The four Alden children and their new friend Lars uncover a mystery during a trip to an island in the South Seas.

Married to the handsome, wealthy Garland Foxworth following a wildfire romance, and an unexpected pregnancy, young Corrine Dixon finds her life very different from how she imagined it. Often alone in the mansion of Foxworth Hall, she can practically feel the ancestors' judgment of her as insufficient--as not a Foxworth. Stern portraits glare at her from the walls, and the servants treat her strangely. Nothing in the vast place is truly hers. Even...

Ainslee McConnell turns down every eligible bachelor who asks for her hand, for she knows none can quiet her adventurous spirit. When she travels from Scotland to visit family and seek new experiences, she discovers a life more rewarding than she could have imagined. Raised in the wilds of the Montana mountains, Colton Dawson lives as rancher, mountain man, and tracker. He is content . . . until one day a spirited Scottish lass crosses his path on...

"For a good part of Daphne Witt's life, she was a supportive wife and dutiful mother. Now that she's divorced and her daughter, Ellery, is all grown up, Daphne's celebrating the best part of her life, a successful career, and a flirtation with an attentive hunk fifteen years her junior ... who happens to be her daughter's ex-boyfriend. Ellery is starting over, too. She's fresh out of college. Her job prospects are dim. And to support her fiancé in...

"Family doesn't mean everyone has to like each other. That's the case when cousins Taryn, Anna Rose, and Jorja return to Shamrock, Texas, to help manage their grandmother's flower shop, the Lucky Shamrock. The reunion isn't exactly a beautiful arrangement -- considering they're as compatible as ranchers and coyotes. Thank heaven for a handsome go-between like Clinton, who lives above the shop. The easygoing war vet, and most eligible bachelor in Wheeler...

"Brenna Cameron travels from Scotland after losing someone she loves in search of family she didn't know existed. Alone now in the world, Brenna makes an arduous journey, following the trail of discovery to Briarwood, Montana. Here she meets Ethan Gallagher, and the rest of the Gallagher clan. Only with their help is she able to discover lost family, heal old wounds and embark on a treacherous confrontation with a man who destroyed her family. As...

"Tabitha Brewer wakes up one morning to find her husband gone, leaving her no way to support herself and their two children, never mind their upscale Philadelphia lifestyle. She'd confess her situation to her friends--if it wasn't for those dreadful words of warning in his goodbye note: 'I'll tell them what you did.' Instead, she does her best to keep up appearances, even as months pass and she can barely put food on the table--much less replace a...

Life for former gunfighter Johnny Fierro has never been straightforward or easy. He and Lady Luck don t always see eye-to-eye. Some days he thinks she likes to turn the cards and stack the deck against him. Although Fierro s returned to the Sinclair ranch, he still feels like an outsider. He doesn t believe this new life can last, or that he s found a place that he can finally call home. And, even as he struggles to settle into a normal life and build...

When the foster parents they've cautiously grown to love discover they're expecting, orphaned Roy and Jemima Fisher, ages six and seven, are secretly devastated by the certainty they'll be given up. With Christmas around the corner, their only wish is for new foster parents as nice as Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz. Meanwhile, the Kurtzes have wishes of their own-and with faith, they all may be gifted with twice the blessings. Still grieving the loss of her...

A collection of four Western short stories set in post-Civil War Montana Territory. Emma of Crooked Creek: Emma Hawkins is a dedicated doctor in the little town of Crooked Creek, Montana Territory. Casey Latimer is a wounded soldier in search of a new home and a new beginning. When Casey, battered and bruised, quite literally falls at Emma's feet, she is duty-bound to help him. What happens next is something Emma never expected. Hattie of Crooked...