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Businessman Milton Coleridge pauses his travels near Joshua Tree and encounters a struggling bookstore in Tamarisk. Applying his corporate experience to Spines and Leaves, he also becomes involved in bringing two people together while working to revive the business.

Cassie resumes her yearlong experiment in greener living after illness interrupts her plans. As romance approaches from several directions, her competitive determination to change her habits clashes with convenience and the emotional upheaval of a busy spring.

Harper Brevig inherits a bookstore but struggles with customers and inexplicable expenses. Business adviser Milton Coleridge investigates the financial drain while considering whether a nearby father and his young son might help Harper build a fuller life.

After a bitter business split, Anne Montgomery opens a bookstore opposite her former best friend’s shop. Milton Coleridge must assess whether their small Indiana town can support both stores while navigating fractured friendships and an unwelcome solution.

Glyn Darrow prides herself on doing things correctly, but her new neighbor Clay Ruskin repeatedly unsettles her orderly life. Exchanged notes and Christmas encounters gradually complicate their disagreements, giving an irritating acquaintance the possibility of becoming something warmer.

New Agency recruit Keith Auger protects Anna Simon after her husband disappears. When Anna also vanishes and police orders complicate the search, Keith must navigate hidden motives and threats while she pursues answers of her own.

Crystal Steele tries to salvage a friend’s wedding after the bride is hospitalized and disasters multiply. Meanwhile, bookseller Lewis Chambers unexpectedly becomes responsible for his niece and suspects Crystal’s involvement in troubling events around the town’s shops.

Seeking a Christmas-free escape, Tonya arrives at a castle bed-and-breakfast where another weary guest wants the same peace. An enthusiastic holiday visitor and a power outage draw them into matchmaking, unexpected friendships, and a disrupted getaway.

Writer Linus begins dating single mother Dana Lyles to overcome his creative block, then develops real feelings. When she learns how the relationship began, fourteen days of misguided Valentine gifts become his attempt to regain her trust.

Schoolteacher Muriel Darling receives a matchmaking suggestion from the man she once loved. Rancher Pete Donaldson welcomes a courtship by letter, beginning a correspondence that asks two lonely people to trust each other, themselves, and their faith.

An unknown enemy threatens to take control of the Agency, turning founder Mark’s trusted relationships into possible sources of betrayal. A Caribbean cruise becomes dangerous as the struggle reaches those closest to him and exposes internal vulnerabilities.

After her aunt’s death, Beryl flees to Michigan while police suspicion and pursuers follow her. Castle Gibbs returns with a broken leg to find her hiding upstairs, forcing him into a dangerous effort to protect her at Christmas.

While Shiloh Scott relocates her Christian bookstore, she learns that her nephew Judah has never shared her faith. His debates with cheerful Panda Marie challenge his certainty, while Milton Coleridge faces family demands and the store’s unexpected needs.

Twelve book-club members receive monthly reading instructions from someone calling himself the Puppetmaster. Missing a meeting or choosing the wrong book may prove fatal, forcing a detective to investigate whether the threats come from within their own group.

Arms dealer Smith Abingdon seeks the Agency’s protection after an assassination attempt, but Marco Medina doubts his story. Helen Franklin’s return and signs of an internal traitor complicate the case as an attack threatens Keith’s wife.