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Jeb’s Wife

Blurb: Patricia Johns’ sensitive storytelling brings depth and heart to this tender story of second chances, as an Amish woman embarks on marriage with the gruff farmer next door . . . Once, Leah Riehl prayed for a husband. The man she loved chose another, wanting the children that Leah can’t provide. But she’s found […]

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Unloved

After Brynn Cadogan’s fiancé Jem is killed in a mass shooting, she almost cuts herself off from the world. One night, while looking through Jem’s things, she finds his phone. On it is his last message to her—just the words ‘Mount Katahdin’, which is Jem’s favorite mountain. Brynn interprets this as him telling her to […]

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Jezebel’s Blues

Summary: When the Jezebel River overflows her banks and tries to swallow the small town of Gideon in East Texas, Celia Moon is alone and frightened in the farmhouse she inherited from her grandmother. When a mesmerizing and troubled drifter washes up on her porch, she has no choice but to take him in. As […]

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Treasure on Lilac Lane

Summary: Rick Sullivan is back after an honourable discharge from the Marines. He was one of Jewell Cove’s star athletes and heartthrobs before he joined the Marines. Now he is far from the hometown hero everyone wants him to be; he is a raging alcoholic, who has lost an arm and has nightmares from his […]

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Christmas at Waratah Bay

Summary: Sarah Carlton, a successful model, has come to Waratah Bay from New York to visit Harold Leishman who is in the hospital. She considers him her grandfather and wishes that he spends what could possibly be his last Christmas at his home. Farming tycoon Max Ramsey bought Harold’s home and has been a friend […]

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Snowbound in Montana

Summary: Eliza Bramble runs Bramble House, a bed-and-breakfast establishment. She writes a blog post on decorating for the holidays. It goes viral and she is interviewed on a live TV show. John Urban, her former boyfriend and famous country music star, phones in and books a room for Christmas on the spot. Eliza signs up […]

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The Viscount’s Christmas Temptation

Summary: Lady Amelia Pembroke has been managing her household ever since her father died and her younger brother became the duke. She is well-prepared and manages all problems with consummate ease. Amelia is 30 years old and is worried that her brother depends too much on her and is putting off seeking a bride. So […]

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At Bluebonnet Lake

Summary: Kate and her grandmother Sally arrive to a month at Rainbow’s End Lodge in Texas’ Hill Country. Having spent time there 50 years ago, with her husband Larry, Sally remembers it as a wonderful Christian resort. Kate is disappointed at the state of the resort. It has suffered several years of neglect and the […]

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Blame it on the Mistletoe

Summary: Brooke Abbott has to increase business or her small-town Missouri boutique Sweet Opal Studios will go under. She needs a miracle. She has been staying in the apartment above the store to save money, without informing the landlord. One day finds a burglar lurking in the back room of her shop. She discovers that […]

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Once Upon a Christmas Kiss

Summary: Sir Lucien Blakemore accepts the invitation to his cousin’s Christmas party because the woman he fancies, Miss Winifred Nightingale, is away from his neighbour’s house, where works as the governess. Winifred (Winnie) is visiting her sister Cordelia (Cordy), a schoolmistress, for Christmas. Winnie and Cordy are invited to the same Christmas party as Lucien. […]