A precocious kindergartener, a runaway bunny, and a handsome contractor are rebuilding Abby’s faith in love over the holidays. After Abby Gile’s husband dies in a brutal attack, she can no longer face the busy streets outside her townhouse in Washington DC. Determined to make a fresh start, she accepts her sister’s offer of a temporary job teaching kindergarten in a small North Carolina Mountain town. Abby loves her new cabin in the mountains, her new job, and her students. One, in particular, is dealing with the loss of her mother, and though Abby wants to help her, she clashes with the girl's uncle at every turn. Clay doesn't believe five-year-old Grace is ready to face her mother's death. He should be the one to help his niece deal with her loss, not the new teacher who is constantly putting him into uncomfortable situations and forcing difficult conversations. No matter how hard he tries to keep Abby at a distance, he can’t help but be drawn to the pretty teacher, but he needs to focus on his niece and not on Abby. Abby realizes she has to face the painful memories of her past before she can move forward into her future. Even if Clay isn’t ready. Can their love of a precocious kindergartner, give them the courage they need to take a chance on love? Can the spirit of Christmas help a grieving heart find joy in the season?

Small-Town Second-Chance Sweet Romance A single dad must fight with all he has to keep his newborn daughter, even if it means accepting help from the woman who broke his heart when she left him. Nick Carr takes one look at his newborn baby girl and knows he’ll do anything to keep her. His baby’s mother didn’t survive the delivery, and now her well-connected and influential parents are fighting him for custody. Seven years earlier, Gillian Barnes broke Nick’s heart when she left Granite Falls and married another. At the time, she didn’t want to come back to the small town of Granite Falls, and he never wanted to leave. Now, she’s returned. Her life is in shambles. Her husband’s in jail awaiting trial; her body’s battered from a car accident, and her heart is broken from the loss of a child. Gillian isn’t sure what to do with the rest of her life, but she suddenly knows what she’s going to do right then. She’s going to help Nick fight for his baby. Only her husband has other plans. After being released from jail, he’s tying up loose ends and rebuilding his life along with his criminal enterprise. He’s not going to let Gillian go. Grief can tear people apart, and it can stitch them back together. As Gillian and Nick begin to heal, they find their purpose. Gillian won’t let Nick lose his child. Nick won’t let Gillian’s husband take her away from him again. Together, they find the love they once shared, but can they trust it enough to let it save them? Can that love give them what it takes to fight against all odds and build the family they’ve both been longing for?

An undercover cop set on a collision course with a handsome youth minister must keep him and the kids in his youth group from falling into the hands of a brutal killer. They say opposites attract, and with these two it’s certainly true. He’s a youth minister trying to protect his kids, she’s an undercover cop, a disaster in spades, only by working together can they can find the justice they both so desperately need, and save the life of a thirteen year-old girl. Unarmed and out of her element, undercover cop, Kara Barnett, backpacks through the BlueRidge Mountains trying to find the youth minister and his six young charges before a killer reaches them. Can she save the kids, along with her case, or will confiding in the handsome minister who she is, and why she’s really there, spell disaster for them all? Nathan Brady has already lost one child to the streets when a runaway he was trying to help ran into the wrong person. He won’t let that happen again. He will keep his young charge, Nicki, safe, even if he has to protect her from the very pretty undercover cop who has one thing on her mind—vengeance at any cost. He wishes he could help Kara, but she’s lost sight of what really matters in this world. The gift’s God’s given her—love and friendship. Until she can get past her father’s murder, she will never be able to let herself be happy. He won’t let her drag him into her troubles. Or will he? When Nicki is taken, the two will have to work together and cross all boundaries to rescue the girl before she is lost for good. Can they trust in each other, and find Nicki before it’s too late? This is a book about a youth minister who carries the weight of the child he lost to the streets, and an undercover cop who is relentless in her pursuit of justice for her father’s death. Only by letting go of their anger and learning to work together will they be able to heal what’s been broken. Before it’s too late.

Surviving against all A woman's fight against human traffickers! Having lost his wife in a tragic car accident, Jonathan Halloway, can’t seem to find solace in anything. Desperate for a distraction, he takes a backpacking trip along the Appalachian trail. But instead of finding peace, he finds Amy running for her life from human traffickers. Jonathan is hesitant to help her, but his military training and instinct as an EMT soon take over and he agrees to help her. As they battle the treacherous wilderness and the ever-present danger of their pursuers, Jonathan must confront his guilt over his wife's death and help Amy rescue her best friend from the traffickers. Their survival hangs in the balance in this story of courage and love set against the stunning Appalachian mountains.