Mark Jean

Ernie Banks, named for the legendary Chicago Cubs shortstop, is a troubled, thirteen-year-old juvenile delinquent. Abandoned on the doorstep of the Lakeside Home for Boys when he was three years old, his only proof that he once belonged to somebody is a vintage Ernie Banks baseball card, a crystal acorn he wears on a string around his neck, and a strange spiral birthmark on the bottom of his right foot.

As a last reprieve before being sent to

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An anonymous suitor sends optometrist Sara a gift for each night of Hanukkah. On her journey to find her secret admirer, she learns her one true love might be someone she never expected.

A dance instructor meets her estranged father just weeks before her wedding. While sorting through the emotional results of their meeting, the pair must also decide if they want to sell the family business to a developer.

An unlikely relationship blossoms when a wedding planner and a financial advisor are paired at a wedding expo and the two strongly disagree on how potential clients should spend their money.

Henry and Maggie find themselves in a murder mystery where secrets hidden within a treasured recipe book have dire consequences for all who own it.