When her husband moves her and their two children from her great career and her life in the big city to his boyhood home back in Holmes Crossing, Alberta, a.k.a., nowhere, to help with the struggling family farm, Leslie feels disoriented and lost. Her five year plan had never included being a farmer's wife but now she's helping move cows, feed chickens and trying to find her way through the VandeKeere family interactions where she doesn't feel she fits in. The fact that the move was only temporary helped her go along with this detour in their life. That and the fact that their marriage was on shaky ground. Leslie hopes taking a break from their previous life will help her and her husband rekindle their marriage. But when her husband hints that the move might be permanent, she has to decide what to do. As she faces questions about her marriage and her faith in a God she didn't know much of before, Leslie has to struggle to find the only best place for her heart.

Terra Froese would never win Citizen of the Year and that's fine with her. She lives life on her own terms, bouncing from job to job and going her own way. But when a relationship goes sour she heads out of the city and across the country to find temporary refuge with her sister, Leslie. She figures Leslie might be able to help her sort out her life, though Terra still can't figure out what her career driven, city sister is doing living out on a farm of all places. Terra takes her own emotional baggage on her trip to her sister, hoping to dump it somewhere along the way. But when she is forced to stay in Holmes Crossing, Terra has to come face to face with her past and the decisions that haunt her still. What others have to say about All In One Place: “I literally could not put this book down. A poignant, touching story that made me reassess the way I view the lost souls who wander across might. You have to read this book.” Colleen Coble, author of The Inn at Ocean’s Edge “With sure, strong strokes and a touch of humor, Carolyne Aarsen paints an intriguing portrait of a woman on the run, a sister who’s settled in, and a town as rugged as the people who populate it. You’ll know you’re in the hands of a master storyteller within the first few pages of All In One Place.” Angela Hunt, author of the Reluctant Beauty series

They could use a Christmas miracle. But neither feel they deserve it. Not after all this time. Once they cared for each other. Once they had made promises. Now they’re estranged but forced to work together to help their orphaned niece get through Christmas. Neither feels capable but both have hearts full of love for her. Miriam has never completely gotten over Duncan. They met at their respective siblings wedding. They both thought something magical was growing between them. They parted ways, promising, needing to keep in touch. Then Miriam’s life imploded and shame kept her away. Now, as joint guardians of their niece the only thing they can agree on is trying to find out what is best for Celia. Neither feel capable but as they work together the old attraction ignites. But Miriam is holding back and Duncan isn’t sure why. Can their changing relationship survive Christmas and the dark secret Miriam harbors? A secret that could drive Miriam away from Duncan, Celia, and This Place. If you like Christmas reunions, romantic sleigh rides, and stories about second chances, you’ll love Carolyne Aarsen's story of loss and redemption and Christmas wonder.

It took a little boy, an injured kitten and an attractive veterinarian to knock down the walls of Tracy’s guarded heart. Tracy Harris has learned her life’s lessons the hard way. An alcoholic mother who bounced in and out of her life, usually creating chaos and, a fiancée who couldn’t handle her messy family and broke off the engagement. Life was easier if you kept your heart safe and secure. She knows her boss, David Braun, is interested in her but she doesn’t dare open her heart again. That way lies pain and disappointment. David Braun has been intrigued by Tracy ever since he started at the vet clinic. But she keeps him firmly at arm’s length. Then Kent and the injured kitten he found comes into her life and David sees a softness and protectiveness that calls to his lonely heart. As the two of them work with Kent they grow closer and their relationship blooms. When Tracy discovers that Kent’s life mirrors her own, she wants to take Kent into her own home and seeks David’s support. And right then, as if on cue, her mother comes stumbling back into her life. Can David and Tracy put aside their own needs and make the right choice for Kent and themselves? A Silence in the Heart is a compelling romance about past and present, loss and forgiveness and hard choices.

Danielle needs to get away from the ‘guys’ in her life, and fast. Growing up, her world was full of them. Between her brothers, her father, her boss, and the guy that broke her heart, she’s had enough. It’s time to get out of Holmes Crossing, and hopefully, build a new life with new people in the city, but that’s easier said than done. Terrified that her grand adventure will send her into the arms of a suit-wearing, no nonsense, too-smart-for-his-own-good man, her brothers draft a plan to find her the kind of man they think she needs. The only problem is, Danielle has already met the one. She just doesn’t know it yet. But when she finds out that her idea of Mr. Perfect and her preconceived notions of who to stay clear of don’t exactly go hand in hand, her dream of a happily-ever-after might just surprise her.