21 best-selling historical books like The Unexpected Champion (High Sierra Sweethearts, #3) by Mary Connealy

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The Unexpected Champion (High Sierra Sweethearts, #3)

By: Mary Connealy

4.42

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

City dweller John McCall never expected to be out in the High Sierras of 1868 on a wild-goose chase…

"Hey, if a gunslinging stranger comes along, just go right ahead and hand over Deb to him. I'd as soon my wife not leave, but he can have Trace's."

-Mary Connealy, The Unexpected Champion (High Sierra Sweethearts, #3)

If you liked the historical plot in The Unexpected Champion (High Sierra Sweethearts, #3) by Mary Connealy , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. No Other Will Do (Ladies of Harper’s Station, #1)

By: Karen Witemeyer

3.89

Format: 7 pages, Paperback

Men are optional. That's the credo Emma Chandler's suffragette aunts preached and why she started a… read more

Similar categories in Karen Witemeyer's No Other Will Do (Ladies of Harper’s Station, #1) book and Mary Connealy's The Unexpected Champion (High Sierra Sweethearts, #3)

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • westerns
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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2. To Tame a Cowboy (Colorado Cowboys, #3)

By: Jody Hedlund

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Brody McQuaid is a broken man, and he knows it. While his body survived the war, his soul did not. … read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
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"Brody was a man who didn't care what anyone else thought."

-Jody Hedlund, To Tame a Cowboy (Colorado Cowboys, #3)

"Oh, Brody.' She spoke his name like a prayer. 'I love you."

-Jody Hedlund, To Tame a Cowboy (Colorado Cowboys, #3)

"If she had him, then no matter their fate, she'd have enough."

-Jody Hedlund, To Tame a Cowboy (Colorado Cowboys, #3)

"Ain't Brody sweet?' Ivy whispered. 'He's got a heart of gold beneath all that rubble."

-Jody Hedlund, To Tame a Cowboy (Colorado Cowboys, #3)

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3. More Than Words Can Say (Patchwork Family, #2)

By: Karen Witemeyer

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

After fulfilling a pledge to a dying friend, Zacharias Hamilton is finally free. No family entangle… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
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  • westerns
  • historical
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"A man did what was right even when the odds were stacked against him."

-Karen Witemeyer, More Than Words Can Say (Patchwork Family, #2)

"Just because they'd lost didn't mean the battle hadn't been worth waging."

-Karen Witemeyer, More Than Words Can Say (Patchwork Family, #2)

"How often had he wanted to believe that he was created for some higher purpose?"

-Karen Witemeyer, More Than Words Can Say (Patchwork Family, #2)

"Love made a man vulnerable in a world that required armor and a shield to survive."

-Karen Witemeyer, More Than Words Can Say (Patchwork Family, #2)

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4. In Honor's Defense (Hanger's Horsemen, #3)

By: Karen Witemeyer

4.56

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

He's faced countless perils on the battlefield, but nothing so dangerous as falling in love. Luk… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
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  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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"I’d walk through fire for you."

-Karen Witemeyer, In Honor's Defense (Hanger's Horsemen, #3)

"You might be a little rough around the edges, Luke Davenport,"

-Karen Witemeyer, In Honor's Defense (Hanger's Horsemen, #3)

"Patience was a virtue, but sometimes it was an excuse to stay on the easy path of conflict avoidance."

-Karen Witemeyer, In Honor's Defense (Hanger's Horsemen, #3)

"He forced himself to look at her. “That’s the man I am, Damaris. Discontent, dangerous, and a tiny bit deranged."

-Karen Witemeyer, In Honor's Defense (Hanger's Horsemen, #3)

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5. The Heart's Charge (Hanger's Horsemen, #2)

By: Karen Witemeyer

4.51

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

For years they've been nomads for justice, but a final mission may just lead their hearts home. … read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
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  • westerns
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
"But if each man and woman were defined solely by their greatest sin, what hope would there be for any of us?"

-Karen Witemeyer, The Heart's Charge (Hanger's Horsemen, #2)

"Lessons taught from love bring wisdom. Lessons spawned from fear and pain often come with cynicism and bitterness attached, which can cloud the truth."

-Karen Witemeyer, The Heart's Charge (Hanger's Horsemen, #2)

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6. The Last Chance Cowboy (Colorado Cowboys, #5)

By: Jody Hedlund

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

As a midwife, Catherine Remington is successful in bringing new life into the world, but she's fail… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
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  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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"He kissed her long and hard, counting himself a man blessed beyond anything he deserved."

