Land of Promises
Historical Fiction; Old West; Coming of Age
Copyright © 2026 by J.P. Barelli
ISBN: 9798891277670 | eBook ISBN: 9798891272651
On the American frontier of 1841, families push west along the new Oregon Trail, chasing hope through a land as dangerous as it is promising.
Martha McHenry's husband left months earlier to claim a homestead in the Oregon Territory. When he fails to return, she fears the worst and sets out from Ohio with her young son to find him. Their journey leads them to Missouri, where they join Captain Matt Springer's wagon train preparing to depart Independence.
Meanwhile, prominent banker Wentworth McGough and his son-in-law are ambushed and killed by masked marauders posing as Indians. His six daughters escape and reach the wagon camp days later—alone, shaken, and without supplies. Captain Springer warns they cannot cross the plains without protection, and departure is only three days away.
To save them, he turns to an unlikely rescue party: courageous Caroline McGough, Martha and her son, loyal wranglers, and three rugged mountain men. As the caravan pushes west into unforgiving wilderness, every traveler is tested by hardship, loss, and the thin line between hope and despair.
Yet in the vast Land of Promises, they discover that courage, love, and steadfast faith can light even the darkest trail.
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Somewhere Between
Historical Fiction; Arizona and New Mexico 1908; Railroads; G-Rated Romance
Copyright © 2026 by J.P. Barelli
Two orphaned sisters accept work with the Fred Harvey Company on the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railroads.
With two very different personalities and aspiring life goals, will the sisters find what they are looking for in the new world out west?
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Last Ranch to Nowhere
Historical Fiction; Old West Post Civil War; Faith-Based; G-Rated Romance
Copyright © 2026 by J.P. Barelli
After the Civil War, a Confederate enlisted medical orderly seeks to find the woman inside the locket given to him by a dying Union Officer. Johnny Maple's arrival in Douglas County, Kansas starts ignominiously when he's thrown out of a saloon.
Apparently, no one appreciates a Rebel soldier even though the Civil War ended. Undaunted, he tries to help two orphaned children and retrieve the lovely daughter of the town's lawyer. How will he ever find her? Divine Providence.
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Hallelujah Jones' Homecoming
Historical Fiction; Frontier
Copyright © 2026 by J.P. Barelli
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