A daughter who's run away from home. A mother who's run away from herself. Meg Williams has had a rough time since her husband died. Leaving her burdened by tangled emotions, recriminations, and guilt, the tragedy has taken its toll on both Meg and her teenage daughter, Allie. Now Allie has run away. Sheriff Earl Sanders feels a responsibility to look after Meg and Allie. But he's determined not to let his love and desire for his best friend's widow make her life even harder. He's doing all he can to find her daughter, though. And as days and nights pass, filled with fear, self-doubt, and dark confessions, some startling secrets come to light. Truths too painful to accept have stretched a family to the breaking point, until a woman who nearly lost everything discovers what matters most.

Anger, deceit, resentment, and hatred threaten to destroy a family, and widow Hannah Matlock realizes that she must realize that she must reveal her daughter Joni's true parentage before it is too late. Original.

A searing tale of love and redemption . . . Deputy Sheriff Sam Canfield is a man shouldering too many burdens. He defied his demanding father to become a cop and marry the woman he loved, never for an instant regretting his choice. Then his wife's tragic death left him a shell of the man he once had been. Schoolteacher Mary McKinney knows about the pain and regret that haunt Sam. The death of her son seven years ago destroyed her marriage and left her with her own sorrow and guilt. Now she wants—she needs—to free Sam from his demons . . . to help heal the rift between father and son. But in doing so, she'll put her own vulnerable heart in jeopardy. It's July in Whisper Creek. And as a blazing wildfire sears the land, the heat of emotion rages through its residents. But when the flames die down, will there be a place left to rebuild lost hopes and dreams?