Books with author Kathleen Bart

A stubborn young woman. A rugged wagon master. Will the trail into the Western territory tame their wild hearts? Susan Farr would travel any distance for a chance at a new beginning. After losing her parents and her home in a tragic twist of fate, she’s determined to hitch a ride on the next wagon train to the Oregon coast—even if it means marrying her way in. But when she’s swept off her feet by the handsome wagon master, her marriage of convenience to someone else turns into a conundrum of the heart. Mike Todd keeps his passengers on a tight reign. In his role as wagon master, he’s fended off too many native raiders and kidnappers to allow pretty young maidens to travel alone. But when his code of conduct saddles the alluring Susan to a deadbeat drunk, his own budding feelings may just inspire a change of course…In the uncharted expanses of the American West, can Susan and Mike find their way to a romantic new beginning or will their love get lost in the wild? We’ve Only Just Begun is the first sweet romance in the Oregon Trail Dreamin’ Historical Western series. If you like heartwarming love stories, accurate details, and death-defying twists and turns, then you’ll love Kathleen Ball’s action-packed tale of life on the trail. Buy We’ve Only Just Begun to embark on a perilous journey into the heart today!

THREE BEST-SELLING SWEET CHRISTIAN WESTERN ROMANCEIf you like hard-working cowboys, feisty women, and frontier country settings, then you’ll love Kathleen Ball’s hearth-warming series The Settlers Sweet Western Romance Trilogy. Greg:A naive gold-digger. A world-weary miner. Will a tragic twist of fate become a rich vein of love?California, 1848. Greg Settler’s golden ambitions have hit stony ground. Forced to rely on his neighbor Hugo and Hugo’s feisty daughter for mining help, he’s had about enough of the woman’s condescending attitude. But when his neighbor’s dying words demand Greg take care of his headstrong daughter, he’s not sure his fortunes have improved… Mercy Watkins believed in her father’s dreams. Now burdened with a man who doesn’t know the first thing about mining, her world collapses further when Greg is accused of murder. With the hanging hours away, Mercy’s only solution to save her former neighbor may be marriage. Juan:He’s a Mexican loner. She’s an unwed mom. Can two outcasts turn misfortune into love’s destiny?Oregon, 1830. Sonia Wist’s luck never came through. Now widowed, broke, and a young mom, she’s too ashamed to stay in town. Stumbling into an empty cabin, Sonia’s all out of hope until a horse wrangler finally gives her the break she’s waited for…Juan Settler has always suffered the pain of prejudice. So when the Mexican horse wrangler discovers a pretty woman and her son hiding out, her wounded eyes go straight to his heart. Welcoming her to his family, he wonders if he’s finally found a place to fit in. Scarlett:A snobby bride. A down-to-earth groom. Can they shape their mail-order marriage into long-lasting love?Oregon, 1831. Scarlett Settler knows she’ll never live down being left at the altar. Quietly agreeing to become mail-order bride, she waits to be pampered by servants and chefs. But when she discovers her husband is a lowly blacksmith without a housekeeper in sight, she wonders if her golden dreams have turned to pig iron.Dillon Stahl can’t wait to show off the house he built for his new wife. But when the haughty, opinionated woman belittles his work and their home, he worries he’s in over his head. Straining to look beyond her frustration, he starts to see the true woman he’d like to get to know for a lifetime.

SWEET Historical RomanceLily Lewis was captured by the Sioux two long years ago and all hope of her rescue had faded. Suddenly she finds herself traded to two old trappers and is terrified as to what life will bring her next.Jed Todd has been looking for Lily since the day she was abducted along the Oregon Trail. This time he is the wagon master. Word comes that his trapper friends have found and bought Lily for him. He rides fast and fierce to get to her and is relieved to find her in one piece.The way he felt about her before she'd been stolen wasn't a figment of his imagination. From the moment he saw her again he knew his love was real.Lily isn't well received by the others on the wagon train and realizes that having a relationship with Jed would only hinder him in life. He'd never be accepted in polite society. Once in Oregon she plans to leave for Washington territory to live alone.Attempts on her life and the life of a young girl make Lily realize that she and Jed share a love worth searching for. These are other Historical Western Romance / Mail Order Bride Authors you might enjoy:Etta Foster,Carol ColyerChloe CarleyAurora HansonEvelyn BoyettCassidy HantonAva WintersFlorence LinningtonElliee Atkinson

