It’s 1967, and for young Richard it’s a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family to his grandmother’s abandoned home in Utah; and his parents make the painful decision to separate. With uncertainty rattling every corner of his life, Richard does his best to remain strong—but when he’s run down by bullies at his new school, he meets...

Patrick Riordan's plans for a relaxing Christmas--a much-needed break from his work as a Navy pilot--are complicated when he falls for Angie LeCroix, who is visiting Virgin River in order to escape her hovering mother.

Katherine O'Connor often spends her days at a cozy cafe on Blossom Street in Seattle, where she writes Christmas letters for other people. She's good at making their everyday lives sound more interesting. More humorous. More dramatic. But for Dr. Wynn Jeffries, who also frequents the cafe, Christmas means lies and deception. In fact, the renowned child psychologist recommends that parents "Bury Santa Under the Sleigh." Katherine, however, feels that...

Pregnant, stranded, and alone, Mary Jo Wyse finds herself staying in a room over a stable at Grace and Cliff Harding's ranch where she, while living above the animals for Cedar Cove's Nativity pageant, goes into labor and gets a Christmas miracle in the form of a caring paramedic.

Overwhelmed by the need to belong after a youth spent in foster homes, twenty-year-old Lauren Gabriel witnesses an accident that draws her into the town of Grandon, where she becomes a volunteer for an annual fundraiser.

Searching for a friend's troubled son during the holiday season, mathematician Henry Rathbone enlists the aid of clinic worker Squeaky and young doctor Crow before discovering that the youth has become involved with a tragic prostitute and is working for a major drug dealer.