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The carefree days of summer bring an unexpected turn in Michelle Baron's life when her former student (and the birth mother of their adopted son) returns to Sandy Cove. What is Amber Gamble seeking? How will it affect Michelle and her family? And will patriarch Grandpa Phil, facing a heart-wrenching challenge himself, be able to help them lean on God for answers as they await what lies around the bend? Welcome back to Sandy Cove, where hearts and lives intertwine in the dance of life.

When Marie Sinclair's three-year-old daughter crashes - quite literally - into Reece Cahill in the aisle of the Thrift and Save, sending pickles and glass crashing to the floor, Marie wishes she could vanish. He's the only man she ever really cared about, and it's her own fault he broke things off. Sure, she's changed. But her former easy-girl reputation still precedes her everywhere she goes. And the last thing Reece needs is to be burdened with that.

Angelica Rossi deserves to be behind bars, but if secretly working with the police to take down an art thief will keep her out of prison, she’s willing to take the deal—even when she discovers the thief is also a brute and a murderer. As a former con artist, she’s learned to take care of herself. Grieving his sister’s fatal overdose, Donovan Gilcreast retreated to an eighteenth-century lakeside Victorian owned by an old friend, where he works on his paintings in the mornings and restores the house the rest of the day.

Realtor Ginny Lamont's family has abandoned her, leaving her with nothing but a warning that she’s in danger. But Ginny's built a home in New Hampshire. After a childhood of nomadic living, she’s not running again, certainly not because of some nameless, baseless threat. Real estate developer Kade Powers is thrilled to go out with Nutfield’s beautiful new real estate agent. But the prowler they surprise after their first date offers a glimpse into Ginny's past and the legacy of lies her parents left her with. She brings a mystery, one he’s determined to help her solve.

Chelsea Hamilton spent her life preparing to run the international clothing business her parents started, but she’s still caught off guard when she learns of her mother’s untimely death. Chelsea returns to New Hampshire, buries her mother, and prepares to take over the floundering business. When a stranger attempts to kill her, she realizes somebody doesn’t want her to inherit her legacy.

Former human trafficking victim Vanessa Baker wants nothing more than to raise her daughter in safety. But when she learns that her sister, Nadia, is in trouble, Vanessa can't ignore it. Nadia's captor is a man who once owned and abused Vanessa, and she'll risk everything to see her sister freed.

Harper Cloud used to love the gilded glamour of Las Vegas, but on the far side of prison, she sees the cracks in the veneer. These days, she keeps her head down and focuses on the elderly patients in her care. She tries to brush off the feeling that she's being watched, but when she's followed home one night and her pursuer gets within a hair's breadth of grabbing her, she knows it's time for a change. Her new wealthy boyfriend, Derrick, doesn't judge her for the secrets in her past. He offers her a job caring for his grandfather in Maryland, and she decides to trust him.

Pancake house owner, Sandy Keller is tired of the dating scene in Three Rivers. Despite being deeply rooted in the community where she grew up, she yearns for a fresh start and a departure from the predictable rhythms of small-town life. As the holiday season unfolds, a glimmer of hope arrives in the form of Tad Jorgensen, her older brother's best friend.

Sixteen-year-old Scottlyn Rich survives a horrifying experience only to discover she’s pregnant. When she refuses to abort her unborn baby, her father kicks her out. Widowed school teacher Diana Kensington lost everything she held dear the day her husband’s plane fell out of the sky. Can trust be built between these two lost women? Can they work together to fill the void in each other's lives, for Mercie' s sake?

Scottlyn Rich is sixty-seven days from her wedding to Grant Weber. When the conversation she hoped would bring reconciliation with her estranged father turns to disaster, she is left adrift and feeling more orphaned than ever. Until her mother walks through the door. Grant Weber has spent two years earning Scottlyn's trust. He can't believe how easily she's willing to accept her mom's excuses about where she's been for the past seventeen years. There's something off about Jocelyn Rich and he's determined to find answers even if it costs him his engagement to Scottlyn.

Scottlyn Rich never wanted the title of trauma survivor. Or teen mom. But she’s about to be both of those things. She’s also homeless. And desperate. When a teacher reaches out to her, Scottlyn grabs hold of her one chance for a better future. Schoolteacher Diana Kensington lost everything when her husband died. She’s been grieving and shut off for so long… but when she notices a troubled teen girl in her class, Diana finds a new purpose.

Grieving mother Penny Nelson believes there is only one way to assuage her grief--take the baby and raise her. After all, Mercie is all she has left of her son. Scottlyn didn't draw the battle lines, but she's determined to defend what's hers. Can God find a way to bring peace to both women, or will someone end up Begging for Mercie?

Men are weeds. Allison Hart doesn’t need them in her carefully tended life, though her friends at Green Acres seem happy with their guys. Why can’t Allison open her heart to anyone but her young nephew? Then again, he’ll be a man one day, too. If only the irritating contractor in charge of building her home and farm school wasn’t the boy’s favorite person.

For most of the residents, the Coach House Trailer Park is the last lonely stop on the road of life. But on a crisp January breeze, a new girl sweeps into the neighborhood, charming them all with her wild nature, her elderberry gifts, and her outrageous laughter. What brings the mysterious Willow Goodhope of Elderberry Croft to this dead-end place? From what—or whom—is she hiding?

This collection includes April Shadows, May Enchantment, and June Melody.

This collection includes July Madness, August Memories, and September Longing.

Penelope Anderson has spent the past 10 summers tucked into her favorite little room at Hazel Poleman's lovely old guesthouse. Penny has made some wonderful friends in the lakeside town, and in many ways, this place feels more like home...well, than home does. This year, however, might just be the last time she is able to get away. There are pressing needs back in the city that she cannot escape from forever.

Cordell Overman is back, and he's ready to face his past and make things right. But he's got a whole town to convince that this time around, he's here to stay.

Love her or hate her, Jo Shaw doesn’t much care. She’s a newly minted farmer on a mission for local foods and environmental sustainability, and the junk-food-loving veterinarian next door isn’t impressed. But when Zach Nemesek discovers the sweet beneath Jo’s tart, romance blooms in this enemies-to-lovers Christian contemporary romance.

On a blustery January breeze, a new girl sweeps into the neighborhood, breathing life—and a bit of magic—into the cottage she christens Elderberry Croft. The folks at The Coach House Trailer Park can't help but fall under Willow Goodhope's spell. She charms them all with her whimsical nature and outrageous laugh. But there's something about her, a secret sadness that hovers at the corners of her irrepressible smile. And it has everyone talking.