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Set in fictional Wileyville, Kentucky, this story features a heroine in mid-life crisis whose journey into the past with her sisters brings her stunning revelations about her late mother and herself.

Shh! Our Town''s Secret Santa Is... Burke Burdett? The alpha brother in the pack of Burdett brothers? The handsome man who disappeared from my life last summer after some very complicated family business? Yet he''s asking me, Dora Hoag, a workaholic with nowhere to go for Christmas, to help fulfill his mother''s dying wish. She wanted Burke to take over as "Secret Santa" for Mt. Knott, South Carolina. To help the less fortunate find something extra in their forgotten stockings. How can I say no? Especially when what I want most for Christmas is another chance at forever with the man I love.

When April Shelnutt and former sheriff Kurt Muldoon plant seeds of speculation in the minds of some matchmaking church ladies, the good folks of Wileyville, Kentucky, are in for a lesson in life, love--and minding their own business. Original.

Hannah Bartlett is a budding journalist, dutiful doctor''s wife, and soccer mom of two who''s suddenly been handed a full plate. A new baby alone can overwhelm, but add a nine-year-old foster son, meddling neighbors, and Hannah''s nagging self-doubt, and it''s a recipe for disaster.

For more than 30 years, sisters Katie and Jo Cromwell have been haunted by the loss of their younger sister, who was abducted as a baby by their father. Years later the Cromwell women return to the tiny Florida cottage containing their worst--and best--memories. Original.

Bundle of Joy by Annie Jones Jackson Stroud plans to blow through Texas ranch country and never look back. But when the former Dallas detective discovers an abandoned newborn, Jax knows he came to this town for a reason. Shelby Grace Lockhart is just as determined to learn why someone left a baby on her doorstep. And as the pair work together, Jax starts to believe he''s finally found a place to belong... The Cowboy''s Little Girl by Kat Brookes Tucker Wade''s life changes forever the moment Autumn Myers knocks on his door. Not only is Autumn the identical twin of his recently deceased wife, but she''s brought someone with her—the adorable five-year-old daughter Tucker didn''t know existed. Now this cowboy''s determined to prove himself as a daddy and keep his daughter...even if it means hurting the woman he''s falling for.

It was the happiest day of her life… Until Heather Waters was cruelly jilted at the altar. Yet now that very church is a beacon of hope for the tornado-ravaged town. With her charity mission, Heather finally comes home to High Plains and faces the man she believes betrayed her trust that day: Reverend Michael Garrison. As they work together to restore the town''s faith, Heather''s own heart remains in tatters. Until Michael, along with his precocious niece, helps her realize she''s truly found Minister Right.

Toward a new institutional model of farmer participation in research on natural resource management and germplasm improvement; Developing a natural resource management technology for a specific agroenvironment: Mucuna-maize rotation on the hillsides of northern honduras; Land use systems and dynamics in Pucallpa, Peru; Strategic systems research for the Latin American Savannas; Developing improved pasture systems for forest margins; Adapting participatory research methods for developing integrated crop management for cassava-based systems Northeast Brazil; Soil conservation strategies that take into account farmer perspectives; Developing sustainable cassava production systems with farmers in Asia; Developing forage tecnologies with smallholders in East Kalimantan, Indonesia; Farmer''s independent experimentation with green manure and/or cover crops: A component of participatory research for improving Ugandan Farming Systems; Designing sustainable, commercial, farmer seed production systems in Africa: Case studies From Uganda; Institucional Innovation as an entry for system-level technological change; Participatory sysems research toward the future.

The only rules Sam Goodacre has for his precocious triplet daughters are no dogs and no matchmaking. The single dad only wants to move forward after his wife''s death. But the minute he and the girls meet the town''s pretty new schoolteacher, he knows he''s in trouble. Polly Bennett moved to the small town to get off the fast track, and she''s the temporary owner of an adorable stray puppy. A single lady with a dog? The triplets are in matchmaking heaven! Too bad it goes against all the rules. But this seems to be one case where the rules were meant to be broken.

