My Loving Vigil Keeping

Book cover of My Loving Vigil Keeping by Carla Kelly with woman overlooking town and mountains.

Della’s giving up all the comforts of bustling Salt Lake City to teach school in a rural coal mining camp. Little does she know, she may soon be giving up her heart as well. But when tragedy strikes in the Scofield Mine, Della’s life is changed forever. Based on true events, this thrilling new romance…

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One Step Enough

Book cover of One Step Enough by Carla Kelly with woman in profile and train crossing valley.

Now that she’s married, Della believes she and Owen will live happily ever after, but he can’t keep his promise to stay out of the mines. Meanwhile, Della’s wishing for a baby, but her arms remain empty. Together they must face the secrets of her past as they struggle to build their future. This riveting…

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Borrowed Light

Book cover of Borrowed Light by Carla Kelly with woman profile, homestead, and mountains.

Julia Darling never expected to cook for some cowboys in Wyoming, but when she breaks off her engagement in Salt Lake City, it’s the perfect opportunity for her to escape. Determined to stick the job out, Julia faces her biggest challenge yet—letting go of borrowed light to find her own testimony. Set in the early…

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Enduring Light

Book cover of Enduring Light by Carla Kelly with woman portrait and western horseback landscape.

Julia Darling is finally able to marry her Paul for eternity. But it’s a harsh world for a rancher in turn-of-the-century Wyoming, especially a Mormon rancher. When alienation and threats start coming, Julia must prove she’s her husband’s equal in strength and endurance as she learns to let go of scars on the outside and…

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The Double Cross

Book cover of The Double Cross by Carla Kelly with couple silhouette and desert mountains.

The year is 1780, and Marco Mondragón is a brand inspector in the royal Spanish colony of New Mexico. A widower and rancher, Marco lives on the edge of Comanchería, the domain of the fierce Comanche. Each autumn, he takes cattle and wool, and his district’s records of livestock transactions to the governor in Santa…

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Marco and the Devil’s Bargain

Book cover of Marco and the Devil’s Bargain by Carla Kelly with couple and canyon.

The year is 1782. Marco Mondragón, brand inspector in Spanish New Mexico, and his wife Paloma Vega have settled happily into married life on the Double Cross. And yet Paloma is convinced their joy will not be complete until she has a child. She longs to give her husband a baby to soothe his grief…

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Paloma and the Horse Traders

Book cover of Paloma and the Horse Traders by Carla Kelly with running horses.

As the eighteenth century draws to a close, the Kwahadi Comanches seem to be making their peace with the settlers of the Spanish Colony of New Mexico. No one is as relieved as Marco Mondragón and his adored wife Paloma Vega, whose ranch, the Double Cross, sits on the edge of Comanchería. Their tranquility is…

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The Star in the Meadow

Book cover of The Star in the Meadow by Carla Kelly with flower meadow and silhouetted couple.

Marco Mondragón and his wife Paloma are living hectic but happy lives at the Double Cross, on the edge of Comanchería. Five years after the death of Comanche leader Cuerno Verde, cautious diplomacy between the tribe and the colonists is underway to end Comanche raids into New Mexico. Paloma’s time has been fully consumed by…

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