Promise, Texas, is a good place to live, to raise a family, and to spend the rest of your days with the person you love. Cal Peterson and his wife, Jane, also known as Dr. Texas, certainly feel that way. The last thing they expect to encounter is a threat to their marriage. But in September, disagreements begin to escalate with the help of a young woman who has her eye on Cal. Following months of emotional upheaval, the couple separate, and Jane returns...

Upbeat cancer survivor Lydia and her pragmatic sister, Margaret, start a "Knit to Quit" group in their Blossom Street yarn store in Seattle, bringing in a delightful assortment of customers for weekly self-help sessions, including a local baker who wants a baby as much as Lydia does, a super-stressed chocolate magnate who takes the knitting class after his doctor suggests it, and a young woman who is trying to quit obsessing about a broken engagement....

Skye Garvin's voice sang the words that came straight from her heart . . . Every life must have a song. Whether it was singing to the patients at a local hospital or teaching her students at the school, Skye tried to touch everyone she met with a spark of joy.

What do you want most in the world? Anne Marie Roche wants to find happiness again. At thirty-eight, her life's not what she'd expected - she's childless, a recent widow, alone. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle's Blossom Street, but despite her accomplishments, there's a feeling of emptiness. On Valentine's Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate...what? Hope, possibility, the future. They each begin a list of...

This Christmas, Emily Merkle is working in the toy department at Finley's, the last family-owned department store in New York City. And her boss is none other than Jake Finley, the owner's son. For Jake, holiday memories of brightly wrapped gifts, decorated trees and family were destroyed in a Christmas Eve tragedy years before.

Dear Reader, Guess what? I'm falling in love! With Mack McAfee. My baby daughter, Noelle and I have been living next door to Mack since spring. I'm still a little wary about our relationship, because I haven't always made good decisions when it comes to men. My baby's father, David Rhodes, is testament to that. I'm so worried he might sue for custody. Come by sometime for a glass of iced tea and I'll tell you the latest about Grace and Olivia, my...

Return to Orchard Valley in this classic romance for the keeper shelf by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Stephanie Bloomfield returns home to Orchard Valley, Oregon; her father has suffered a heart attack, and all three sisters are gathering at his side. Fortunately, by the time Steffie arrives, he's already begun to recover. But Steffie has other worries, too. She'd fled Orchard Valley three years earlier because of her humiliating...

Kate Logan is devastated when Clay Franklin, her former fiance and the man she's always loved, marries Rorie Campbell instead. But at the wedding and after a glass of champagne too many Kate proposes to her long-time friend, rancher Luke Rivers. Luke accepts her proposal and refuses to renege on his promise.

Molly has questions about Sam Dakota. "Why is he working on her grandfather's ranch?...Just who is he? But despite everything Molly can't deny her attraction to Sam --until her ailing grandfather tries to push them into marriage." --p. [4] of cover.

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