Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0871233428, Paperback)

She ventured west with the man she loved, but in one day her whole world had crumbled around her...

Nineteen-year-old Marty Claridge starts west with her adventurous, boyish husband, Clem, seeking to claim land and hoping for good fortune. But when the venture turns suddenly to tragedy, Marty is left alone with her great loss. And coupled with her grief and heartache is the grim reality that there is no way to return home.

Clark Davis and his little girl, Missie, are also in great need. Clark’s wife has died, leaving him to care to Missie and the farm at the same time. His offer to Marty comes with good intention, but will courage and faith be enough to bring them to true love?

First introduced in 1979, LOVE COMES SOFTLY has become a beloved classic in the inspirational fiction category. A generation of readers has laughed and wept and rejoiced with Marty and Clark Davis whose tragic circumstances threw them together on the frontier prairies of the 1800s. More than one million copies of Love Comes Softly have been sold.

Look for the Hallmark Channel Original Movie based on the book, which will be shown on April 13, 2003 and on video in Fall 2003.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0764228323, Paperback)

Love Comes Softly introduced the characters of Marty and Clark Davis, whose tragic circumstances brought them to a "marriage of convenience" on the frontier prairies during the mid 1800s. The story of how Clark's patient, caring love mirrored that of the heavenly Father, drawing Marty to faith and to love, has captured the hearts and imaginations of over one million readers on Book One alone!

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0764290959, Paperback)

LOVE COMES SOFTLY, the first series from the pen of Janette Oke, follows the lives of one family through three generations-beginning with a hated""marriage of convenience,""through hardships common to life on the prairie in an earlier time, leading at last to an abiding love. These eight stories reflect the enduring hope of Christian love and faith despite adversity and hardship. More than 6.5 million copies of the books in the series have been sold. Books 1-4 are in this box set.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0385484798, Hardcover)

It is a Historical Romance that captures the reader's heart and their never-ending-longing for true love.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0739433970, Hardcover)

2003 reprint of the 1979 classic. Here's the book that launched Janette Oke's successful career! This revised edition of one of her most beloved prairie tales is a must-have for lovers of inspirational fiction. When Marty and Clem's western adventure turns to tradegy, pregnant Marty is left penniless and alone. Then Clark Davis asks her to marry him (right after Clem's funeral) and Marty is infuriated! Although Marty knows that Clark is honorable, she resents her situation. With Clem, love was so exciting...like fireworks. But soon Marty will learn the true meaning of love. This old-fashioned tale of love and renewed faith will touch the deepest places of your heart.