From the acclaimed author of The Darlings comes an incisive, hilarious, heartbreaking and tender exploration of fatherhood, love, and family life through the story of a widower who attempts to become the father he didn't know he could be.

"New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray spins a beautiful holiday tale of finding love in unexpected places. Twenty-year old Ruth Stutzman is a wonderful caregiver--but she has no experience with kinner. Laid off from her job at a retirement home due to budget cuts, she's relieved to find work--even if it means temporarily watching widower Martin Rodes' brood of six! Martin has done the best he can since his wife's passing, but he...

When Amish carpenter Samuel Bowman is injured in an accident, he fears he'll never see again. He's always provided for his family-and now that it's harvest season, the Bowmans are needed in the fields, not at his bedside. So when a young Amish widow becomes his nurse, Samuel expects Rebecca Miller to make his life easier. But his caregiver is bossy, outspoken and challenges him to move on with his life. Though Samuel's sight is in question, he can...

Figures, not families, were her forte. Yet somehow CPA Katie Williams found herself accepting single dad Sam Millwright's desperate job offer to help care for his two young children. She took the job...temporarily. Because losing her heart to this love-starved family was definitely off the books. Sam knew Katie was different from her first day on the job. In just a short while, the new nanny had coaxed a smile from his sullen daughter and got his...

"Lucy Drake returns to Hope's Crossing when she inherits her late aunt's house to find she is still attracted to the man whose late wife was Lucy's best friend"--

"She'll do anything for her niece, even marry the man who broke her heart ... Nothing can keep May Bender in her Amish hometown, except caring for her baby niece. But the bishop insists that May also marry her widowed brother-in-law, Thad Hochstedler, the beau who jilted her to wed her sister. Can May risk her heart long enough to learn the real reason for Thad's first marriage ... and possibly rediscover their love"--

"When the illustrious India Hartley is accused of murder, she has to uncover the deceptions of others to save herself...India Hartley, the famous and beautiful actress, is now alone in the world after her father's death and embarks upon a tour of theaters across the South. Her first stop is Savannah's Southern Palace. On the eve of the second night's performance, something goes horribly wrong. Her co-star, Arthur Sterling, is shot dead on stage in...

"Eliza Lincoln is stunned to find Leo Valente at her door; four years ago his passionate embrace was a brief taste of freedom from her suffocating engagement. Until Leo discovered her secret ... Yet he hasn't come to rekindle their affair. He has a proposition he knows Eliza can't refuse: she's the only person who can help his small, motherless daughter. Torn, Eliza can't ignore a vulnerable child, but the last time she was near Leo her desire nearly...

After an attack at a military charity gala, navy commander Leo Darius learns someone wants to kill him--and kidnap his two daughters. And there's nothing the recently widowed single father won't do to protect his two girls ... even if it means asking a beautiful bodyguard to pose as his girlfriend. Though security expert Zoe Dean agrees to handle the threats and near-fatal assaults, she refuses to get attached to the handsome commander and his lovely...

"Can an unsuitable pair... make the perfect match? Heading west to California is schoolteacher Lorna Alderly's best chance to find a job-and the independence she craves. But the rough mining camp of Woods River isn't as welcoming as she expects, especially surly widower Jesse Kittredge. Struggling to raise two children, the illiterate miner give Lorna six months before she quits. Yet he's soon swayed by her dedication and charm. When a scandal threatens...