Central Kansas Library System

"When Diane learns that Marble Cove's oldest church desperately needs costly repairs, she joins forces with Beverly to plan a fund-raiser to save the historic structure. But is Diane's enthusiasm for saving Old First just a tempting distraction from completing her second novel? Meanwhile, an invitation to dinner brings her to a decision she's been avoiding. Beverly's first real consulting job with a local businesswoman results in an unforgettable...

Sixteen-year-old Caitlin O'Conner keeps a six-month diary in which she records the day-to-day events of her life as well as her struggles to understand herself and God's plan for her future.

"Jayne Morgan feels betrayed when her fiancé suddenly dumps her for his high school sweetheart just weeks before the wedding. She'd love to leave his hometown of Paradise, Oregon, but she's signed a teaching contract and the kids in her classroom need her. Then Harris McAllister comes along. Jayne certainly has a lot to learn about love. But Harris has a lot to learn about tolerance. Maybe, just maybe they can help each other along."--

"Native American beauty Sunny Westcott is not one to let her hair down. But her friend Aubrey manages to drag her to Pendleton, Oregon, and the pair arrives just as the hundredth annual Pendleton Round-Up begins. Sunny is surprised by how much she enjoys watching the rodeo, riding horseback, and getting to know Aubrey's family-- particularly a handsome cowboy named Cody."--Cover, p. 4.

"In the summer of 1917, US troops join the allied forces in the Great War. Back in Sunset Cove, Oregon, other battles wage. Anna McDowell continues to fight old fashioned stereotypes as she runs a newspaper committed to truth. Despite opposition, she's determined to expose ongoing rum-running and prohibition lawlessness. Adding to Anna's frustrations, her good friend Dr. Daniel seems to run hot and cold. He loves Oregon, and maybe Anna too, but he's...

"Fresh out of finishing school, Julianne Blackstone is eager to return to her sister's ranch in Colorado, but her parents have other plans. Plans that involve money, matrimony...and mayhem. While helping in her mother's chic dress shop, Julianne rekindles an old friendship with young attorney Levi Stanfield and his father Judge Stanfield. But when she discovers her father's self-serving plans are at odds with the law, her own life is placed in peril....

"Emma has always been "the practical one" in the family. But that is about to change as she embarks on the adventure of her life. Emma Davis wants a new life now that she no longer needs to care for her grandmother. A spur-of-the-moment visit to a travel agency sets her on a journey far from her Iowa home. Emma takes a cruise to the far islands of the Pacific, but it isn't until she arrives in Papua New Guinea, that she begins to realize her true...