Stubborn sexy rancher and single father Chance Adams would do anything to get back his share of the family ranch--even if it meant marrying his uncle's ornery stepdaughter, schoolteacher Jenny Runningbear Adams. Jenny has always dreamed of finding the perfect man, but perhaps Chance, with his hellion, yet lovable, son and his unbending grudge against her family, didn't exactly fit the bill. She knew he had a one-track mind, all right--but was it just...

In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.