What happens when a “thinker” and a “live wire” collide? Sparks? Or a 5-alarm fire? Small town Pleasant Prairie has been slowly dying. Then an influx of Hispanic Americans from southern Texas gives the town much needed new life and possibilities. Pastor Tanner Bond hopes to connect the longtime families and the newcomers for the good of all. But he wants to make the right decisions and has prayed for help. But he didn't expect God to send him Lucy Kirkland. Bold, brash, and bilingual, Lucy swoops in to help Tanner take action among the new Hispanic residents. But she's also ...

Is falling in love only for the very young? Never married, Mavis, a retired college librarian, has created a new life and new friends for herself near her “adopted” niece Ellie. She has found her anchor by becoming “Auntie” to the children in Ellie’s blended family. Over a year ago, John lost his wife, who was Mavis's best friend for nearly forty years. Since the funeral, he’s spent the past year traveling in his camper, seeing the country, and trying to figure out this new life without his wife. But when his only daughter Ellie faces complications with a difficult pregnancy, ...

No one has ever been on Anna’s side. Will that change in Texas? In 1846, young widow Anna survives the grueling voyage from Germany to start a new life in the promised land of Texas. Forced by circumstances into servitude, Anna is now determined to leave her harsh master. But how can a single woman face the frontier on her own? Texas Ranger Carson Quinn is responsible for leading her party of German immigrants through Comanche territory to their Hill Country. Drawn to Anna’s sweet nature, he watches her persevere through the physical and emotional hardships of traveling through this new...

The American cowboy and the lady of Spanish descent. Though their backgrounds are worlds apart—when history invades their lives, survival becomes their mutual goal. In 1836 Texas, Mariana, the lady of Rancho Sandoval, is determined to prove to all a woman can run a ranch as well as any man. But when renegade Comanches kidnap her, the top hand at the nearby ranch, Scully rescues her and is entrusted with protecting her. Though Mariana protests, the determined Scully sticks to her side like a burr. Relatives Mariana never knew burst into her life and begin making demands. And does someone ...

Can a shy girl find her moxie and win her hometown hero? Or "let" him win her? Food blogger and columnist Hannah, recently “unengaged,” strikes out to help her parents get settled in their new house and show them the new forceful Hannah. When she arrives, what meets her eye— just a foundation! What’s wrong with the builder—Guthrie? How can Hannah achieve her hopes of helping her parents get settled well before snow flies.Hannah becomes involved with the build, the new town, Guthrie and his wounded family. As she pursues her goal which involves the hardworking good-guy Guthrie, she...