Frank Carlson Library

"Family's all Ellery Marshall wants for Christmas. To connect with her long-lost brothers, she travels to Castle Falls and instantly falls for the innkeeper's five-year-old granddaughter, Bea. Carter Bristow--Bea's handsome father--has given up on love. But Bea hasn't given up on him, and Ellery could be the answer to her holiday wish to make Daddy happy again"--Back cover.

"When he returns to Texas from overseas, U.S. Marine Carter Wallace makes good on a promise. To tell a fallen soldier's wife that her husband loved her. But widowed Savannah Blackmore, pregnant and alone, shares a different story with Carter--one that tests everything he believes. He brings Savannah back to the Triple C ranch, where family secrets--and siblings he hadn't known about--await him. Now the marine who never needed anyone suddenly needs...