With only her faith and fierce Custer pride by her side, Ariel Custer thinks she's heading to Philadelphia to accept work as a librarian's assistant, until she winds up in the small town of Glenside instead. There her life becomes inextricably linked with lonely dreamer Judson Granniss, his stubborn and tyrannical mother, a trouble-maker named Dick Smalley, incessant gum-chewing upstart Helena Boggs, and love thwarted Miss Emily Dillon. But she

Marilla Reed's world changed in an instant. Now she's left to pick up the pieces and scrape together a new existence in a run-down neighborhood far from what she knows. Marilla struggles to adapt, wondering what kind of future she'll have with no chance of college. . .and no chance of love. Then the jealousy of a neighborhood man flares, and survival takes on a new meaning. . . .

Rich. Beautiful. Engaged. Nothing marred Gloria Sutherland. . .until the night her fiancé was shot and killed in a speakeasy while dancing with another girl. To avoid the swirling gossip, Gloria travels to her father's childhood home in Maine, seeking peace but doubting she'll ever find it again. Then she meets Murray MacRae, a neighbor and promising young businessman. Murray's faith begins to revive Gloria's hope. . .if only her past remains