Mama polar bear tells Little Cub that her birth was a gift from God.

Most American teenagers want a vacation in Italy, but the Bentarrini sisters have spent every summer of their lives with their parents, famed Etruscan scholars, among the romantic hills. Stuck among the rubble of medieval castles in rural Tuscany on yet another hot, dusty archeological site, Gabi and Lia are bored out of their minds-- until Gabi places her hand atop a handprint in an ancient tomb and finds herself in fourteenth-century Italy. And...

"When a Methodist preacher, called to serve slaves in the West Indies, settles at Selah's family plantation, their shared purpose brings them together-despite her guardians' concern over a romance that promises little security. As the Revolutionary War and starvation looms in the States, the future hangs in the balance"--Provided by publisher.

Sent west by their father to make a new life, the St. Clair siblings have done so-but hardly as hed wished. Beautiful, headstrong Moira, after pursuing a career on the Paris stage, has returned to Colorado Springs-older, wiser, and certainly much poorer-to see if theres anything left of a relationship shed left behind. Older sister Odessa and her husband, Bryce, are struggling to rebuild their ranch after a devastating winter. And then Nic, the prodigal...

Odessa has adapted well to life on her Colorado ranch, but nothing has prepared her for the devasatation that the winter of 1886 brings. In Paris, Moira discovers she has been robbed by her manager and has fewer options than she imagined. Meanwhile, Dominic, working the boxing rings of South America, loses the wrong fight and is shanghaied by a frustrated sea captain.

Mama Bear explains to Baby Cub how God gave Christmas to the world.

With help from his mother, a little boy tries to understand the immensity of God.

"After a tragic accident along the Swan River took the life of his mother, young Jared Conway grew up thinking little of the family he lost. As an adult, he remains without an anchor. With his marriage truly over despite his attempts at reconciliation with his ex-wife and his young son far away at boarding school, Jared discovers that his success as a commodities broker has brought him little inner peace." -- Jacket.

For Cora Kensington, the Grand Tour was to be the trip of a lifetime. She discovered the family she never knew she had and may have even found the love she longs for in Will.