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Dark truths and long-suppressed emotions come to the surface in 1979 when a successful Iowa farmer decides to cut one of his daughters out of his will. On a prospering Iowa farm in the 1970's, wealthy farmer Lawrence Cook announces his intentions to divide the farm among his daughters, setting off a family crisis reminiscent of Shakespeare's "King Lear."

Orphaned as a teenager, Jim Burden comes to live with his stern grandparents on their isolated farm. His pain and loneliness ease when he meets the beautiful Antonia, the high spirited daughter of neighboring immigrant farmers. Antonia's lust for life in her new country endears the young woman to Jim, but not his grandparents, who want bigger and better things for their grandson.

After her husband Charlie leaves for the Union Army, Alice Bullock finds herself sharing an Iowa farm with her formidable mother-in-law, and then she's accused of murder.

For Havyn Powell, growing up on her grandfather Chuck Bondrant's dairy outside the 1904 gold-rush boomtown of Nome, Alaska, offered all she needed. She had the love of her mother, two sisters, and grandfather. But now, at 23, Havyn realizes the stability of her life may soon vanish. Havyn is determined to find a way to keep the family together, but her grandfather's health is declining and everyone seems to be holding secrets from each other, including...

"Romance author Jessica Kate explores the hilariously thin line between love and hate in her heartwarming new novel"--

Blue Hollow Falls may be a small Blue Ridge Mountain town, but its big on loveand second chances . . . When former barrel racer Cheyenne McCafferty left the circuit, she left her past behind too. Now, as part owner of Lavender Blue farm, shes content rescuing and rehabbing horses, and growing a new business. Shes only got one regret: letting go of Wyatt Reed. When he professed his love, she was too young and foolish to know her heart. After that he...

Reluctantly attending the funeral of her estranged father, a dedicated horse rancher receives an odd gift and apology from a stranger that leads her to discover the story of her father's difficult experiences as a Jewish sergeant in charge of a platoon of black soldiers in World War II Alabama.

Attracted to an artists' colony on a drought-stricken honey farm where residents are offered free room and board in exchange for hard labor, a wide-eyed poetry graduate falls for a fellow artist and begins to notice tensions linked to ominous events and her hostess's past.

Amy thought love would never pass her way again. She didn't know how close it was . . . until she met Silas. The brotherly way Silas feels toward Amy soon turns to deeper feelings of love, but will Amy discover the truth about her own heart before it's too late?