As Christmas draws near, Jack finds himself disconnecting from the holidays, his job, and ultimately his wife. His latest assignment as a journalist takes him to Dallas, but a mysterious photograph draws him to the town of Clearwater, Texas. It is here he discovers the town's life-sized, intricately carved nativity. As Jack delves into the mysteries surrounding the nativity and its creator, he uncovers secrets from his past, reunites with the family...

Set in a small nineteenth-century American town, the story deals with the simple joys and sorrows in a young girl's life. Thirteen-year-old Katy was the sort of girl who might do anything next, so long as it was something exciting! Katie is a handful for her widowed father, Dr. Car and her stern aunt, Izzie, who share responsibility of raising Katy and her siblings. The arrival of her worldly, invalid cousin, Helen, exposes Katy to a world she never...

The fourth and final season finds Mary rising to the challenge, taking back her country and establishing her rule in Scotland, the land of her birth but a wild nation foreign to her, and now, once again, her home. There will be impossibly high stakes, unexpected betrayals, sexual exploits, a royal wedding, a royal birth and a rising body count as three queens in three nations fight for their people, their loves, and their lives.