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What do a small-town gossip and a rugged rancher have in common? A twenty-year-old past filled with secrets.
Town gossip and bed-and-breakfast owner, Maggie Stone, will do anything for her mom. Maggie’s determination to ease her mom’s grief compels her to approach her first love, rancher Wade Ruby, to buy a calf. But dealing with Wade might force her to confront the painful truth of her past. A secret she hasn’t shared with anyone for twenty years.
Wade Ruby returned to Pleasant Springs to run his father’s cattle operation and turn it into a thriving business. He expects to cross paths with Maggie Stone at some point, but never imagines she will seek his help. Assisting her will require extended time in prayer and being with the woman who rejected his marriage proposal and deceived him. Fulfilling her request can only lead to more heartache.
If Maggie finds the courage to confess her dishonesty to Wade, will he forgive her for keeping the truth from him and allow God to rekindle their love?
She’s a social worker with a grudge.
He’s a future foster dad who resents her.
Will they allow God to restore their friendship to find true love?
Lanie Meadows dreads returning to her hometown. She craves a big city away from Luke Gibson. When her job takes her to his front door, her devastated heart screams for her to turn and run.
Luke longs to influence a young boy’s life. When Lanie arrives to conduct his home study, he’s determined not to get too close. Her ill will toward him creates concern that she may crush his dreams.
Lanie discovers the incident that drove her to distrust him may not have happened the way she perceived. Worse, she might be the one who shattered their future. And although Luke’s feelings for her return, he struggles to overcome bitterness because of her absence when he needed her most.
Will Luke and Lanie remain at odds with one another, or will they embrace forgiveness and renew a forever love that leads to their happily ever after?
Becca Hill receives a random proposal from Ben Peterson, a man she’s not heard from in twelve years, who offers her what she desires but cannot accept.
Becca Hill longs to serve the Lord in a deeper capacity. She’s felt unfulfilled in her ministry since the death of her husband, the pastor of the small Pleasant Springs Community Church. Despite a desire to return to ministry, Becca rejects a marriage proposal she receives in the mail from a pastor friend she’s long admired but hasn’t seen in twelve years.
Ben Peterson needs a wife. He’s convinced the megachurch in Orlando where he serves as the mission’s pastor will terminate him if he doesn’t remarry soon. He’s battling grief over the loss of his wife two years earlier and believes Becca is the woman God has called him to marry. But he doesn’t want to date, and time is against him. He must persuade her that they must marry soon, and more importantly, this arrangement could benefit them both.
Will Becca leave the warmth and love of her small, close-knit community to marry Ben, a man she hasn’t seen in twelve years and someone who may never love her?