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Olivia McCade prefers flowers to people. Other than the occasional thorn poke, she figures plants are far less likely to hurt her. It was that realization that caused her to leave her nursing career behind and settle into the calming aromas of her flower shop. The plan worked great...until a huge wedding contract put her face-to-face with the man who broke her heart and shattered her dreams.

The Christmas Box is the touching story of a widow and the young family who moves in with her. Together they discover the first gift of Christmas and learn what Christmas is really about.

Becky Raber is a young widow, seven months pregnant. She’s alone, scared, and misses her late husband. Her only close relative is her cousin, Doris. Becky has no choice but to live with Doris and her husband, Abel Yoder, a stern, dour man. He’s determined to find Becky a new husband, marry her off, and get her out of his house But Becky wants to be independent, and take care of the baby by herself. Then, she meets Noah King, and her world is upended again. She hadn’t counted on meeting someone so kind and tenderhearted. Does Gott have yet a different plan for Becky?

Christian Reynolds is never one to shirk his duty - from helping Sheriff Archer in the middle of a saloon brawl to keeping a promise to a friend. The last thing Christian expects is to find himself promising to take care of someone else’s Mail Order Bride. When his friend Matt Brown lies dying, Christian promises to watch over Matt’s newly arriving bride. But when Christian meets Faye Dunell from Boston, he fears what his promise might mean.

Will their clues lead to Quinn? The daring efforts of Lauren, Ethan, and Nicole have resulted in a few more clues to Quinn’s location but not enough to bring him home. Nicole needs to go into full investigative reporter mode - no easy task, considering she can’t walk on a broken ankle. And Jack is trying to stay one step ahead of her. With surprising persuasion, Ethan enlists Dani’s help to find Quinn, but he should have guessed there would be conditions. No way would Dani cooperate easily.

Faith Langston has made her choice as to whom she loves. But when the love of her life goes home just before Christmas and runs into his first love—he’s faced with choices of his own . . .

If the last three years has taught Rebecca anything, it's that there are no decent men left, or at least in the city she lives in. All the men are either womanizing, arrogant, or the worst - downright lazy. Rebecca would rather keep her loneliness and rocky road ice cream nights than suffer another letdown.

Julia is a deaf girl raised as an orphan who is working with the Children’s Aid Society to help find homes across the country for orphans from New York. But each time one of the orphans she’s grown close to is adopted, she finds her heart breaking. And the farther the train goes, the farther from home she feels. But feelings can be deceiving.

Lydia finds out at her father’s deathbed that he has arranged for her to marry the son of an old family friend to cancel a debt. At first, Lydia rejects the idea, but then circumstances suddenly make it so she feels she needs to honor her father’s last wishes, and she travels to Texas to meet the man her father has chosen.

Two years have passed since their friend Andy’s death, and the Eight is still struggling to cope with the loss. In an attempt to give the group some time to reconnect with one another, remember their friend, and reflect on the last two years, Marie decides that a relaxing couple’s getaway is just what they need before the craziness of the holiday season begins. When their large cabin in the woods turns out to be more rundown than rustic, though, Marie fears she’s ruined everything, but at least, she thinks, the trip can’t get any worse....

Rosa Baldry is growing tired of her life of poverty and monotony. She wonders if a better way of life is possible, where she can realize the dreams that she once had before she got married to Burton. After unexpected circumstances in their marriage, Rosa considers divorce, and her world is turned upside down when wealthy businessman, Virgil Hennessy, comes into her life. Virgil is everything that Rosa desires, but they cannot live in peace since they are constantly haunted by her past. Can they overcome the obstacles, or will their love end in tragedy?

Anna Hayden is devastated when the man she expected to marry is conveniently betrothed to another bride. Thinking she may be condemned to a lifetime of drudgery and boredom as a ladies maid, she willfully responds to an advert for a mail order bride. Determined to prove her independence, she fails to inform her sister Josie of her plans. A shock awaits Anna at the train station in Wichita.

When Harland McKinley sees the joy that mail-order bride Josie brings to his twin brother's heart, he begins desperately looking for a way to earn the hand of his own long time beau, Beth Drescher. But will his intended forgive him for stepping out with her rival, the fashionable daughter of the local banker? News of thieveries in Cowtown - ones that the stern new sheriff believes may be connected to the McKinleys in some way - further threatens to keep the young couple apart.

With her father’s plummeting business and health, 21 year old Josephine Hayden is urged to ease her parents' burden and accept an invitation to join hands with an unknown Western man in Cowtown, Kansas. Her first sight of blue-eyed Clae McKinley and his twin brother, Harland, is encouraging, but when she is presented with a contract outlining her responsibilities as a Mail Order wife, overwhelming fears of a loveless marriage besiege her tender heart.

During colonial times, John and Anna settle in an Ohio village to become Moravian missionaries to the Lenape. When John is called away two days before Christmas to help at another settlement, he promises he’ll be back by Christmas Day. When he doesn’t show up, Anna works hard to not fear the worst while she provides her children with a traditional Moravian Christmas.

Emmie makes a promise to her friend that, if fulfilled, could mean the end to her dreams of a future with Isaac. Emmie Croftner let Isaac Liddle go to avoid telling him about her past. But Isaac remains determined to win Emmie's heart and hand. Though Emmie resolves to keep her heart in check, it hurts when she sees that another woman has set her bonnet for Isaac

John Fischer has always dreamed about owning his own carpentry business, but when an accident befalls him on the farm, his hopes are dashed and he falls into a coma. At the hospital, he is looked after by a beautiful Englischer nurse, Lisa Jones. Lisa who is a single mom to two children, finds herself increasingly attracted to John over the coming months as they continually seem to run into each other. The only problem is that she’s engaged to someone else. Why then, can she not get John out of her head?

When God's plan collides with a woman's single-minded will, lives change - if she'll let them. Ella thought adopting five daughters a month after her wedding would be difficult. Sixteen years later, letting go of her eldest is even harder. As Amaryllis prepares to spread her wings upon college graduation, Ella runs headlong into questions she can't answer. If Amaryllis chooses to make a life in faraway Denver, can Ella trust the Lord to keep her safe? Will Ella's mother-in-law's high society friends puff up Amaryllis until she's blinded to what's important?

As an aspiring newspaper reporter, Blossom Evans expects to find plenty of material with which to carve out a career. But alarming tales about the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas abound. Barely tamed, rugged brushland. Mexican bandits. Wildcats, rattlesnakes, and tarantulas as big around as dinner plates. Where will she find the courage to face - and overcome - such foes, even for her dream career? The first hint of an answer lies in the sleepy West Texas town of Winters. An unexpected conflict is brewing, one that could launch a reporter's career - or crush it before it begins.

Two broken promises equal one broken heart for Sadie. Seth has left the community, and Sadie's father does everything in his power to keep him away from his daughter, including forcing her to marry Jed, a man who is not kind to her. Will she and Seth find their way back to each other, or will Jesse, Jed's sister, get her hooks in him first?