The Christmas season is full of shopping and holiday cheer, but finding one's true purpose is the greatest gift of all...
Reverend Ben has been ignoring his health recently, and it's finally caught up with him in the form of a heart problem requiring bypass surgery. Since Ben will need six weeks of recuperation and physical rehab, an interim minister is assigned to the congregation.
Reverend Isabel Moran is young, but she has a quiet but steady way of connecting with the members of the church. While most of the congregation was troubled by the absence of Reverend Ben, Isabel has ultimately reassured them with her warmth and understanding.
Meanwhile, Ben has secretly been considering when he should retire. Is this health setback a sign from above that it's time to start a new phase of his life? As Ben grows stronger, he starts to wonder if he's really ready to celebrate his final Christmas as pastor. After all, Christmas is a time for giving, but retiring and presenting Isabel with his much-treasured job might be the biggest test of faith Ben has ever had to face...

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"Welcome to Angel Island...said to harbor angels who help guide the lost, delivering them from despair and darkness into the golden light of love and faith."
Claire North understands how Angel Island sets the rhythm for her own serenity and ease. But a visitor has disturbed her peaceful heart. She knew him as a troubled boy who came to her soup kitchen in Boston, full of half-truths but brimming with trust. She wasn't able to say good-bye to him then. Now, miraculously, a second chance to help him has come.
Jamie Carter, now a young man, is more in need of Claire's wisdom than ever. But when she suspects he is back to his old ways, her faith is truly put to the test...
On the other side of the island, Avery Bishop is making a fresh start of her own, opening a new cafe. Her culinary school training is scoffed at by Mike Rossi, owner of the restaurant across the street. But Avery is determined to show this burger-flipping hero a real cook has arrived. If only Mike's charming smile didn't make her forget that he is her fiercest competitor.
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All the stars come out in Cape Light...
A movie crew arrives to shoot a film in Cape Light, and Angel Island provides a perfect backdrop. Liza's inn welcomes the cast and crew, including the famous actress Charlotte Miller. Charlotte is surprisingly down to earth and is totally charmed by the island, especially the inn, where she chooses to stay instead of at more lavish accommodations. But one day, Charlotte nearly drowns and is saved by local fisherman Colin Doyle. Their attraction is instant and undeniable--even though they come from completely different worlds.
As Charlotte spends more time on the island, the relationship seems meant to be. They keep meeting up, by accident at first, then on purpose. But Colin believes he has little to offer this celebrated beauty. He doesn't realize that Charlotte would give up her glamorous life for him and Angel Island, if only she knew his true feelings. It seems only a miracle could bring them together. Then again, with faith and love on their side, Angel Island is just the sort of place where miracles can happen.

Memoirs Of The American Folklore Society, Volume 48.

Welcome to Angel Island. Its captivating spirit can be felt from the shores of its windswept beaches to the heights of the spectacular Angel Wings Cliffs. The island is said to harbor angels who help guide the lost, delivering them from despair and darkness into the golden light of love and faith.

The inn is officially open for business, and owner Liza Martin has booked her first major event-a June wedding-even though renovations have not yet been completed. The good news is that this brings more of Daniel Merritt, the island's attractive handyman, into her life. But as Liza finds herself falling for him, she learns that Daniel is a man with secrets.

Liza doesn't have much time to dwell on Daniel's secrets with all the wedding preparations. The bride met her fiance on the island when they were teenagers, and she's always dreamed of being married at the inn. Liza wants to make the event perfect, but the tension between the bride and groom makes her worry. On the day of the wedding a storm rolls in-and the groom is nowhere to be found. Everything is going wrong. Liza needs a miracle. Then again, if you have faith and love, Angel Island is just the sort of place where miracles can happen...

Lucy and Charlie's relationship has been on the rocks. With the newfound confidence that comes with her nursing career, Lucy doesn't need to put up with Charlie's nonsense anymore. But just as she's about to call it quits, a lost-looking teenager crosses her path. Seeing that the girl is sick and alone, Lucy takes her in despite Charlie's protests, in a move that could make or break their frayed relationship...

