Lois Richer

After a heartbreaking tragedy, youth pastor Jesse Parker stopped believing he had anything to offer kids. Working with the boys at Wranglers Ranch, he is slowly beginning to trust himself. And when he meets widow Maddie McGregor and her young autistic son, his connection with little Noah and his pretty mom is instant. Maddie's heart is as guarded as his own, but as he spends time with the McGregors--helping Maddie in his gran's quilt shop, caring...

After many happy summers in the peaceful town of Serenity Bay, Piper Langley had returned to help revitalize the sleepy village. Trouble was, Piper and her new boss didn't see eye-to-eye. Mayor Jason Franklin had the good looks and the take-charge attitude to earn him the town's respect, but not Piper's. To help the place they both adored, they had to find a way to work together. While his faith in God was strong, it would take an even stronger love...

After a car accident, Ashley Adams came home to Serenity Bay to heal her broken body-and her broken spirit. Her former teen crush, Michael Masters, was the last person she expected to see in town... and he was even handsomer than she remembered. Planning the town's winter festival brought Ashley back in contact with the dedicated single dad, and Ash found herself falling for him all over again, as well as his darling daughter. Yet pain-filled memories...

Two Attempts On Mayor's Life by Colleen Montgomery (staff reporter) Draft Mayor Maxwell Vance was shot in an apparent assassination attempt yesterday. A second attempt on his life was made at Vance Memorial Hospital, where nurse [leave her name out?] Chloe Tanner managed to stop the assailant before being injured herself. She is currently under protection. [Note to self: disclose FBI agent protecting her and her kids is my brother Brendan.]...

The Soldier's Homecoming. Back home to heal, army veteran Kyle Loness can't wait to leave the town that holds such sad memories. He never expects beautiful newcomer Sara Kane to enlist his help with the town's new youth center. What does he know about helping kids? But the more time he spends with the troubled teens--and Sara--the more the jaded soldier feels his defenses crumbling. It might take Sara--and the kids--to open his guarded heart to love...

Helping children in her hometown is a dream fulfilled for single mother Brianna Benson. But being back in Hope, New Mexico, isn't easy for the medical clinic's new child psychologist. Ten years ago, the night before her wedding, Brianna discovered that her fiancé, Zac Ender, betrayed her--and she left town in tears. Now a school administrator, Zac is asking for her help with kids at risk--such as her own troubled son. But how can she work with the...

She needs a mother... One little girl could give him a second chance at love. Jack Prinz barely knows how to be a grandfather, much less raise a child by himself. But he has the perfect solution—marry his childhood friend to provide his orphaned granddaughter with the mother figure she needs. Now he has to convince Grace Partridge to accept his loveless proposal. If only sticking to his plan were that simple...

Author Lois Richer brings you two stories of love and faith… A Baby by Easter Susannah Wells and her unborn baby have nowhere to turn. So when she encounters handsome lawyer David Foster, she jumps at his offer to become caregiver for his special-needs sister. Susannah knows it's difficult for David to let others ease his burdens. Until he shows her just what a blessing she and her Easter baby are to him. A Family for Summer Jared Hornby has his...

Twins are double the trouble. And between his work at Weddings by Woodwards and his boys, widower Reese Woodward is convinced he doesn't have time for love. Then he meets Olivia Hastings-his sister's bridesmaid, and a woman with troubles of her own. The betrayals from Olivia's past make her wary of closeness. Yet who could resist the twins-or their father? Though neither is looking for love, Olivia and Reese's attraction continues to blossom. And...

A Little Boy Desperate for Treatment The Doctor Who Could Save Him The Woman Who Loved Them Both The moment GloryAnn Cranbrook met her new patient at the children's clinic, she broke a rule by getting attached. But at least she felt something, unlike her handsome boss, Dr. Jared Steele. The man who'd once cared enough to open the clinic now refused to perform the technique he'd become famous for. The technique that could save the boy's life....