Sam Gardner, pastor of Harmony Friends Meeting, recounts the moving and humorous adventures of his first year leading the hometown Indiana church.

Now in his fourth year preaching the gospel, Pastor Sam Gardner of the Harmony Friends Meeting has come under siege from a few self-righteous parishioners for no good reason. On top of that, Sam must assist his flock with their growing laundry list of personal problems.

Gracie Temple's uncle left her a house in a rural Mennonite community. Gracie soon learns he secluded himself for years to protect a secret about her own father. Now it's up to Gracie to decide if she'll keep the secret or if she can afford to expose it. Sam Goodrich loves his fruit farm in Harmony, Kansas. But when he meets city-girl Gracie, he begins to wonder if he could leave it behind for a woman who makes him feel things he's never felt before....

"Sixteen-year-old runaway Reagan has always wanted a place to belong. She's never had a real home of her own, but perhaps she could borrow someone else's. Under an assumed name and identity, she moves to Harmony, Texas, but keeps her distance from the welcoming townsfolk. Until prairie fires threaten Harmony--and Reagan learns the true meaning of family, friends, and home"--from publisher's web site.

Librarian Emily must deal with a secret she has kept for many years that threatens to shatter her future, while new lawyer Rick Matheson seeks the aid of a beautiful U.S. Marshal as he tries to discover who is attempting to kill him.

Even the mysterious world of Harmony has people who don't quite fit in. They're drawn to places like Rainshadow Island, a beautiful sanctuary where anyone can feel safe -- and where secrets are closely guarded .... Schooled in an exotic form of martial arts, and with the ability to detect the auras of dangerous psychic criminals, Rachel Bonner and her dust bunny companion have found peace and quiet on Rainshadow Island, operating a bookstore and café....

You can't go back, and you can't stand still...

Lucy Doolan is a marketing genius. She can sell rain to a frog and snow to a polar bear. Newly single and unemployed, she's lured back to her hometown of Harmony, North Carolina to help out her pregnant evil stepsister...only to find former crush heartthrob Brogan Reese has returned too, to open a new business in town. To add insult to injury, he's still hot.

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Forced to move back home to Harmony Harbor after she and her young daughter are left homeless by a fire, Sophie DiRossi must confront her darkest secrets when she comes face-to-face with firefighter Liam Gallagher, the only man she has ever loved.