Bøger af Myra Johnson

She longed for love and adventure. . . . She found so much more.Larkspur Linwood yearns for a more exciting future than life as a small-town Arkansas schoolmarm. Mistaking her favorite college professor's interest for romantic love, she leaps at the chance to serve with him at a missionary school in Kenya. But his ultimate betrayal shatters her heart, and she slinks home in shame.Anson Schafer, director of the Kenyan school, is losing his sight to an eye infection and must return to the States. Finding new purpose in the founding of schools and relief efforts for those struggling through the Depression, he visits Lark's college to recruit teachers. Though she's reluctant to risk another failed venture, this could be her chance to make a difference.As Lark and Anson work side by side to bring hope and education to impoverished children, her respect for him deepens into something much, much more. But can their dreams withstand the trials and struggles of the prejudicial South?

Her family's survival matters more than anything...even her own heart.As the 1930 drought burns crops burn to a crisp in tiny Eden, Arkansas, Bryony Linwood relies on forced optimism and dogged determination to disguise a heart as dry and despairing as the scorched earth.Reclusive Michael Heath barely survived the Great War, and twelve years later all he wants is to forget. His one passion is botanical illustration, where nature's beauty offers blessed escape from a troubled past and his wealthy father's continual disparagement.When Bryony accepts employment at the Heath mansion, it's just a job at first...until she discovers Michael Heath and his beautiful illustrations. Their friendship soon blossoms into healing for wounded souls and a love that can't be denied.

Varmints and strangers best steer clear of this Winchester-toting redhead.Working alongside her grandpa on his Arkansas tenant farm, Rose Linwood learned to love the land as much as he did. Now her older sisters have married and moved on, Grandpa has gone to his eternal reward, and Rose is determined to make a go of the farm on her own.But crops have been slow to recover since the drought of 1930-31, and the whole country struggles in the grip of the Great Depression. Drifters looking for work or handouts roam the countryside, some of them up to no good, so Rose keeps her trusty Winchester rifle at the ready.Caleb Wieland isn't the farmer his late father was. He'd let the farm go and search for work he's more suited for, except he can't desert his widowed mother. Besides, he's been quietly falling in love with Rose since they were in grammar school, but her stubborn independence is proving as thorny as the flower for which she's named.

"We all have our own prisons." Healy Ferguson knows all about prisons, both the real and the emotional kind. Paying your dues to society doesn't always mean you've paid your dues to yourself, and often the price you exact on yourself far exceeds the crime. Valerie Bishop is caught in the emotional prison of post-traumatic stress disorder, unable to venture more than a few feet out her back door. Shadowy moments from a night she can't remember bombard her without warning, keeping her trapped between the painful past and a future seemingly without hope. But God promises to repay the years that have been lost; for those who trust in Him, He promises refreshing, life-giving rain. Will Val and Healy trust to see God's perfect plan, or will they choose the chains that hold them back?

Ranch foreman Jacob Collins has had designs on Vera Mae Beasley since he first realized the differences between boys and girls. Then Vera left to study fashion design in Philadelphia, and Jacob had all but given up hope of sharing a future with her. Now she's back in Texas, mourning the loss of her family to yellow fever and closing out the family business. Helping Vera heal offers Jacob a second chance at winning her heart, and he's not about to let it slip away. Note to readers: This story was originally published for Kindle in 2014 as part of the Seekers' Hope for the Holidays historical collection.

An abandoned Arkansas lake resort holds the secrets of a young woman''s past . . . and her future.Raised by her grandfather after her mother died, flea market manager Julie Pearl Stiles promised herself she''d postpone the search for her absentee father until the truth could no longer hurt Grandpa. Then one crazy June day ushers in a series of discoveries that threaten to turn Julie''s peaceful, small-town life upside down.Haunted by a devastating childhood mistake, real estate entrepreneur Micah Hobart turned his back on God a long time ago, but success has proven a poor substitute for the inner peace he craves. Everything changes when he''s blindsided by the outspoken flea market manager who quickly captures his heart.Wealthy Little Rock socialite Renata Channing has devoted her life and ample bank account to helping underprivileged children. But no amount of philanthropy can blot out the emotional abuse she endured at the hands of a mentally ill mother, and all the money in the world won''t restore the precious "pearl" lost twenty-five years ago in the depths of Lake Hamilton.As Julie is drawn deeper into the tragic past Micah and Renata share, she finds herself questioning everything she''s ever believed about herself, her family, and her future. As she seeks to unravel the mystery of her past, will she find her way to forgiveness and finally, fully accept who she is as a child of God?