With her father gone, her lawyer fired, and an entire town and her own quirky family relying on her, Dixie Fulton-Leigh is in deep trouble. She asks God for help and guidance. But when rugged sawmill owner Jake Walker arrives with a plan to buy controlling interest in the family company, Dixie can''t believe this disaster is the answer to her prayer. Then Dixie uncovers a secret that alters everything she''s believed about herself and those she loves -- the family''s feisty black maid is her grandfather''s second wife, and the maid''s descendants can lay claim to the family birthright and fortune! Drawing on lessons from the book of James, Deep Dixie is a powerful story centered on how one woman comes to define family and learns to put faith in God above all else.

When Charity O''Clare finally moves away from her family, she falls for a handsome man with even more meddlesome relatives.

The newest series to join the humor-filled Time for Laughter romance line, the ongoing tale of the Double Heart Diner begins with the story of a very different man and a woman who set out on their own personal quests, only to find that the treasure God plans for them is worth far more than they ever dreamed. All Jett Murphy wanted to do was purchase a piece of land on the Texas panhandle, clear it of the crummy diner in the middle of it, and make a bundle by selling the property to a land developer. Instead he''s captured-in more ways than one-by a redheaded whirlwind who''s determined to make him see the error of his ways, even if she has to drive him clear from Chicago to Texas to do it! Georgia Darling''s mission seemed simple: Save the Double Heart Diner. But things have gotten more complicated since sophisticated Jett entered the picture. She likes him, maybe too much, but it''s clear she can''t trust him. Can she save the diner-and her own heart-before it''s too late?

Little Alex Jackson is praying for a father. His widowed mother, Nina, is praying for a miracle. God gives them both the answer to those prayers in cowboy Clint Cooper!

Kidnapped as a baby, Moxie Weatherby grew up without her two older sisters. Now the women are reunited in Santa Sofia, Florida, where family, friends and faith are more important than ever. Moxie must learn a thing or two about herself when the gorgeous editor of the local newspaper writes a story about her unusual history. Not that he knows everything. Jo is determined to get her woman''s ministry, the Barefoot Believers, up and running. So why is a handsome preacher asking her to slow way down? Kate plans her wedding to her long-lost love, a single dad who''s just become a grandfather. But are Kate and Vince really ready to say "I do"?

Annie Jones''s delightful Route 66 series continues with the story of two very different people who seem to have nothing in common - but who are brought together by the God they both serve. Mayor Jenny Fox of Cupid''s Corner, Kansas, is out to break a record set back in the town''s glory days, with sixty-six weddings to take place in town before the end of summer. And she won''t let anyone get in her way - least of all Joe Avery, the aggravating, though certainly attractive, new editor of the town paper. But when Jenny''s ex-fiancé reenters the picture, the stakes are raised. And the editor can only pray for a miracle that will keep his plans to win Jenny''s heart from becoming yesterday''s news. Annie Jones writes, "You are about to act as a witness to a marriage of faith, fun, and romance that brings together something old (Route 66), something new (an unexpected love), something borrowed (a town from my imagination), and something blue (the ex-fiancé who was always Mr. Wrong). I promise you won''t feel jilted..."

''Jericho''s Walls'' by Karen Ball; ''Cat in the Piano'' by Jennifer Brooks; ''Fool Me Twice'' by Annie Jones.

From the moment she first speaks to him, Julia knows the boy camped under the Lucky Jackpot Lottery billboard is hiding something. Her suspicions are confirmed when, just before he''s hauled away by a policeman, the child quietly begs her to dig up his "treasure" under the billboard. She does as he asks-and discovers a genuine pot of gold!

Forgiveness and hope are at the heart of this uplifting story, in which an estranged father reenters his young childs life after the mother flees. When he finds himself falling for the childs guardian--the babys aunt--he realizes the importance of family, love, and faith. Original.

The Dorsey sisters are legendary in Persuasion, Alabama. Nicolette Dorsey, legend took years of determination to overcome but, God gave her an undeniable blessing her little girl Willa, Nicx knows they can make it together if Nic''s sisters don''t interfere. At their Christmas celebration Nic is going to spring a surprise on them.