Kathryn Laycock Little

Savannah McLaughlin is running a little late. Those extra few minutes could mean she may never see her daughter again. The only clue Savannah and the police have to six-year-old Caroline's disappearance is a note with a cryptic verse of scripture. With no signs of progress, Savannah is desperate enough to call the one man she knows can help -- the one man who absolutely despises her.

When a group of friends reunites at the Dickensian Inn bed-and- breakfast, little does Chas realize that the promises of a blessing are about to be fulfilled. As these women share their tender feelings and innermost secrets, the words of Charles Dickens take on greater significance for them, The pleasure of a generous friendship is the steadiest joy in the world.

On the day Bethany Carlisle receives her doctorate, she learns from an unidentified e-mail that her grandmother has suddenly died. However, Bethany's dismay immediately turns to anger when she learns the contents of her grandmother's will. It's apparent that the wealthy, eccentric, and distant woman who raided Bethany has taken pains to torment her grand-daughter even from the grave. Now, in order to claim her substantial inheritance, Bethany must...

"Now that Savannah has her daughter, Caroline, back after a frightening abduction, life seems calmer. But that serenity comes to an abrupt end when twenty-year-old Rosemary Allen pleads for Savannah's help after running away from her dangerously controlling father. But her father isn't just anyone-- he's Mario Ferrante, the criminal mastermind who oversaw Caroline's kidnapping"--Cover.