Lydia can't believe she is Mrs. Samuel Bontrager, or that she has a six month old daughter at the age of 16. As baby Mattie grows fussy by the day, Lydia wonders how she will survive a lifetime of marriage to a man she doesn't love, at least not in the way she wants. Samuel knows that he and Lydia did the right thing by marrying when Lydia became pregnant. He has even grown to love Lydia, though ne never seems able to say the words out loud. What...
"Caroline holds a deep secret. Living in 1727 and 1927 simultaneously, each night she goes to sleep in one life and wakes up in the other. In 1727, Caroline disguises herself as a cabin boy and joins a ship sailing for the Bahamas, where she is caught in a web of secrets, deception, and unexpected alliances. In 1927 St. Paul, Minnesota, as her search for answers about her time-crossing leads her to a dangerous yet exciting world of speakeasies, Caroline...
Allie Harrod is ready for a new career. She doesn't want to go back to full-time work and risk missing her baby's first smile. But she does want to contribute to the family income, and a home-based business seems like the perfect solution. Sure, she dropped out of Girl Scouts because she was lousy at cookie sales, but selling makeup is different, right? Still, the challenges Allie faces seem to be rising as fast as her credit card balance. None of...
Enjoy a trip back through history in the rolling hills of New York, where Lyon's Refuge, a home for delinquent boys, becomes a retreat for other lost souls - including a man with a criminal past. Bill Thomas's past haunts him, and could spoil his growing affection for the missionary's daughter he has been entrusted to accompany from the South Pacific to New York. Will the sins of the past destroy Sarah LaRue's dreams?
Rebecca Kauffman longs to fulfill her quiet Old Order Amish life by giving her husband, Daniel, a child, but for years she has been unable to conceive. When her older sister, Grace, who left the Amish community for the modern world, dies in an automobile accident, Rebecca is left custody of her two teenage nieces, Jessica and Lindsay. Now Rebecca wonders how she is going to take on this daunting task of being an Amish woman raising two English teenagers....
Anne Norris moved to Savannah, Georgia, for a fresh start, but now her pirate-tour business is flagging. When she discovers evidence of a shipwreck off the coast of Tybee Island, she knows it could be what she needs to stay afloat. She takes her findings to local museum director Carter Hale for confirmation. Carter has been searching for the location of the wreck detailed in the worn pages of an 18th-century diary, but convincing Anne to help him...
Dr. Gina Philips heads from Southern California to the tiny Midwest town of Valley Oaks for her cousin's wedding. Her plan to heal from a failed relationship and escape from a lost job is interrupted by the persistent attention of a local, Brady, and the quirkiness of small town America.
"Sam Gardner has been pastor of Hope Friends Meeting for just four months when ninety-eight-year-old member Oilve Charles passes away. What's more shocking news is that Olive has left her entire estate--worth nearly one million dollars--to the meeting. At first the gift sounds to Sam like a godsend. Yet as word of the unexpected windfall spreads, it stirs up a storm of conflicting opinions among the church members as to how the money would best be...
Gwyn Hillerman acts as a nurse at her father's medical practice in 1935 rural Alaska. Her mother, hating Alaska, had returned to Chicago with Gwyn's younger sister. There Sophia's engagement to Dr. Jeremiah Vaughan ends when he loses his medical license after the death of an affluent patient. Then the government decides to send a group of families to Alaska for a better life, and Dr. Hillerman urges Jeremiah to join his practice.
Julie leaps at a chance to spend a summer in Amish country to help her sister-in-law Susan with a reality television program, an opportunity that forces Julie to confront the cameras, Susan's perfectionism, and her views about family life.
"At her therapist's advice, Harper Reynolds trades her job as a crime scene photographer for one documenting nature. But her hopes for serenity are dashed when she inadvertently captures a murder being committed. She flees the scene but loses her camera. Reserve deputy and former Green Beret Heath McKade has been called in to protect Harper, a childhood friend. The sheriff's department can't find any evidence of the murder, but Harper is determined...
Semper paratus. Always ready. Caddie Lyle strives to live up to the motto of the Coast Guard—and her father's legacy—as she carries out rescue missions. But when she discovers other career opportunities and meets Guardsman Aven Holland, her heart begins to pull her in different directions. Aven is drawn to Caddie, too, but their duties allow little time together. As danger from Alaska's coast and a secret from the past threaten their