With a grown son embarking on his own life, and an ex-husband starting a new family, Betty realizes it's time to find a partner of her own. Then Santa bears an unexpected gift at the Rotary Club's Christmas party: himself. Has the holiday cheer gone to her head, or is she really attracted to a struggling magazine writer who plays dress- up? But things aren't always as they seem, especially in Cape Light-and unless Betty realizes that good things come in different packages, she risks Santa passing her by this Christmas.

New York Times bestselling authors Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer present the first novel in the Angel Island series, set on an island a stone's skip away from Cape Light... Liza Martin arrives on Angel Island eager to sell off the rundown inn she inherited and return to her busy life in Boston. Back home await her unstable career as an advertising executive-and a broken marriage. Angel Island is just one more burden... But as Liza recalls the golden summers of her childhood, she begins to second-guess herself. And she wants to know more about Daniel Merritt, the charming handyman who's helping repair the inn, but Liza doesn't have time for romance...or much else. Sometimes Liza sees her life flying by-and, at the same time, going nowhere. It may take a band of angels to mend her broken wings and redirect her soul...

A Christmas light shines bright in the midst of the darkest winter.
With Christmas only a few weeks away, Sam and Jessica Morgan look forward to celebrating the joyous day together. But when they're awakened by the smoke alarm in the midst of one quiet night, they barely make it outside before their beloved house is engulfed in flames. Meanwhile, single mom Julie Newton and her seven-year-old daughter appear on Jack Sawyer's doorstep, thanks to bad weather, a broken-down car, and a dead cell phone battery. And though Jack, still mourning the loss of his wife, feels none of the holiday spirit, he can't turn them away. As Sam and Jessica become perpetual guests in others' homes, trying to piece their future back together, and Jack finds his frozen heart melting day by day, it soon becomes clearer than ever that miracles can happen even in the humblest of settings.

When Grace Stanley's older brother, Matt, died in a car accident, she wanted to die, too. But she's slowly finding her way again, with the help of her mysterious new friend, Philomena - who always seems to show up when Grace needs her most. If only Jackson, Matt's best friend, had a Philomena of his own. He's fallen into some very bad habits - at the same time that Grace is falling for him.The second book in the "Saving Grace" series explores the themes of faith, hope, and learning to live (maybe even love) in the wake of a tragedy.

When fifteen-year-old Grace Stanley's brother is killed in a car accident, she does what any typical girl would do - she loses it. She blames herself, denounces God, and gives up on school, her friends, and her churchgoing family. Then along comes a "saintly" and nerdy new girl, Philomena, who literally saves Grace's life and helps her find her way back to herself.

New York Times bestselling authors Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer take a nostalgic journey into the Cape Light of Christmas past... As Cape Light dwellers get ready to deck the halls for a Christmas to remember, curmudgeonly Lillian Warwick is confined to bed, injured after a nasty fall. Cared for by her daughters, Emily and Jessica, she lets her thoughts drift back to the holiday season of 1955, when she first met Oliver Warwick, the dashing man who would become her husband. Recounting those romantic early days, she is reminded of a time when she had much to be grateful for-and recognizes the mistakes she's made since. And to cap off this life-altering season, there just might be a winter wedding on the horizon.

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The "New York Times" bestselling authors bring a holiday miracle to Cape Light.
As the spirit of the season is spreading through the rustic seaside hamlet of Cape Light, town mayor Emily receives an unexpected and precious Christmas gift: a baby girl tucked away in a decorative cradle set up outside the church, with a note begging whoever discovers the child to take care of her. Emily is granted temporary custody-and realizes that if the mother is not found, she desperately wants to keep baby Jane as her own. Now, in the midst of the year's most joyous season, Emily must come to terms with her duty to her family, her own feelings of regret and loss-and what her heart truly desires.

