Kathryn Laycock Little

"Now that Savannah has her daughter, Caroline, back after a frightening abduction, life seems calmer. But that serenity comes to an abrupt end when twenty-year-old Rosemary Allen pleads for Savannah's help after running away from her dangerously controlling father. But her father isn't just anyone-- he's Mario Ferrante, the criminal mastermind who oversaw Caroline's kidnapping"--Cover.

When a group of friends reunites at the Dickensian Inn bed-and-breakfast, little does Chas realize that the promises of a blessing are about to be fulfilled. But a secret from Jackson's past threatens to sabotage the happy life he and Chas have created together. Will Jackson's doubts and guilt jeopardize the plans he and Chas have made to be sealed as family for all eternity? Is their love strong enough to overcome the painful shadows of the past?...

In Iowa City, Casey Harrison joins the Barrington family and the wounded but spirited Iris as they prepare to make the journey to the Salt Lake Valley and claim the promise of Zion.

Mark Iverson is a Mormon bishop -- and an FBI agent. He has just received a new assignment -- working a covert operation in which he is to rescue a young woman from a powerful drug lord. However, once Mark arrives in Columbia, it doesn't take him long to realize that he has not been told the complete truth about his dangerous mission.

Two days before Christmas, Evie's world is crumbling. She's annoyed with her husband, at odds with her teenage daughter, out of patience with her elderly mother, and drowning in a sea of stress. The wonderful spirit of Christmas is nowhere to be found as her mounting frustrations propel her out the door of her home and into a life-changing night of magic and discovery. This treasury of uplifting Christmas tales from master storyteller Kaye J. Volk...