Frank Carlson Library

A Smokey Mountain gift: Veda Trent is back in Townsend to fill in as temporary manager of the Crafts Co-Op, but she's not planning to stay. Though the mountain town is small, it holds lots of unsettling memories. Yet the wind can change, bringing with it new opportunities, and the chance to create the kind of Christmas for which Veda has always longed. Candy canes and cupid: All private investigator Hannah Ray wants for Christmas is a quiet day at...

Rancher Harley Fowler had a knack for getting himself out of trouble—until trouble runs right into him in the form of whirlwind investigator Alice Jones. Alice has been called to Jacobsville, Texas, after a man's body is discovered. And when her investigation leads her straight back to Harley, he knows this is one fight he has to win. Alice doesn't need help from anyone, particularly a long, tall Texan. And when the friendly cowboy's smile starts...

Daring to Dream: Amidst the grandeur of Templeton House, Margo, Kate, and Laura were brought up like sisters. But it is Margo, the housekeeper's daughter, whose dreams first take her far away on a magnificent journey full of risk and reward. Holding the Dream: Kate knew she had something her friends Margo and Laura could never have--a shrewd head for business. But now, faced with professional impropriety, Kate is forced to look deep within herself. Finding...