Where Somebody Waits instantly transports you to small-town Arkansas more than a half-century ago{u2014}a world of catfish and bourbon-and-Coke; of tent revival meetings and less boisterous discussions about heaven and hell; of finding love or just dreaming about it. A neighborly community, but with its share of intrigues. And instantly you{u2019}re under the spell of Ruby Davidson, the magnetic central character of Where Somebody Waits. Self-assured,...

"Eliza Bontrager and Jesse Ebersol have fallen in love and are determined to marry, despite the belief of their Amish community and respective families that there's a hidden curse-one that only shows up when an Ebersol and Bontrager marry. Before the ceremony on the day of the wedding, Eliza's great-aunt Rose gives her a family heirloom quilt and tells her that she may use it to change one event in the past. Eliza appreciates the woman's heart, but...

Sometimes God's way are not what we expect-- but are exactly what we need. Grant and Audrey's middle daughter, Danae, and her husband, Dallas Brooks, have been trying for years with no baby in sight. Though Danae is ready to consider adoption, Dallas will not even discuss it. Danae pours her passion and energies into volunteer work with a newly opened women's shelter in town. Heart-wrenching events on Thanksgiving weekend threaten to pull the entire...

Marrying a divorced father of two, Andi finds herself struggling to gain her stepdaughters' acceptance while preserving family peace in the face of daily dramas and competitions for her husband's attention.

"Macey and Ben Samuelson have much to be thankful for: great friends, a beautiful - if high-maintenance - Victorian house on idyllic Tybee Island, and a rock-solid marriage. The only thing missing is what they want the most. After her fifth miscarriage in six years, Macey worries that the family they've always dreamed of might be out of reach. Her sister suggests adoption, but Macey and Ben aren't interested in pursuing that path... until a three-legged...

"The twenty-first wish : Anne Marie and Ellen both wanted to learn to knit. Like many of their wishes, they made this come true, and now they knit practically every day. But Ellen has quietly added a twenty-first wish to her list: that Anne Marie will fall in love with Tim, Ellen's birth father, who has recently entered their lives..."--Publisher. "Twenty wishes : At thirty-eight, Anne Marie Roche is childless, a recent widow, alone. She owns a successful...