The idea of this Ninja Foodi pressure cooker and air fryer book is to provide you with a number of easy but at the same time healthy recipes which can be cooked daily. It contains sections briefly which will introduce you to benefits of Ninja Foodi pressure cooker and air fryer; Tips for Newbies; Breakfast Recipes using Ninja Foodie; Vegetarian Recipes using Ninja Foodie; Fish and Seafood Recipes using Ninja Foodie; Poultry Recipes using Ninja Foodie; and Beef, Pork, and Lamb Recipes using Ninja Foodie. This Ninja Foodi pressure cooker and air fryer cookbook will not only introduce you to the numerous benefits of Ninja Foodi but will give a proper idea about the various flavorful and easy recipes that can be cooked in this multifunctional unit. All the ninja foodi pressure cooker recipes are innovative and can be cooked with minimum hassle. No matter what you want to cook, be it seafood, vegetarian dishes, or pork recipes, you will find a variety of versatile recipes in this book. From wholesome recipes to “Frozen to Crispy” recipes that allow you to cook frozen food without defrosting it, the Ninja Foodi cookbook comprises delicious recipes that are perfect if you want to lead a healthy life.Now you can put nourishing meals on the table every time there is a requirement. Even when you are pressed for time, you can find recipes which are easy to make and good to eat. This Ninja Foodi pressure cooker and air fryer book is a complete cookbook that will give you a fair idea about how the unit functions along with ideas about how you can make your breakfast, lunch and dinner interesting. As the recipes in this Ninja Foodi cookbook require minimum oil, it is easier for you to churn up healthy dishes every time. And if you think about holistic lifestyle change, this unit will be perfect for you.  Regardless of your previous culinary experience, the Ninja Foodi cookbook allows you to explore your culinary potential to the fullest.There is no recipe that Ninja Foodi cannot handle. With this Ninja Foodi cookbook, you have the perfect opportunity to stir up delightful delicacies in no time at all. Go through the recipes and you will surely find something to your liking. Enjoy a guilt-free dinner with these amazing recipes, which are designed in such a way that you end up gorging good food and not extra calories. Happy reading and enjoy the lifestyle change you have been looking for!

Refuge for Masterminds is the third installment in the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin. #1 New York Times best-selling author Meg Cabot calls this romantic Regency adventure “completely original and totally engrossing.”It’s 1814. Napoleon has escaped his imprisonment on Elba. Britain is at war on four fronts. And at Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, five young ladies are secretly being trained for a world of spies, diplomacy, and war….Napoleon’s invasion of England is underway and someone at Stranje House is sneaking information to his spies. Lady Jane Moore is determined to find out who it is. If anyone can discover the traitor, it is Jane―for, according to headmistress Emma Stranje, Lady Jane is a mastermind. Jane doesn’t consider herself a mastermind. It’s just that she tends to grasp the facts of a situation quickly, and by so doing, she’s able to devise and implement a sensible course of action. Is Jane enough of a mastermind to save the brash young American inventor Alexander Sinclair, her friends at Stranje House, and possibly England itself? Fans of genre-blending, romance, and action will love this Regency-era alternate history novel filled with spunky heroines, handsome young lords, and dastardly villains―the third in the Stranje House series. Don’t miss the first two books: A School for Unusual Girls and Exile for Dreamers.“Enticing from the first sentence." ―New York Times Book Review"Baldwin has a winning series here: her characters are intriguing and fully rendered." ―Booklist"Fans of Celia Rees's Pirates! will enjoy this tale of action and derring-do. An outstanding alternative history series entry and a must-have for teen libraries." ―School Library Journal"Once again, Kathleen Baldwin takes us on an amazing journey through an alternate event in history. I really love her take on historical events and the significant part young people play in the fight for freedom and peace. The story is full of adventure, and is both well-written and a delight to read. More than the thriller and romance parts, this story is also about sisterhood and friendship among the five girls.... I enjoyed this story immensely and I closed my kindle with a satisfied sigh. I can't wait to read the next book in the series!" ―YAinsider.com

