Shelley Shepard Gray

As the holidays approach, dutiful daughter Judith Graber, feeling overwhelmed, overworked and under appreciated, is attracted to her father's new employee, Ben Knox, Sugarcreek's own "bad boy", but refuses to be another one of his conquests.

When Amish widower Robert Miller meets independent Englisher Lilly Allen, they find a deep connection despite their religious differences, but fear their faiths will keep them apart.

When Katie Steury hires her old friend Harley Lambright to remodel her rundown old house into a bed and breakfast, she does so with trepidation. They've always had a rocky relationship, and she is partly responsible for his most recent breakup. Harley realizes that Katie's been hiding her mother's hoarding, but they discover that clearing the debris in one old house also means they have to do some clean-up in their lives. Forced to reevaluate their...

"Jackson Koch had already lost his wife to cancer when the town's coal mines shut down and his job was gone too. So, with a three-year-old daughter to care for and a broken heart to mend, he moved across the country to find a new life in Bridgeport, Ohio. Now he tends bar by night and tries to navigate life as a single dad by day. Luckily, his neighbor is happy to babysit while he works late nights. She's great with little Kate, beautiful, kind and...

"The Christmas not-wish (Shelley Shepard Gray)..."When the foster parents they've cautiously grown to love discover they're expecting, orphaned Roy and Jemima Fisher, ages six and seven, are secretly devastated by the certainty they'll be given up. With Christmas around the corner, their only wish is for new foster parents as nice as Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz. Meanwhile, the Kurtzes have wishes of their own--and with faith, they all may be gifted with twice...

"Meredith Hunt owns and runs a successful Pilates studio, volunteers at the high school every week, and recently bought a house. She can take care of herself -- until she's mugged. When Ace Vance comes to her rescue, she doesn't know how to accept his help -- or stop staring into his chocolate-brown eyes. Ace Vance moved to Bridgeport to offer his fifteen-year-old son, Finn, a better life. And Ace scored a job at a top-notch garage, where he gets...

Forced to reconnect through the senior center, former high school sweethearts, firefighter Anderson Kelly and Chelsea Davis, steer clear of each other to avoid reopening old wounds until an accident on Ute Pass makes Anderson realize that he’s ready to risk everything for one more chance with her.

Presents stories about three different Amish couples, including "Their Second Chance," where Amish nanny Hannah Eicher falls for English fireman Rob Prince, but does not believe their love can overcome her family's objections. Their second chance: Amish nanny Hannah Eicher never thought she'd ever see Rob Prince again. There was no way a relationship between her and the handsome English fireman could overcome her family's objections -- and their...