Christian Bruyère

"...focuses on the lives of people who built homes and secondary structures in harmony with their natural surroundings. These intrepid individuals used timeless building techniques that are doable by nonprofessionals, from framing walls and windows, to setting floor joints and building roofs. The stories reveal the successes, mistakes, and even later renovations, as well as the personal dreams of those who experience this back-to-nature process..."--P....

A newspaper writer whose boss has given her three weeks to write a holiday story about her great grandfather and the angel he carved as a young man. As the days countdown to her Christmas Eve deadline, Susan finds herself being courted by two very different men as she unravels the details of a romantic triangle from her grandfathers' life. In the end, both the past and the present will lead back to the Angel of Christmas.

Despite the loss of her mother, Cyd is marrying her high school sweetheart, Zach. When she looks to sell her dance studio, she finds out her long-lost father is a co-owner, and re-establishes a connection with him. Finding each other helps Cyd and her father uncover what's really important in life, and together they have a reason to celebrate the joyful wedding.

After three masked gunmen break into her home, bank manager Michelle Estey and her young daughter are duct-taped with explosives and threatened with death unless Michelle cooperates in a daring bank heist. Terrified, Michelle agrees to their demands. She and her daughter are left unharmed, but Michelle soon realizes that, after the robbery, they are still very much in danger.

Witness to murder: A Darrow mystery: Attorney Claire Darrow defends an old colleague of her mother's for murder. Things get complex when Claire's romantic interest, Miles, is named as prosecuting attorney on the case. Darrow & Darrow: In the key of murder: A simple offer of legal advice turns into the biggest challenge of Claire Darrow's legal career when her new beau, District Attorney Miles Strasberg introduces her to his younger half-sister, Phoebe....