Ice Melts in Spring by Linda W. Yezak: When Kerry Graham's boss forces her to return to the Gulf of Mexico where her husband drowned years ago, she feels only spring's chill and not the warmth of the Texas sun. Can the joy of a reclusive author and the compassion of a shrimp-boat preacher thaw Kerry's frigid heart?
Lillie Beth in Summer by Eva Marie Everson: When widower Dr. James Gillespie is called out to an old farm house to check on a dying patient, he doesn’t anticipate it changing his life. Raised in privilege, Dr. Gillespie marvels at the simple home and life of Elma McCall. He also finds that he can’t stop thinking about her widowed granddaughter, Lillie Beth, whose husband died in Vietnam. The two couldn’t be more different, but Granny has one more lesson to teach before she goes: when God closes a door, He opens a window.
Through an Autumn Window by Claire Fullerton: Because her larger than life mother Daphne Goodwyn is dead, forty-year-old Cate returns to Memphis with one thought in mind: something always goes wrong at a Southern funeral. But surrounded by the well-mannered society that raised her, the nostalgic rites of a three-day, autumn mourning bring the unexpected gift of the end of sibling rivalry.
A Magnolia Blooms in Winter by Ane Mulligan: With Broadway stardom within her reach, Morgan James returns home in winter to help an old friend. Maybe it s just nostalgia, but when she sees him again, an old flame rekindles. When she s called back to NYC to take the lead in a new musical, will fame be worth losing the man she loves?
