a respected shopkeeper. But when her aloof husband's wedding-night announcement rocks her plans for their marriage, Hallie sees her desire for a family to call her own vanish as quickly as the dreams of hopeful miners.Tragedy led Rance Preston to repent of his rowdy ways and open a general store for the miners in Nome. He's content in his bachelorhood, but his two orphaned nephews deserve a proper and serious-minded mother. Duped once by a vivacious female, he's determined to never again let his heart overrule his head…until the high spirits of his new bride threaten his resolve.When a misunderstanding comes to light, will they allow the gale force winds of insecurity to destroy what they each need most?
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Unwrapping Hope

Unwrapping Hope

Sandra Ardoin

Sandra Ardoin

She's a mystery his heart longs to unravel.Phoebe Crain, once a lauded concert pianist, lives in anonymity after being disgraced by a wealthy man. For her daughter's sake, Phoebe can't afford a second mistake in love, yet each day brings a struggle to resist trusting in the integrity of a department store owner's heir...another man of wealth.Spence Newland has fought for years to prove his worthiness to take over the family business. But store scandals and his own insecurity threaten everything he has worked to achieve, even the future he's come to envision with Phoebe.Will they give in to their greatest fears or conquer them and unwrap the gift of a forever together?Travel back to 1896 for a story one reviewer labeled "a lovely tale of the heart."
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