Frank Carlson Library

"What can make a grumpy "there-is-no-Santa-Claus" kind of man smile'? The sight of quirky Lucy Chapin. Something about the woman creates warm and fuzzy feelings within confirmed bachelor Spence McKaslin. So he'll just have to ignore her. Hard to do, since they're working together on a Christmas program for hospitalized children. And the time with lovely Lucy soon has Spence thinking twice about spending his life alone. But can Lucy open his heart...

"Finishing medical school at the top of her class, Chelsea McKaslin always achieves her goals. Now back home in Sunshine, Wyoming, her Christmas goal is to succeed as a pediatrician. In no way do her plans include Dr. Michael Kramer, despite the fact that he's everywhere she turns. The standoffish widower keeps his distance from her, as if to protect his adorable daughter and himself. Yet the spirit of the season prevails. Soon Chelsea is bonding...

"Rancher Justin Granger hasn't seen his high school sweetheart since she rode out of town with his heart. Now, "too good for this small town" Rori Cornell stands on his doorstep, seeking a job as his cook and housekeeper. He can't turn her away, not with the sadness and worry in her cornflower-blue eyes. He'll just have to avoid her between meals. But when Justin discovers that Rori's big dream has always been him, he finds his heart softening....

Special forces soldier Ben McKaslin returns home with a bum leg, a bad attitude and his career in tatters. Then, in one defining moment, an emergency has him leaping instinctively to the rescue - and locking eyes with the captivating woman he left behind. Could this be fate's doing?After her own crushing setback, Cadence Chapman has learned to embrace life to the fullest. But she's also learned how to safeguard her heart. Yet, while Ben mends, sparks...

"At last, Meredith Worthington is returning to Angel Falls, Montana. She's escaped the matchmaking and scheming of her East Coast finishing school to follow her dream of becoming a teacher. And perhaps to get to know the intriguing new wrangler on her father's ranch. Shane Connelly had a bellyful of 'eligible ladies' back East. So he left them and his high-society family behind. Meredith reminds him of everything he'd like to forget, yet he can't...

"At last, Meredith Worthington is returning to Angel Falls, Montana. Now that she's escaped the matchmaking and scheming of her East Coast finishing school, she can follow her dream of becoming a teacher. And perhaps get to know Shane Connelly, the intriguing new wrangler on her father's ranch.... Shane had a bellyful of 'eligible ladies' back East. So he left them--and his high-society family--behind. Meredith reminds him of everything he'd like...