In this novel in Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer's heartwarming series, it's the most wonderful time of the year, and Cape Light has received two special Christmas guests... James Cameron, a minister who runs a mission in Central America, has decided to spend the holidays in Cape Light. But when his car collides with another car, a hint of trouble befalls this close-knit community. No one is hurt, but out-of-towner Leigh Baxter is forced to stay in town until her car is fixed. What she doesn't expect, however, is that the charm of this beautiful seaside hamlet and its citizens will soon win her over-and that she will fall in love with James, who has so generously welcomed her into his life. But will James accept Leigh in his heart once her dark secrets come to light? In the meantime, Jessica and Sam Morgan's relationship is put to the test. More than anything else this Christmas, they want a baby to call their own. But soon they'll discover that life's most precious gifts often come in unexpected packages...

Inspired by the artistic vision of world-renowned landscape painter Thomas Kinkade-and imbued with the light of his uplifting message-this heartwarming new novel returns to the quaint town of Cape Light, and the unique residents who call it home...

The charming sea-coast village of Cape Light is the kind of place where neighbors help neighbors and people have the time to appreciate God's blessings every day. Their lives are not without disappointment-even heartbreak. But there's something special about this town-and the people in it. Like Cape Light mayor Emily Warwick, who can't remember the last time she let herself dream. And her younger sister Jessica, who is about to walk down the aisle with a man their mother despises. Emily has two months to bring her mother around, but so far-even with their minister's support-her plan isn't working. And it doesn't help that she's still mourning the husband she lost and wondering what happened to the baby she gave up for adoption twenty years ago. Sometimes she thinks it would take a miracle to fill the hole in her heart.

But miracles do happen here in Cape Light. You just have to close your eyes-and believe in your dreams...

Inspired by the beloved artistic vision of world-renowned landscape painter Thomas Kinkade—and imbued with the light of his uplifting message—this heartwarming new novel introduces us to the quaint town of Cape Light, and the unique residents who call it home…

Nestled in New England is the picturesque seaside hamlet of Cape Light, where everyone knows everyone, and folks still care about one another. But Cape Lighters have their share of hidden dreams, desires, and doubts, too. Like Mayor Emily Warwick, who sometimes feels that her job and her identity are inseparable, and her sister and rival, Jessica, who has torn herself away from the big city’s excitement and sophistication to come home and care for their ailing mother. Or Reverend Ben, who counsels and consoles an entire town while coming to grips with his own private sorrows, and Charlie, the owner of the local diner, who isn’t shy about letting the mayor know that he is after her job.

They are friends and neighbors, doers and dreamers. They laugh and love and build their lives together in the town of Cape Light—and they will work their way into your heart…

In this book, Katherine Spencer examines Navaho cultural values by studying a specific subset of Navaho mythology: chantway myths, part of ceremonies performed to cure illness. She begins with a summary of the general plot construction of chantway myths and the value themes presented in these plots, then discusses "explanatory elements" inserted by the narrators of the myths. She continues with a deeper analysis of the cultural value judgements conveyed by these myths. At the end of the book, Spencer includes abstracts of the myths she discusses.

Now that the Cape Light election is over, Mayor Emily Warwick can finally focus on her burgeoning relationship with Sara-the daughter she gave up for adoption twenty years ago. Seeing her after all these years has stirred up some conflicting feelings for Emily. While she is grateful to have Sara back in her life, she can't help but regret their years apart. Typically she would turn to Reverend Ben for guidance, but turmoil within his own family has inspired a crisis of faith for the minister, making him question whether he is qualified to counsel his congregants.
And then there's the fact that Emily is slowly falling for newspaper publisher Dan Forbes, who'd been all set to leave for an extended sailing trip until an accident dashed his plans-giving him and Emily more time to develop their bond.
But with two grown children of his own, would Dan ever want to start another family? Emily hopes so-because she's eager for a second chance at life...