Miriam Hastings intends to complete her training to become a nurse in Blessing, North Dakota, and then return home. But her growing attachment to local Trygve Knutson soon has her questioning all her future plans. Torn between love and family duty, will Miriam find a way to honor both?
Perla Long's arrival in the town of Wise, West Virginia, was supposed to go unnoticed. She just wants a quiet, safe place for her and her daughter, where the mistakes of her past can stay hidden. Perla is everything Casewell Phillips has sought in a woman, but he can't get past the sense that she's hiding something. When drought comes to Wise, Perla's unique gift divides the town in two, bringing both gratitude and condemnation, and placing the pair in the middle of a storm of anger and forgiveness, fear and faith.
Kate Livingston holds a respectable position as a government statistician when she encounters a rival from her past, the insufferable Trevor McDonough. Despite her misgivings, Kate agrees to Trevor's risky proposal to join him to find a cure for tuberculosis. However, a shadowy enemy lies in wait, and Trevor's closely guarded secrets are darker than she ever suspected. When the truth of the past comes out, threatening to destroy everything they hold dear, how will Trevor and Kate ever overcome all that stands in their way?
When a celebrated actor is found murdered in his dressing room, all signs point to Drew's old flame, Fleur Landis. Drew would rather focus on his fiancée, Madeline Parker, and their upcoming wedding, but he can't leave Fleur in the lurch --- even if she did break his heart. But behind the curtains nothing is what it seems and this quickly becomes his most puzzling case yet. Both the case and the presence of the beautiful Fleur put a strain on Drew and Madeline's relationship. Will their still-young romance survive the pressure?
What do you do when you can't read? It's 1971 and nobody knows what's wrong with you. So how do you answer when your father calls you his defective son? Bobby McAllister doesn't know it, but his dyslexia isn't the only secret his family keeps. And it's not the only truth he himself will hide when he too becomes a farmer and fathers his own sons, passing on to them a lethal shame that will suddenly and tragically claim a cherished life.
After his departure from New York two years ago to meet up with his almost-fiancée, Zayne Beckett is the last person Agatha Watson wanted to stumble upon in her travels as a reporter with the New York Tribune. Quite pathetically bedraggled, he clearly needs to be taken in hand and sent back East to his family. Although she no longer has feelings for him, Agatha realizes, by hook or by crook, she'll have to be the one to get the obstinate man home.
The British Army has taken control of Michilimackinac Island, forcing the Americans to swear an oath of loyalty to the crown in order to retain their land. Pierre Durant is a fur trader who returns after being away for years, only to find the family farm at the mercy of British invaders. Torn between his adventurous life and guilt over neglecting his family, Pierre is drawn deeper into the fight against the British --- and into a relationship with Angelique MacKenzie, a childhood friend who's grown into a beautiful woman. As tensions mount and the violence rages on, Pierre and Angelique must decide where their loyalties rest and how much they'll risk for love.
When Amelia Wagner takes over her father's newspaper, she vows to report only the truth. But the truth has consequences: her father's revealing articles about the Great Western Investment Company have caught the attention of the wrong people, and pressure mounts for Amelia to retract her father's statements. Amelia begins her own investigation, joined by Benjamin Stone, a Great Western employee who's been assigned to keep tabs on her. What they uncover stuns them both --- and has far-reaching implications for not only Ben and Amelia but all of town. Can they reveal the truth before the enemy finds a way to silence them for good?
Determined to build a new life for her family after her divorce, Adelia Hernandez has bought a home in the historic Swan Point neighborhood of Serenity. Promoted to manager of Main Street's most fashionable boutique, she feels revitalized and ready for a fresh start as a single mom. But barely into this new independent phase, she crosses paths with the sexiest man to hit Serenity in years.
Nicole Renard's father is deathly ill. Vowing to find a husband to give her father an heir, Nicole sets out with the family's greatest treasure: the Lafitte Dagger. But her father's rivals come after the dagger, forcing a change of plans. Darius Thornton will do anything to stop steamship disasters, even letting a female secretary into his world. Nicole is determined not to let her odd employer scare her off, yet when respect and attraction grow between them, a new fear arises. How can she acquire an heir for her father when her heart belongs to another? And when her father's rivals find her, will she have to choose between love and legacy?
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December's Books on Screen roundup includes the films The Housemaid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, 100 Nights of Hero,The Chronology of Water and Not Without Hope; the series premiere of Paramount+'s "Little Disasters"; the season premiere of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" on Disney+ and Hulu; the season finales of HBO's "IT: Welcome to Derry" and Apple TV+'s "Down Cemetery Road"; the midseason finales of "Tracker" and "Watson" on CBS; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Karen Kingsbury's The Christmas Ring and Black Phone 2.