Travel back in time to the beginning of the twentieth century and learn the true story of how the teddy bear came to be. Two teddy bears were created at the same time one in America and one in Germany. Both claim to be the first. After each bear tells his side of the story, it will be up to you to decide: Which was the first teddy bear? This carefully researched and enchantingly illustrated children s storybook allows each of the candidates for First Teddy Bear to tell his tale. The characters, through witty banter and debate, reveal the conflicting accounts behind the 1903 creation of this beloved plaything.

Harbor for the Nightingale is the highly anticipated fourth installment in the award-winning Stranje House YA series! #1 New York Times best-selling author Meg Cabot calls this romantic Regency adventure series “completely original and totally engrossing.”“Enticing from the first sentence." —New York Times Sunday Book Review on A School for Unusual Girls“An outstanding alternative history series entry and a must-have for teen libraries.” —Junior Library Guild on Refuge for MastermindsA girl’s spy school amid Jane Austen’s high society . . .London, 1814. Emperor Napoleon has forced Europe to its knees, and now he plots to seize control of Britain. Miss Maya Barrington, one of Miss Stranje’s unusual girls, must act as a double agent and rely upon her uncanny gift of persuasion to stop Napoleon.She brought the mystery of India with her . . .Maya is from two different worlds. Her Indian mother died and her father, an English lord, took her away from the warmth of India to cold inhospitable London. She was not welcomed. Especially by her prejudiced stepmother, who sent Maya away to Stranje House, a reform school known for its harsh discipline.The school’s dark reputation hides the fact that the headmistress, Miss Stranje, is actually training these unusual young ladies to enter the dangerous world of spies, diplomacy, and war. Stranje House turns out to be the perfect hiding place for Maya—she finally carves out a sense of belonging among these brilliant outcast girls.But her world turns upside down when Miss Stranje and the girls are drawn into Napoleon’s devious conspiracy.To protect the friends she now holds dear, and to keep Napoleon and his ruthless spies from destroying the world she has grown to love, Maya agrees to play a duplicitous role. She must enter this treacherous game on the arm of the elusive Lord Kinsworth. Maya can read almost everyone—not so with this young rascal. Quick with a jest and armed with lethal charm, Lord Kinsworth remains just beyond her reach. Can she trust him?With Britain’s future at risk and those she loves in deadly peril, Maya questions everything she thought she understood about life, love, and loyalty.“Baldwin has a winning series here: her characters are intriguing and fully rendered.” —Booklist, on Refuge for MastermindsFans of genre-blending, sweet romance, and action will love this speculative history Regency-era novel filled with spunky heroines, handsome young lords, and dastardly villains—fourth in the Stranje House series. A girl’s spy school amid Jane Austen’s high society. Don’t miss the first three books: A School for Unusual Girls, Exile for Dreamers, and Refuge for Masterminds“An outstanding alternative history series entry and a must-have for teen libraries.” —Junior Library Guild on Refuge for Masterminds“This alternative history series will appeal to fans of Gail Carriger's works and The Cecelia and Kate novels by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer.” —School Library Journal on A School for Unusual Girls

