Emmalee

Emmalee Bradford thinks she's an expert at matchmaking, and she won't rest until all her friends are as happy as she is. Especially Hannah, the girl she's decided to make popular. Everyone loves Emmalee's advice everyone, that is, except her annoying neighbor Chase Anderson, who has taken it upon himself to "fix" her.

Jasmine Hoyt is a young gifted veterinary student studying to join her father's practice in the Front Range of Colorado. Curtis Franklin has been fixated on her ever since a dance teacher called them the perfect couple when they were still children. He has been determined to make them just that--the perfect couple. With only weeks before she is to get her veterinary degree, her life becomes a nightmare. With the help of her closest friend, artist Emmalee Gray, she flees Johnsville to what she hopes will be a safe place to start over. Will Jasmine find the peace and safety she craves?

A deeply touching Southern story filled with struggle and hope. Emmalee Bullard and her new baby are on their own. Or so she thinks, until Leona Lane, the older seamstress who sat by her side at the local shirt factory where both women worked as collar makers, insists Emmalee come and live with her. But just as Emmalee prepares to escape her hardscrabble life in Red Chert Holler, Leona dies tragically. Grief-stricken, Emmalee decides she’ll make Leona’s burying dress. There are plenty of people who don't think the unmarried Emmalee should design a dress for a Christian woman--or care for a child on her own--but with every stitch, Emmalee struggles to do what is right for her daughter and to honor Leona the best way she can, finding unlikely support among an indomitable group of seamstresses and the town’s funeral director. In a moving tale exploring Southern spirit and camaraderie among working women, a young mother will compel a town to become a community. Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader’s guide and bonus content

Orchids is a heart-tugging story of Emmalee Gray finding her place in the artistic community, healing from a broken heart to find love again, facing the challenges life throws her with a strong love and a strong will.

Camille Klump is an American author of children's fiction. F our Paws and Two Tales is the second part of a trilogy that recounts the adventures of a dog born on an island who, after two years, is finally reunited with his family and relocated to the USA. Now a young headstrong and rebellious dog, Woofy is faced with many challenges as he tries to adapt to a life of order and obedience with his human family. He struggles to overcome subhuman elements and his own animal instincts in order to serve and protect his owners. Through interactions with other animals and people, he begins to interpret their behavior and realizes there are many valuable lessons to be learned. He discovers that the color of a dog's eyes should not determine how he sees the world and being accepted as a member of the human pack demands great loyalty, sacrifice, and service. As his connection to humans deepen, he begins to use his remarkable power of healing, which comes at a great price. When he is left behind by his family, he is consumed with guilt and sadness, and it is only after being reunited with his mother, that he begins to appreciate the value of her wisdom, which helps to heal his broken heart. She offers him comfort after the sudden death of a loved one, a loss which leaves him with many unanswered questions. He is surprised to discover that, for some, freedom and happiness means having no home at all, that distance and time can never break the bond of a loving family, and no one should be quick to judge the circumstances behind the most difficult choices. An uplifting tale which reveals that being left behind never means that you are forgotten or no longer loved.

White Roses is the story of a talented young woman and the challenges she faced in her art, her life, and her love.

Emmalee Gray has begun to mend a broken heart and shattered dreams by immersing herself in her painting. The one thing she can control, her brush, to canvas, where all else disappears.

The Gift of Family by Irene Brand Newly engaged Wendy Kenworth and Evan Kessler's relationship is tested when Evan must leave college to manage the family farm. City-girl Wendy can't understand her fianc's sudden need to work the land, but getting stranded at the Kesslers' for Christmas gives Wendy cause for reflection. Can Evan's strong faith inspire her to accept the gift of family? Child in a Manger by Dana Corbit Finding an infant in the church nativity scene was a Christmas surprise for Allison Hensley! The social worker took the baby when no foster family could be found. But working with cynical detective Brock Chandler to find the unknown parents awakened unexpected feelings. Could this child be heaven-sent to make a family of Allison and Brock?