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While Bailey Flanigan gets closer to her one-time Hollywood co-star, Brandon Paul, Cody finds himself much closer to a woman who seems to better understand him and his new life, but even so, never does much time go by without Bailey and Cody experiencing deep feelings of longing for each other, longing both for the past and for answers before they can move forward.

When Bailee Cooper’s father orchestrates a surprise trip to the summer house of her childhood, what is intended to be a happy reunion for Bailee and her sisters quickly becomes shrouded by memories from the past.

Bailey Flanagan finds her life in New York exciting as she grows closer to becoming an actress and dancer but feels something is missing since she is separated from Cody Coleman, who is coaching a small town high school football team.

Bailey Flanagan leaves Bloomington after winning an audition for a musical in New York City, but she becomes worried about leaving her life—and love Cody Coleman—behind.

Rose Kauffman struggles with her feelings for Nick Franco, the bishop’s foster son, who left the Amish community under suspicious circumstances, while her sister, Hen, tries to mend her marriage to her estranged “English” husband.

Desperate for help after assuming responsibility for her younger siblings and the ranch that her missing father recently acquired on the Texas plains, Hannah Dandridge forms an uneasy truce with wounded soldier William Barnett, who is desperate to regain his family’s land—the ranch that Hannah is struggling to keep running.

When Paul tells her he wants to postpone the wedding—again—Julia knows who is to blame. Perpetual bachelor and spreader of cold feet, Roman Troyer, the Bee Man. He especially enjoys bringing his bees to Stoney Ridge each year—but now Julia is on a mission to punish him for inspiring Paul’s cold feet. Can Julia secure the future she’s always dreamed of? Or does God have something else in mind?

Lucy Marsh’s worldly resources are running out, but she’s fiercely determined to care for her younger brother and sister. When she discovers that their father’s recent death was no accident, Lucy is eager to leave town. She accepts a proxy marriage she believes will provide safe refuge. But trouble follows her to Texas where her new husband is surprised to suddenly have a wife and children to care for. Nate Stanton always hoped he’d marry someday, but running the family ranch meant he had no time for romance. When his father deposits Lucy Marsh—a city girl—on his doorstep, with two siblings in the bargain, he expects ranch life will send her running on the first train out of town. But Lucy is made of tougher stuff than Nate imagined. When danger moves in, Nate finds he’d give anything to protect Lucy and the children he’s grown to love. Even if it means giving up his ranch.

A collection of three novellas about three different couples at an Amish wedding includes Beth Wiseman’s “A Perfect Plan,” in which Priscilla King wonders if her wedding to Chester Lapp will come off after a series of problems.

When Shannon Adair accompanies her minister father to the western gold rush town of Grand Coeur, Idaho, she is certain she will never be happy away from her beloved Virginia—and that she will not lose her heart to a man who is neither a Southerner nor a gentleman.