-Jody Hedlund, The Last Chance Cowboy (Colorado Cowboys, #5)

"We women have to stop defining ourselves by lining ourselves up against other women. Instead, we need to define ourselves the way our Creator does."

-Jody Hedlund, The Last Chance Cowboy (Colorado Cowboys, #5)

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7. Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1)

By: Karen Witemeyer

4.29

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Beauty has been nothing but a curse to Penelope Snow. When she becomes a personal maid for a famous… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
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  • westerns
  • historical
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"You don't have to earn your place here, Penelope," he'd said. "This is your home now. You're one of us, and we take care of our own."

-Karen Witemeyer, Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1)

"She cold dance with butterflies all she liked. That wouldn't stop him from clipping her wings if that's what it took to see justice done."

-Karen Witemeyer, Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1)

"She could dance with butterflies all she liked. That wouldn't stop him from clipping her wings if that's what it took to see justice done."

-Karen Witemeyer, Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1)

"In all the daydreams she’d woven about her and Titus sharing intimate conversations, never once did they entail discussing corset burglary."

-Karen Witemeyer, Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1)

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8. More Than Meets the Eye (Patchwork Family, #1)

By: Karen Witemeyer

4.25

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

When her family is threatened, she doesn't expect falling in love to be their best defense Many … read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • clean romance
  • westerns
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
"Where is the love in what you're doing?"

-Karen Witemeyer, More Than Meets the Eye (Patchwork Family, #1)

"Love stayed. Even when things became messy and unpleasant, love stayed."

-Karen Witemeyer, More Than Meets the Eye (Patchwork Family, #1)

"It was Logan's job to live for God, and God's job to take care of the rest."

-Karen Witemeyer, More Than Meets the Eye (Patchwork Family, #1)

"Usually Zach had come in from the fields by now, as he seemed to tell time with his stomach."

-Karen Witemeyer, More Than Meets the Eye (Patchwork Family, #1)

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9. At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

By: Karen Witemeyer

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Haunted by the horrors of war, ex-cavalry officer Matthew Hanger leads a band of mercenaries known … read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • clean romance
  • westerns
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
"You can't undo the past, but you can learn from it."

-Karen Witemeyer, At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

"My Jo was under your protection, and you let that monster take her?"

-Karen Witemeyer, At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

"He knew better than to fall for a pretty pair of eyes and a feisty temperment."

-Karen Witemeyer, At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

"He struck her as the warrior type. Nothing would stop him except death itself. Or his own stubbornness."

-Karen Witemeyer, At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

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10. Falling for the Cowgirl (Colorado Cowboys, #4)

By: Jody Hedlund

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

As the only girl in her family, and with four older brothers, Ivy McQuaid can rope and ride with th… read more

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  • romance
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  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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"Somehow, they’d started a forest fire between them, and if they weren’t careful, it was going to burn them both up."

-Jody Hedlund, Falling for the Cowgirl (Colorado Cowboys, #4)

"He was supposed to be proficient at hiding his emotions. But in the case of Ivy, apparently the only one he’d hidden his feelings from was himself."

-Jody Hedlund, Falling for the Cowgirl (Colorado Cowboys, #4)

"It wasn’t the first time and wouldn’t be the last time they’d have issues. But they were a family. And that meant they’d keep on forgiving and loving and sticking it out for the long haul."

-Jody Hedlund, Falling for the Cowgirl (Colorado Cowboys, #4)

"A long string of protests burned for release, but from the set of Jericho’s shoulders, she reckoned she had about as much of a chance of getting him to change his mind as she had in getting a cow to …"

-Jody Hedlund, Falling for the Cowgirl (Colorado Cowboys, #4)

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11. The Heart's Choice (The Jewels of Kalispell, #1)

By: Tracie Peterson

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

After witnessing a wrongful conviction as a young girl, Rebecca McCutcheon--the first female court … read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
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12. The Heart of a Cowboy (Colorado Cowboys, #2)

By: Jody Hedlund

4.32

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

When he agreed to guard her, he never bargained on having to guard his heart. Brilliant scientis… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • westerns
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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"Did a man need to cast aside all chivalry in order to respect a woman’s worth? Or was it possible for men to regard women with high esteem while also valuing their intelligence?"

-Jody Hedlund, The Heart of a Cowboy (Colorado Cowboys, #2)

"Whenever she considered God’s exquisite design of something so small as a blade of grass, or the petal of a flower, she was always able to put her own life into better perspective. If He cared so muc…"

-Jody Hedlund, The Heart of a Cowboy (Colorado Cowboys, #2)

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13. A Cowboy for Keeps (Colorado Cowboys, #1)

By: Jody Hedlund

4.16

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Greta Nilsson's trip west to save her ailing little sister, Astrid, could not have gone more wrong.… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
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  • westerns
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
"Come on now, Captain Jim."

