When they arrive in town, trouble almost immediately arrives in the form of a mysterious stranger. As Hannah hopes and prays Luke will finally propose, she’s caught up in an age-old mystery—one that could claim her life, and the life of all those she loves. Hannah Marsh travels west to Twin Creeks, California, to meet up with the man of her dreams, Luke Anderson. There’s only one Hannah’s father, who is traveling with her, is very ill. Will Hannah’s father recover? Who is the mysterious man in black, and what does he want in this tiny town? What treasures are hidden in the mission’s library?

When Mary-Jo Young sets out to meet her fiancé, Benjamin Nelson out west, she carries with her several saplings from her father’s Florida farm. Luckily, she also carries a good deal of courage, because she’ll need when she’s in a terrible accident even before she has a chance to meet Ben. When they do finally cross paths, she immediately knows this is the man God wants her to spend forever with, for sure, but first, they have to contend with the men trying to destroy Ben’s farm … and who are suddenly threatening her very life?

Charlotte Howard would follow her fiancé, Dr. Stephen Miles, anywhere in the world. They’ve been corresponding by mail for years, ever since he briefly stayed with her family and they fell in love. So when he proposes and she finds herself in a small Southern California town called Twin Creeks, she considers it business as usual. After all, she’s been waiting for him to bring her out here for two whole years. But all isn’t rosy. She has to win over the board of Greenstone Academy, the local school, if she’s going to be appointed as the new teacher. Stephen’s patient, Mr. Greenstone, just won’t recover from a mysterious illness. And then a mysterious locket Charlotte buys turns out to hold not just a mystery scrap of paper but also a whole passel of trouble. With both her life and Stephen’s on the line, it’ll take all Charlotte’s faith and courage to see them safely through.

Heartbroken and afraid, what else can Willow do but finish the long journey and see what happens in the end? When she meets Duke’s brother, Nathaniel, things turn even more inside out as Willow realizes she could very quickly fall in love with him instead of her mail-order fiancé. Then a mystery rattles the town and endangers Willow’s life. Will Willow discover the truth of the mystery Duke is wrapped up in before it’s too late? Will she forgive Nathaniel when she realizes his deception? Will she survive life and all the surprises in Twin Creeks before finding true love at long last?

In her quest to help them, Juniper will risk everything—her life, her new love … and the possibility that her long-dormant faith in God might just be resurrected. Juniper Hawthorn never wanted to come out west. She followed her sister when Willow decided to become a mail order bride and moved to tiny Twin Creeks, California. Juniper is determined to get out of Twin Creeks as soon as she can, but she doesn’t bargain on falling in love with the young blacksmith, Joseph Braun. Then Juniper gets a job as a music teacher at the local school and finds herself drawn to two boys who seem to be immersed in a similar horror to Juniper’s own terrible childhood.

It will take all Emily's unique skills, not to mention her faith in God, to help her get out of this mess alive and get back to the man she's swiftly fallen in love with! California 1886. Emily Weiss is an unusual young lady from her flaming red hair down to her penchant for rock climbing, learned from her geologist father. But after her father suffers a terrible accident and can no longer support the family, Emily leaves home so there will be one less mouth for her parents to feed. She heads west to marry Dusty Moore, a farmer in tiny Twin Creeks, California. But when she arrives in town, right off the bat, there's trouble. First, Emily and Dusty get off to a very rocky start. Then, once things seem to be on the mend between the new couple, Emily finds herself abruptly pulled into the mystery of the treasure of Twin Creeks.

With failed crops, storms, and mysterious paintings pointing to possible treasure, things spiral out of control in Twin Creeks. It will be up to Louisa-May and Chester to stand strong in the face of the sudden storms, trusting in God and their love for one another to see them through.

It will take a whole lot of faith, plus plenty of detective work, for Ellie and her new friends to figure out the next puzzle in the ongoing Twin Creeks saga! Ellie Harris, a woman as intent on an adventure as she is on writing romance novels, packs up and moves out west to California to be with the love of her life, Jeremy Lotter. However, as much as Ellie loves adventure, she doesn’t bargain on the craziness of tiny Twin Creeks, California. Within days of arriving, Ellie is swept up into a life-threatening mystery. When the dust clears, will Jeremy forgive her for her deception? And will Ellie even make it out alive to tell him that she’s sorry?

All alone, she leaves New York to travel to a small town in California where the man of her dreams is waiting for her. But when she arrives, barely does Lizzy have a chance to reunite with her beau, Patrick, before the trouble starts. Quickly drawn into the mystery of the crimes plaguing the town, all of which are possibly tangled up in the larger mystery of an ancient treasure map, it isn’t long before Lizzy is fighting for the life of the man she loves.

Thea Schwartz is tough and capable. Raised by her older brother, an adventurer and hired gun, Thea can take care of herself. Or can she? When she comes to Twin Creeks, California, looking for her brother, Bram, and wanting to see her best friend, Colin Henderson, things don’t go the way she envisioned. Immediately drawn into the ongoing treasure hunt that many of the mail order brides of Twin Creeks are already caught up in, Thea is, at first, excited at the prospect of adventure. Then that adventure becomes all too real when her life, and the life of the man she loves, are suddenly in terrible danger.

California 1887 Traveling west to meet her fiancé, Timothy Hutchens, mail order bride Arabella Templeton is determined to make this spring a brand-new beginning for herself. But when she arrives in Twin Creeks, the ongoing mystery in the town swiftly pulls her in. Soon, Arabella and her brand-new love are consumed by the treasure hunt—and Arabella’s puzzle-solving skills are put to good use! But when she angers an unpleasant character in town, the danger is suddenly upon them. Arabella’s faith and courage are put to the test as she and Timothy rise to meet the challenges in their path.

God must have plans for the young couple because it turns out their book ties directly into the mystery plaguing Twin Creeks. California, April 1887 Spring is in the air when Milly Holmes arrives in Twin Creeks to marry Andy Erickson. The two of them have been brought together by a very strange coincidence, wherein they both have a copy of the same unusual book handed down through the generations in their families. Come on over to Twin Creeks and join the fun one last time as Milly and her new friends finally solve the bewildering puzzle … and find their happily-ever-afters!