Dorothy Garlock

"Set in 1930s Louisiana, a young woman makes a new life for herself after she runs away from home"--Provided by publisher

Hooper's Crossing, New York, 1952. The post-war boom seems a million miles away . . . especially for a sheltered librarian who longs for the adventure and excitement of the big city. New York City. The hustle and bustle. The people and the excitement. It's all Lily Denton dreams about. But ever since her mother died, her overprotective father won't ease up on her. So she spends her days working at the library and her nights hoping life doesn't pass...

Olivia Marsten is unable to deny her feelings for Peter Becker, an escaped POW who wants to spend every moment he can with her before he must turn himself in, threatening the fragile future they are trying to build. Miller's Creek, Wisconsin, 1945. Sparks fly the moment Peter Becker lays eyes on war bride Olivia Marsten. He risks his own life to save hers-- but he harbors a dark secret. The son of an American soldier, he was forced to join the Reich's...

Now available for the first time in one trade paperback volume, here are two romances from New York Times bestselling author Dorothy Garlock: With Heart and its sequel After the Parade.
With Heart: Tillison County, Oklahoma, 1938. Though scarcity and hardship have taken their toll on the spirit of the nation, one young woman still dares to dream. Kathleen Dolan has high hopes for her investment in the Rawlings, Oklahoma,...

"A young woman in 1970s Arkansas is charmed by the owner of a fishing camp, but is wary of his potential connections to several local crimes."--Provided by the publisher

Andy Connors, who runs a garage, is bitten by a rabid skunk. Fortunately, a man named Yates stops for gas and takes control. He drives Andy for treatments, manages the garage and helps Andy's two daughters and Leona, the woman who looks after them.

Sunset, Missouri, 1954. In postwar America, young widow Clara Sinclair finds her life changed by daring stranger Drake McCoy's unexpected kindness. Can their love survive the vicious, unseen enemy that is closing in fast?

Sophie Heller and her family left Nazi Germany for a better life in Victory, Illinois. But when war fever sweeps the town, the Hellers become targets of suspicion, threats, and attacks. Sophie, working as a newspaperwoman, begins an investigation to uncover the truth. Cole Ambrose, a physically disabled local teacher, becomes her unexpected ally, and love

"In early 1930s Montana, in the small town of Colton, Maddy Aldridge struggles to make ends meet during the Great Depression. With her mother long dead, her stubborn younger sister fighting her at every turn, and her father's arthritis deteriorating so badly that she has to run the family store alone, her desperation grows by the day. Enter Jeffers Grimm with a proposition too great for her to turn down: open an illegal speakeasy in the mercantile's...

Tillison County, Oklahoma, 1938. Kathleen Dolan has high hopes for her investment in the Rawlings, Oklahoma, Gazette. But the feisty newspaper woman hasn't even reached the city limits when trouble strikes: hijackers try to steal her old Nash. Although handsome rancher Johnny Henry comes to her rescue, the attack is only a taste of the perils to come. For Rawlings is a town steeped in dirty secrets, and soon Kathleen will find herself pitted against...