Life changes drastically for Ruth the day her father puts a young child in her arms and sends her under an assumed name to a small village in New Jersey, where she dutifully awaits Reverend Livingstone's acquittal. When tragic events transpire, Ruth finds solace tending a garden along the banks of Toms River. It is here she meets Jake Spencer, who both frustrates and intrigues her. Ruth knows she must maintain her identity as Widow Malloy. Can the...

Jules broke off her wedding to Cruz practically at the altar. Twice. Now the man Jules loves best can't stand the sight of her. Only for Pop could Jules have made such a sacrifice. And now Pop is gone, leaving Jules with his struggling potato farm, with a sister excluded from his will, and with a heart wounded by what she gave up on his behalf. Then cancer takes the life of her best friend, and Jules finds herself caring for two small children. How...

"After a mail-order bride debacle, both Shannon O'Neil and Leah Bennett find themselves stranded in Texas. There are only two options available to them: get a job or find another man to marry. The Corbett brothers, Garrett and Mark, try to atone for the mess they created when they ordered their cousin three mail-order brides by hosting Saturday socials for the town's eligible singles. Will Shannon, the Irish immigrant, be wooed out of her timidity...

For a young society woman seeking a favorable marriage in the late 1890s, so much depends on her social season debut. Clara Carter has been given one goal: secure the affections of the city's most eligible bachelor. Her hard work and training pays off when celebrity's spotlight turns Clara into a society-page darling. Yet Clara wonders if this is the life she really wants - especially when her best friend also sets her sights on Franklin De Vries....

Robbing a stagecoach on Christmas Eve and kidnapping a woman is the last thing Luke Sullivan expects to do. He wanted to reclaim the money stolen from him, but wound up with a feisty copper-haired orphan thrown over his shoulder who was on his way to marry Luke's bitter enemy. Emily McCarthy is out of options. Still she trusts God can turn any situation to good - especially when it seems Luke Sullivan may just be the man of her dreams.

Belgium, 1916. A small, underground newspaper is the only thing offering occupied Brussels hope - and real news of the war. The paper may be a small whisper amid the shouts of the German army, but Edward Kirkland will do anything to keep it in print. Meanwhile, Isa Lassone, a Belgian-American socialite whose parents whisked her to safety at the start of the war, sneaks back into the country to rescue those dearest to her: Edward and his mother.

In Angel Falls, Montana, a new deputy stumbles into Lila Lawson's father's mercantile gravely injured, and when Lila's compassion and tender care make him yearn for more, he wonders how he can ask her to forgive his outlaw past.

Priscilla White knows she'll never be a wife or mother, and feels God's call to the mission field. Dr. Eli Ernest is back from Oregon Country to raise awareness of missions to the natives before heading back out West. Both receive news from the mission board: they will no longer send unmarried men and women into the field. Left scrambling for options, Priscilla and Eli agree to a marriage in name only that will allow them to follow God's leading.

Jacqueline "Jack" Davis, reporter for the Lookout Ledger, nabs her story at any cost. When Noah Jeffers comes to town as a temporary pastor, Jack suspects he's hiding something. Soon Jack begins to be attracted to Noah. As she uncovers the truth, will this story cost her too much? Carly Payton returns to Lookout after years in prison, hoping to rebuild her life. Repelled by Garret Corbett's prank-playing ways, she discovers that new beginnings aren't...