Lois Richer

After learning her marriage is a hoax, twenty–one–year–old Susannah Wells and her unborn baby have nowhere to turn. So she goes to her former foster sister's home. There she encounters a friend of the family–a handsome lawyer, caring for his special–needs sister. Needing a job and a safe haven, Susannah is grateful when David Foster hires her as caregiver for his sibling. She knows it's difficult for David to let others ease his burdens. Until he shows her just what a blessing she and her Easter baby are to him.

Dallas Henderson had gone missing six years ago. At last his wife, Gracie, had her answers––an accident...amnesia. Still, she had their child to protect. Would rekindled love be enough to heal her doubts? Did she have enough faith to start over? Dallas knew he belonged with this woman and his precious child. And he knew God had led him safely home. He vowed to put things right. Because a cowboy always keeps his promises. Especially to those he loves.

Widow Abby McDonald is pregnant with twins, suddenly homeless and has nowhere to go. When her late husband's Army buddy offers her a temporary haven at his family ranch in Buffalo Gap, Abby accepts the handsome cowboy's hospitality. She knows that Cade Lebret, an honorable man with a complicated life on the Double L, is just “doing the right thing.”

But when a needy foster child joins their makeshift family, Abby begins to see what a kind, loving father figure Cade is. Suddenly she's dreaming of making the Lebret family ranch her home forever.

Family Ties: Bundles of joy bring couples together

Then suddenly he was raising twins!

Jared Hornby has his hands full caring for his orphaned niece and nephew–and could sure use some help on the home front. Nurse Ashley Ross's motherly touch is just what they need. Having grown up in the foster care system, she understands the longing for a family. Although she told herself she would never get close to another man, helping Jared with the children forges a bond between them. Can he convince her to stand by him–not only for the summer but for a lifetime?

Five years ago, Abby Franklin thought she'd marry Donovan Woodward. But her first love walked out of her life. Now, he's back in town, with his motherless godchild, Ariane, in tow. Avoiding him is essential––and impossible. Because Donovan has rejoined the family business, Weddings by Woodwards...where Abby works as a jewelry designer. Then Abby meets Ariane, and something about the silent young girl draws Abby in. In spite of herself, Abby finds herself opening up her heart...to Ariane and Donovan.

(staff reporter) DRAFT Mayor Maxwell Vance was shot in an apparent assassination attempt yesterday. A second attempt on his life was made at Vance Memorial Hospital, where nurse [leave her name out?] Chloe Tanner managed to stop the assailant before being injured herself.

She is currently under protection. [Note to self: disclose FBI agent protecting her and her kids is my brother Brendan.] Speculation is that the mayor was shot in retaliation for his strong antidrug stance, following the new surge of drug-related crimes in Colorado Springs. Does the would-be killer want Chloe silenced forever?

An accident took away Grayson McGonigle's wife and son, or so everyone in Blessing believed–except Gray, who prayed daily for a miracle. Then, five months after their car plunged into the Colorado River, Marissa and young Cody reappear in town, traumatized and unable to speak about their harrowing ordeal.

Though Marissa's amnesia blocks out everything, including the rancher who claims to be her husband, emotions stir when they are together. And as mysterious incidents threaten them, Marissa, Gray and Cody reconnect as a family. Can Gray help to regain her memories of their happy married life.and build upon a love she could never truly forget?

A Family for the Rancher 

In a heartbreaking instant, rancher Sam Denver becomes guardian to his baby nephew and the young foster twins his late brother and sister–in–law hoped to adopt. With the Triple D ranch to run and two sets of grandparents to look after, the guarded cowboy is desperate for help. But when the children's maternal aunt finally returns home to Buffalo Gap, Kelly Krause's difficult past prevents her from believing she has much to offer Sam or the little ones. Yet when custody of the twins is in jeopardy, Sam discovers just how much his makeshift family needs Kelly…if only she'll stay.

Her former teen crush, Michael Masters, was the last person she expected to see in town...and he was even handsomer than she remembered. Planning the town's winter festival brought Ashley back in contact with the dedicated single dad, and Ash found herself falling for him all over again, as well as his darling daughter.

Yet pain-filled memories of the past threaten their budding romance. Only Ashley's search for the truth can lead them to love beneath the blossoms....

IN A STRANGER'S ARMS

Widowed dad Ty Demens had his hands full with his adopted toddler until Briony Green came along. And his first instinct was to turn the inquisitive, pint–size blonde away. But he was as desperate for a nanny as Bri was to get to know her niece….

As a cool–hearted scientist, Bri thrived on theories and logic, not emotion. But all that flew out the window the moment she held the sweet little girl. She knew there was a reason God had given her a career instead of a family. But there was also a reason He had led her to Ty and Christine….

A thriving medical practice and three rambunctious daughters have Joshua Darling looking heavenward for help. The harried widower's prayers are answered when a young surgeon accepts a temporary position in his small–town practice. Soon the lady doctor fills more than Joshua's need for a partner. She wins the devotion of his patients and his family.but can she heal his wary heart, as well?

When Nicole Brandt sets out her shingle in tiny Blessing, Colorado, her dreams for the future change. Finding a new purpose, Nicole helps to restore a struggling single dad's faith and his ability to love. Now she must discover her own destiny and fight for the life of the man she has grown to love..

Twenty–three–year–old widow Mia Granger is shocked to learn her late husband fathered a child out of wedlock. Now the handsome lawyer representing the young orphan's adoption agency is pressing Mia to meet the girl. She's touched by how deeply Caleb Grant cares about the five–year–old, especially given his own harrowing past. But with all the betrayals in her life, Mia is scared to open her heart to anyone. When she learns she owns a lovely ranch she never knew existed, Mia wonders if it's a home meant for a family of three–just in time for Christmas.

The moment GloryAnn Cranbrook met her new patient at the children's clinic, she broke a rule by getting attached. But at least she felt something, unlike her handsome boss, Dr. Jared Steele. The man who'd once cared enough to open the clinic now refused to perform the technique he'd become famous for. The technique that could save the boy's life.Why? And could GloryAnn––and the child who needed them both––change his stubborn mind?

Otherwise how would chef Cassidy Preston ever quit her job? Cooking at The Haven, a new outreach mission in Chicago, was temporary––payback for a huge favor. But the shelter was Tyson St. John's life. And it provided him a place to raise his orphaned nephew, a boy sorely in need of a mother figure and Ty's love. But something was holding Ty back from opening that hardened heart of his. Something Cassidy found herself working overtime to uncover. And, once she did, she'd have to prove to Ty that she should have a very permanent position...as his wife!

Danielle DeWitt returned home to a run–down ranch and a mountain of debt. Salvaging her father's legacy would mean an end to her dreams and a test of her faith. But even as Dani struggled to accept God's plan, He sent her a man who could make new dreams come true. If only she could convince her heaven–sent hero that Blessing, Colorado, was where he belonged.

Settling down–even in a town as charming as Blessing–was a scary proposition to physician Lucas Lawrence. Then the good doctor met Dani DeWitt, and everything changed. He yearned to share his life with her, but could he give up his bachelor, carefree ways?

A Daddy for Christmas 

Single mother Ellie Grant's little girl only wants one thing for Christmas: a daddy. But after adopting Gracie and losing her fiancé, Ellie made a vow to focus on motherhood–not romance. But the five-year-old has her sights set on veterinarian Wyatt Wright, a handsome widowed father whose toddler son means an instant brother. Ellie knows that Wyatt's heart is as closed to love as hers is. Yet when Wyatt also starts working at Wranglers Ranch, Ellie can't deny her growing feelings. Now her daughter's fondest wish might make two families into one just in time for Christmas.