Frank Carlson Library

Widower Marie Koeppler and her grown daughter Beth reluctantly return to the Mennonite community Marie abandoned twenty-three years ago. Soon after their arrival in Sommerfeld, a series of mysterious thefts raises the community's suspicions against the "outsiders." Can Marie prove their innocence, or will she be forced to flee once more? Henry Braun thought he'd gotten his love for Marie out of his system, but soon begins to wonder if she's stolen...

When Sierra discovers her ancestor's quilt and reads her journal, she finds their lives to be very similar. By following her ancestor's example she learns to surrender to God's unconditional love.

The new year brings challenges aplenty for the angels who guard the homes of Heavenly Daze. Despite the blustery Maine winter chill, love is in the air. Buddy Franklin is searching for someone to change his lonely life, Dana and Mike Klackenbush are trying to reestablish the friendship that led to their marriage, Barbara and Russell Higgs are contemplating babies, while Barbara's mother, Cleta Lansdown, is determined to keep her close to home.

Arabella Newberry creates waves when she campaigns for equality for the mill girls and when several workers end up missing during the strike between the Irish laborers and the Industrialists, Lowell, Massachusetts no longer seems a safe place to live.

Abandoning her wealthy life, a young woman flees to a remote ranch. But is her impenetrable shell protecting her from imagined fears or true danger?

"Daughtie Winfield is outspoken in her support for the rights of others, from the mill girls threatening a strike over pitiful working conditions to the immigrants living on the other side of town. So she is unprepared for the hostility aroused by her growing friendship with Liam Donohue, an Irish artisan. As dissension and upheaval threaten the textile industry, Daughtie longs for peace - in her work and within her heart"--The publisher.