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Long ago, Natalie’s mother faced an agonizing choice between the two people she loved most, and the difficult resolution to her predicament affects Natalie throughout her young life—fueling a season of teenage rebellion that results in tragedy. As a young woman, Natalie attempts to put her troubles behind her, ultimately finding solace in the arms of a man with close ties to the tragedy. Yet neither time nor love can liberate her from the past.

When the chef of Sunset Paradise Retirement Village ends up dead, life for sisters Fern and Zula Hopkins is whipped into a froth. Their zany attempts to track down the killer lands them in hot water with Detective Jared Flynn. Should he be concerned about their safety or the criminal's? But there are deadly ingredients none of them expect: drugs, extortion, international cartels, and, worst of all, broken hearts - especially when the sisters' niece KC arrives on the scene.

With their marriages as much in need of restoration as the town, Claire and Patsy embark on a mission of mishaps and miscommunication, determined to restore warmth to Chapel Springs and their lives. That is if they can convince their husbands and the town council, led by two curmudgeons who would prefer to see Chapel Springs left in the 50s and closed to traffic.

On Thanksgiving Day, Douglas DeVore kissed his beloved wife good-bye, never knowing it would be the last time he’d see her—or their precious daughter, Rachel. Left with five kids to raise on his own, and already juggling two jobs to make ends meet, Doug wonders how he’ll manage moment by moment, much less day after day, without Kaye’s love and support. When Mickey Valdez, a daycare teacher, hears of the tragedy, she offers to lend a helping hand.

A mail-order bride, a town overrun with tourists, and illegal art. How on Earth will Claire and Chapel Springs survive? With the success of her Operation Marriage Revival, life is good for Claire Bennett. That is, until the mayor's brother blabs a secret: Claire's 19-year-old son, Wes, has married a Brazilian mail order bride who is eight years older than him. When Claire tries to welcome her new daughter-in-law, she's ridiculed, rebuffed, and rejected. Loving this girl is like hugging a prickly cactus. Will Claire and her family survive her son's marriage?

Widowed for nearly a year, Janie Stroud is lost. All she can do is take each day as it comes. Every smile, each peal of laughter, the rare days without tears - all give her hope of one day finding a new normal, whatever that may be. Can normal even exist for a 25-year-old widow? After a tragic helicopter crash claims Mike Stroud’s life in the final weeks of a deployment, Evan Jergens takes seriously his vow to look after Janie, Mike's widow. He considers her a second sister, and he’d do all he could to make her life better in the aftermath of Mike’s death.

Katherine Galloway knew this moment of calm wouldn't last, blown away like the dandelion seeds she scattered as a girl. In 1880, three years after her husband's death, she struggles to run an Oregon boardinghouse and raise two girls alone. Things don't get easier when her critical, domineering mother moves in. Katherine must make the situation work, but standing up for herself and her family while honoring her mother isn't easy. And with a daughter entering the teenage years, the pressure on Katherine becomes close to overwhelming.

A best-selling author's latest book is a flop. While the reviewers are happily skewering her, her racecar-driver husband walks out on her and she's evicted, because he hasn't paid the lease on their condo for the last three months. Then she discovers he also he drained their bank accounts. Homeless and broke, she and her little boy have no choice but to retreat to the house she inherited from her nana in Chapel Springs. Then, a stranger knocks on her door. One that will change the course of her life.

She’d kept her secrets safely hidden - those from her past and those in the present. Some things, Beth Roberts knows, a lady simply doesn’t share, even in the 1880s West. The townspeople would never understand. No one ever has. Jeffery Tucker, a handsome young writer, has kept his own secrets. He doesn’t have a right to pry into Beth’s affairs but finds himself strangely drawn to her and intrigued by the whiff of mystery surrounding her. Beth knows that one day, someone will unravel the threads of her past. And when two men from her past arrive, the truth might just hurt.

Is it a midlife pregnancy or cancer? Claire will keep her secret until she's sure, but it's not easy. Neither is trying to buy a home pregnancy test without anyone finding out. Between her twins' double wedding, the caterer canceling, a looming nationwide art tour, and her health, Claire's life is upside down.

Seven years ago, Julia McKenzie rejected the man she loved. Now, at the age of 24, she regrets that decision. Pastor Seth Russell has never forgotten the girl he once courted. When she shows up in his new home, those feelings return. But why is she sneaking around late at night? Even more important, will she reject him and break his heart again, or can God heal the breach between them?

Katie Walken has been running most of her life - from her Amish upbringing, from her family's expectations, and from an arranged marriage to Karl Borg. Now a real estate agent, Katie feels she finally has the life she always wanted...or does she?

When Adrianne found out she was pregnant eight years ago, she made the decision to leave Bible school and raise her child alone. Staying would have prevented her boyfriend from fulfilling his God-appointed mission in life. But every day since, she has regretted her decision. Chris - rejected, confused, and heartbroken - finished school and soon found himself in Nicaragua, loving life as a missionary. But the void left by Adrianne's unexplained departure remains.

In the eyes of the community, Birdie Miller is a loyal daughter and a church member in good standing. Birdie knows this is a lie. Soured to the faith by an unhappy childhood, she made the difficult decision to leave her home. But when a terrible accident injures her mother, Birdie is forced to return home. Caleb Troyer is as certain in his commitment to the Amish path as any young man can be. Can a man of faith reach the heart of a spiritually wounded young woman with a reputation for rebellion?

A knock on the door brings Lauren Ballard news of her husband's death and his adultery. All at once, Lauren finds herself alone, wounded, widowed and expecting a child. When her strict and demanding father falls ill, Lauren reluctantly heads home. It isn't long before she finds herself regretting her decision. Her father's resort places her in constant contact with Kyle Ashcroft, her high school sweetheart who she left without so much as a goodbye.

When her father's debts, brought on by heavy drinking, threaten Leah Carlson's family ranch, she fights to save it. When handsome banker Steven Harding must decline her loan request, he determines to do what he can to help. Just as he arrives to serve as a much-needed ranch hand, Leah's family secrets - and the pain of her past - come to a head. They could destroy everything she's fought for. And they could keep her from ever opening her heart again.

The horrific death of Holly's parents left her feeling tainted and unworthy. As she longs to come out from under the stain of their sin, she is held back by the constant whisperings in her mind that never fail to remind her who she is and where she comes from.

Siblings Josh and Abby Hunter don't believe their parents' death was an accident. After taking pictures of the most incredible find of the 1920s - proof humans and dinosaurs lived together in the same time and place - desperate outlaws armed with tommy guns are on their tail! Only Josh and Abby know where the proof is hidden - in the canyons of Arizona's desert. When an intruder searches Josh and Abby's bags inside their new home, the two convince their uncle Dr. David Hunter into returning to the canyon and finding the pictures they'd hidden.