Maggie’s Journey
Lena Nelson Dooley
Paperback, 304 pp., $13.99
Realms (October 4, 2011)

Near her eighteenth birthday, Margaret Lenora Caine finds a chest hidden in the attic containing proof that she was adopted. She desires a place where she belongs, but with the discovery of the family secret, all sense of her identity is lost. When Maggie asks to visit her grandmother in Arkansas, her father agrees on the condition that she take her Aunt Georgia as a chaperone and his young partner, Charles Stanton, as protection on the journey. Will she discover who she really is and, more importantly, what truly matters most in life?

Love Finds You in Golden, New Mexico
Lena Nelson Dooley
Paperback, 320 pp., $12.99
Summerside Press (May 1, 2010)

It’s 1890, and Golden is a booming mining town where men far outnumber women. So when an old wealthy miner named Philip Smith finds himself in need of a nursemaid, he places an ad for a mail-order bride, despite the protests of his friend Jeremiah. Escaping a perilous situation back East, young Madeleine Mercer answers the ad and arrives in town under a cloud of suspicion. But just as she begins to win over Philip—and Jeremiah himself—the secrets she left behind threaten to tarnish her reputation beyond redemption.

Wild Prairie Roses
Lena Nelson Dooley, Laurie Alice Eakes, Lisa Harris
Paperback, 352 pp., $10.95
Barbour (May 1, 2009)

In the decade following the Civil War, rumors of gold lost near Browning City, Iowa, lead three couples on quests for treasure. Constance Miller’s father’s dying request sends her on a manhunt. Among a family famous for their heroics, Tara Young seeks the chance to make a name for herself recovering the gold cache. Lily Reese can’t wait to leave her boring town—until Ben Purcell arrives. Can the little town of Browning City handle so much excitement? Will it relinquish its treasure or reveal it in matters of the heart?