Olivia Franklin suspected coming home to Jasper Gulch would mean eventually running into her first love, Jack McGuire. But she is adamant that she not repeat the mistakes that led to her broken heart. Yet from the moment she lays eyes on her former sweetheart, her resistance begins to crumble. The tall, handsome rancher made his choice all those years ago. He had gone from the baseball diamond to a high-rise office and finally back home to the Double...

"Cruz Maldonado has vowed to provide for his beloved cousin's orphans. With his estranged mother's health failing, they might soon be Cruz's only family. But the kids' immigration status brings complications. Mostly "Miss Rory", their idealistic young teacher, and Cruz's court-appointed co-guardian. Cruz has the means to give the kids a good home, yet Rory Gallagher wonders whether he has a heart. That is, until she glimpses the sweet small-town boy...

"Priscilla Latham Grant has inherited a lighthouse. So with not much more than a strong will and a sore heart, the recent widow packs her SUV, says goodbye to her lifelong home in Kansas, and heads as far east as one can possibly go without swimming! On the quaint and historic island of Martha's Vineyard, just off the coast of Massachusetts, Priscilla comes face-to-face with adventure- one that includes rediscovered family, new friends, old homes,...

"While digging through dusty hospital archives, Anne Mabry discovers a box tucked away in the darkest recesses of the windowless room. The contents of the box compel Anne, Shirley, Evelyn, and Joy to join forces and find out whatever happened to the promising young ER doctor who went missing thirty years before - a young doctor whose family had long roots in Charleston society, roosts that pre-dated the Civil War. When Dr. Byron Wellington discappeared...

An old acquaintance of Meredith's hires Magnolia Investigations to look into financial discrepancies at her company. Meredith and Julia call on Julia's forensic accountant nephew Wyatt and together they learn someone has been stealing money from the company. Meanwhile, the friends learn the proper and straight laced Laodicea Oglethorpe was a codebreaker during World War II when she asks them to investigate a threat that could have led to the deaths...

When Julia and Meredith's friend Tasha is accused of stealing a set of handbells from the Savannah Historical Museum, Julia and Meredith investigate. Meanwhile, Julia has taken on too many Christmas projects and is feeling stretched thin.

In spite of past differences, Trey Walker Stafford would never forget how his uncle, a cowboy and rancher, adopted him and made him part of the family. He'd left the Double S Ranch to pursue music, against Sam's, wishes and returns discouraged about life and love after tragically losing his wife. Trey feels that he's living a lie, singing of love and happily-ever-afters while dealing with emptiness within. What he yearns for, what he truly wants,...

"Here comes a captivating western romance and family-centered drama with a heart of gold, featuring plenty of cowboys and family drama, from prolific author and networker Ruth Logan Herne"--

Through nine historical romance adventures, readers will journey along with individuals who are ready to stake a claim and plant their dreams on a piece of the great American plains. While fighting land disputes, helping neighbors, and tackling the challenges of nature the homesteaders are placed in the path of other dreamers with whom romance sparks. And God has His hand in orchestrating each unique meeting.