This book is an inspiring story about hope existing in the darkest places, and how love is always the greatest gift of all.

Van Liere's seasonal confection (following The Christmas Hope) finds 60-year-old Gloria Bailey doing informal good works for needy cases seven years after her husband died, and her youngest son, Matthew, disappeared without a trace at age 17. With infinite good nature, Gloria fends off the complaints of her crabby widow neighbor, Miriam, annoyed by the constant riffraff at Gloria's house, while Gloria still sadly hopes that wayward Matthew will somehow...

A modern retelling of the Nativity Story illustrated with evocative artwork depicts a human, relatable Joseph and Mary as a common carpenter and a simple peasant girl who are forced to deliver their child in a humble barn.

In the small town of Grandon, five very different people discover the true meaning of Christmas. Jennifer and Ryan are both single parents, struggling with their own heartache as they attempt to move forward in the present while still holding on to the memories, joy, and heartache of the past. Sixteen-year-old Kaylee is faced with a life-changing situation. Stephen and Lily are happily married and ready to start a family. All of them are facing...

Thirty-two-year-old Amy Denison volunteers at Glory's Place, an after school program where she meets seven-year-old Maddie, a precocious young girl who has spent her childhood in foster care. Unbeknownst to Amy, Maddie is a mini-matchmaker, with her eye on just the right man for Amy at Grandon Elementary School, where she is a student. Amy is hesitant - she's been hurt before, and isn't sure she's ready to lose her heart again - but an unexpected...