01801cam a2200349 i 4500 605877741 TxAuBib 20220922120000.0 200620t20212004||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781496441980 1496441982 TxAuBib rda Copeland, Lori, author. Patience / Lori Copeland. Carol Stream, Illinois : Tyndale House Publishers, [2021] ©2004. 369 pages ; 18 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes excerpt from Faith. "When a kidnapper snatches Patience Smith in a case of mistaken identity, her life takes an unexpected turn. Lost in the mountains of Colorado, she manages to escape her captor only to stumble onto an abandoned mining dugout and a ragged orphan boy. Denver City sheriff Jay Longer has been on Patience's trail since the moment she was taken. While he has no desire to force the hot-tempered young woman to return with him, he can't just abandon her, not when her foolish plans to find gold are exposing her to danger. Striking it rich would mean a whole new future for Patience and her mail-order bride friends. But neither she nor Jay knows how far someone will go to keep them from finding the treasure in the mine." -- Page [4] cover. 20220922. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Young women Fiction. Mail order brides Fiction. Sheriffs Fiction. Gold mines and mining Fiction. Orphans Fiction. Romance fiction. Religious fiction.