The Stranje House series discounted ebundle includes: A School for Unusual Girls, Exile for Dreamers, Refuge for Masterminds A School for Unusual GirlsIt is 1814. Napoleon has escaped his imprisonment on Elba. Britain is at war on four fronts. And at Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, five young ladies are secretly being trained for a world of spies, diplomacy, and war. Fans of genre-blending, romance, and action will love this Regency-era alternate history series filled with spunky heroines, handsome young lords, and dastardly villains.Exile for DreamersTess can't run far enough or fast enough to escape the prophetic dreams that haunt her. Dreams bring nothing but death and grief, and Tess refuses to accept that she may be destined for the same madness that destroyed her mother. Until her disturbing dreams become the only means of saving Lord Ravencross, the man she loves, and her friends at Stranje House from Lady Daneska and her lover, the Ghost-agent of Napoleon, who has escaped from Elba. Refuge for MastermindsNapoleon’s invasion of England is underway and someone at Stranje House is sneaking information to his spies. Lady Jane Moore is determined to find out who it is. If anyone can discover the traitor, it is Jane—for, according to headmistress Emma Stranje, Lady Jane is a mastermind."A School for Unusual Girls sucked me in from the first few pages and kept me reading until late into the night. Kathleen Baldwin has created a completely original--and totally engrossing--world, full of smart girls, handsome boys, and sinister mysteries. Who wouldn't want to enroll?" --Meg Cabot, bestselling author of The Princess DiariesAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Exile for Dreamers is the second captivating installment in the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin. #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot calls this romantic Regency adventure “completely original and totally engrossing.”It’s 1814. Napoleon has escaped his imprisonment on Elba. Britain is at war on four fronts. And at Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, five young ladies are secretly being trained for a world of spies, diplomacy, and war....Tess Aubreyson can’t run far enough or fast enough to escape the prophetic dreams that haunt her. Dreams bring nothing but death and grief, and Tess refuses to accept that any good can come from the Sight—the curse that destroyed her mother. But when danger threatens Stranje House, Tess’s disturbing dreams become the only means of saving Lord Ravencross, the man she loves, and her fellow students. Tess’s traitorous friend, a former student at Stranje House, has returned to England, intent on paving the way for Napoleon’s invasion. Can the young ladies of Stranje House prevail once more? Or is England destined to fall into the hands of the power-mad dictator?Fans of genre-blending, romance, and action will love this second installment of the Stranje House series that began with A School for Unusual Girls. “Enticing from the first sentence.” —New York Times Book Review"This alternative history series will appeal to fans of Gail Carriger's works and The Cecelia and Kate novels by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer." —School Library Journal on A School for Unusual GirlsAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Town and country cousins Tuxedo Teddy and Bandanna Bear tour the USA to discover America the Beautiful. There's just one problem... Bandanna dreams of a rugged camping trip to national parks and natural wonders, while Tuxedo envisions a first-class tour of historic cities and famous landmarks. Will their conflicting desires break up their friendship? Or will their differences turn their tour into a journey of discovery? Follow the further adventures of these two lively teddies as they struggle to learn the art of compromise and the joy of sharing while exploring the beauty and diversity of America's national treasures.

A School for Unusual Girls is the first captivating installment in the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin. #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot calls this romantic Regency adventure "completely original and totally engrossing." It's 1814. Napoleon is exiled on Elba. Europe is in shambles. Britain is at war on four fronts. And Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, has become one of Regency England's dark little secrets. The daughters of the beau monde who don't fit high society's constrictive mold are banished to Stranje House to be reformed into marriageable young ladies. Or so their parents think. In truth, Headmistress Emma Stranje, the original unusual girl, has plans for the young ladies-plans that entangle the girls in the dangerous world of spies, diplomacy, and war. After accidentally setting her father's stables on fire while performing a scientific experiment, Miss Georgiana Fitzwilliam is sent to Stranje House. But Georgie has no intention of being turned into a simpering, pudding-headed, marriageable miss. She plans to escape as soon as possible-until she meets Lord Sebastian Wyatt. Thrust together in a desperate mission to invent a new invisible ink for the English war effort, Georgie and Sebastian must find a way to work together without losing their heads-or their hearts.... "Enticing from the first sentence." -New York Times Book Review