Frank Carlson Library

Thirty-eight-year-old widow Anne Marie Roche, the owner of a successful Seattle bookstore, creates a list of twenty wishes, and, while acting upon her wishes, encounters an eight-year-old girl named Ellen who helps her complete her list--with unexpected results.

Shunned by her Amish community, widow Alta Hershberger seeks a fresh start with her sister in New Berne, Pennsylvania. There she meets handsome preacher Jonas Miller, who shows her kindness, something she doesn't believe she deserves. Because Alta has a secret -- one she thinks makes her unworthy of love. But as their mutual attraction deepens, will she find the courage to accept that she might be wrong?

"Unconventional Katie empathizes with the widows and orphans of the Civil War who are searching for a place to call home in Shumard Oak Bend. But with no one to help her, she'll need to do it secretly, a challenge she readily accepts. Katie's taken charge before, and she'll do it again, no matter who she has to outwit to get the job done. Hans vows to stop doing everyone else's bidding. But he follows orders when a pair of emerald green eyes, blazing...

"1869. When Kate Winters is left stranded and defenseless in outlaw country, she knows there's little chance she'll make it out alive, until she stumbles across a ruthless gang hanging a cowboy for his cattle. She waits until the outlaws are gone, desperate enough to claim the dead man's horse to make her escape, only to realize he's not dead after all. Those outlaws should have made damn sure Luke Bowden was good and gone. Now he vows he'll have...

"Jamie Glasser has two ironclad rules: raise her kids the best way she knows how and--no more military men! The widowed mother of three lost to the army her late husband--and her faith in God--but she can't avoid former air force lieutenant colonel Eli Payton. The handsome high school guidance counselor is committed to helping Jamie's rebellious teenage son. But it's Jamie who's tested when she's irresistibly drawn to Eli. Here, in the family-centered...

Schoolteacher Leanna McKee plans on leaving the coal mining town of Castle Gate, Utah, and never looking back, until the widow meets a widower who awakens her heart.

London, 1815. Lily Adler is settling into her new London life when her semi-estranged father arrives unexpectedly, intending to stay with her while he recovers from an illness. Lily is drawn into spending time with Lady Wyatt, the new wife of an old family friend. One morning Lily arrives to find Lady Wyatt's husband, Sir Charles, has died. All signs indicate that he tripped and struck his head late at night, but Bow Street constable Simon Page suspects...

"After Rose's husband dies, she longs to be near her family, especially her twin sister, Lillian, so she packs up her young son and leaves her life in Ohio to move back to Paradise, Pennsylvania. Luke Miller is new to Paradise and is enjoying getting to know Rose, the quiet, reserved widow. Then he notices that her son looks an awful lot like his cousin. and Rose gets prickly when he mentions it. Is there something Rose isn't telling him? Luke wants...