-Jody Hedlund, A Cowboy for Keeps (Colorado Cowboys, #1)

"Was that what God promised? Not to pluck him out of the fiery trials but to be there in the midst of them?"

-Jody Hedlund, A Cowboy for Keeps (Colorado Cowboys, #1)

"The onlookers had seen not three men in the fire, but four. God hadn’t taken them out of the fiery trial. He’d walked with them through it."

-Jody Hedlund, A Cowboy for Keeps (Colorado Cowboys, #1)

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14. If the Boot Fits (Texas Ever After, #2)

By: Karen Witemeyer

4.40

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Determined to prove that cattle king Eli Dearing has no justification for evicting his stepmother a… read more

Similar categories in Karen Witemeyer's If the Boot Fits (Texas Ever After, #2) book and Mary Connealy's The Unexpected Champion (High Sierra Sweethearts, #3)

  • romance
  • christian fiction
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  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
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15. Protecting the Mountain Man's Treasure (Brothers of Sapphire Ranch, #3)

By: Misty M. Beller

4.56

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, loyalty, a … read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
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  • westerns
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16. Together Forever (Orphan Train, #2)

By: Jody Hedlund

4.21

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

Will the mistakes of their past cost them a chance at love? Determined to find her lost younger … read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
"He was free. All he had to do was let go of the chains."

-Jody Hedlund, Together Forever (Orphan Train, #2)

"It took more courage to love in the face of loss than to close oneself off out of fear of getting hurt."

-Jody Hedlund, Together Forever (Orphan Train, #2)

"So you’re saying that sometimes it takes courage to stop living in the shadows and move into the sunshine?"

-Jody Hedlund, Together Forever (Orphan Train, #2)

"No, buddy. I won’t be mad. In fact, I’m mighty happy God brought you to the perfect family in His perfect timing just like we prayed for."

-Jody Hedlund, Together Forever (Orphan Train, #2)

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17. The Unexpected Champion (High Sierra Sweethearts, #3)

By: Mary Connealy

4.42

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

City dweller John McCall never expected to be out in the High Sierras of 1868 on a wild-goose chase… read more

Similar categories in Mary Connealy's The Unexpected Champion (High Sierra Sweethearts, #3) book and Mary Connealy's The Unexpected Champion (High Sierra Sweethearts, #3)

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  • christian fiction
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  • westerns
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
"Hey, if a gunslinging stranger comes along, just go right ahead and hand over Deb to him. I'd as soon my wife not leave, but he can have Trace's."

-Mary Connealy, The Unexpected Champion (High Sierra Sweethearts, #3)

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18. Courting Misfortune (The Joplin Chronicles, #1)

By: Regina Jennings

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Calista York needs one more successful case as a Pinkerton operative to secure her job. When she's … read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
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  • historical romance
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"Already she'd learned that paths, once taken, rarely allowed you to go back and change direction without some penalty. Once the decision was made at the fork in the road, it was incredibly hard to ch…"

-Regina Jennings, Courting Misfortune (The Joplin Chronicles, #1)

"[...] don't you forget that those stinky smells have a purpose. Without the barnyard, there'd be no bacon. Without the fertilizer..." He waved his hand over the garden before turning again to Matthew…"

-Regina Jennings, Courting Misfortune (The Joplin Chronicles, #1)

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19. Hope's Highest Mountain (Hearts of Montana, #1)

By: Misty M. Beller

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Ingrid Chastain readily agreed to accompany her father to deliver vaccines to a mining town in the … read more

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  • romance
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Cover of Flights of Fancy (American Heiresses, #1) by Jen Turano

20. Flights of Fancy (American Heiresses, #1)

By: Jen Turano

4.27

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

Miss Isadora Delafield may be an heiress, but her life is far from carefree. When her mother begins… read more

Similar categories in Jen Turano's Flights of Fancy (American Heiresses, #1) book and Mary Connealy's The Unexpected Champion (High Sierra Sweethearts, #3)

  • romance
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  • historical
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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
Cover of Love's Mountain Quest (Hearts of Montana, #2) by Misty M. Beller

21. Love's Mountain Quest (Hearts of Montana, #2)

By: Misty M. Beller

4.43

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Young widow Joanna Watson is struggling to make a new home for her five-year-old son, Samuel, in th… read more

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