Emmy Harris, news correspondent, and mother of college age twins, flees Atlanta on her doctor's advice in order to recover from a traumatic event. She rents the guesthouse of Parker Steelman (Steel) a rancher who lives near Santa Fe, New Mexico but later regrets her decision after being subjected to his anger, insensitivity and cruel remarks. He discovers in time Emmy has kept a secret from him but also knows he has kept a secret from her. Emmy eventually leaves the, 'God forsaken land, ' after confronting spiders, a rattler and a cougar. After a surprise visit to Emmy and her children on Christmas Day, Steel discovers a business man has an interest in Emmy and he leaves brokenhearted vowing to forget her. During a winter snowstorm he makes a major decision but will it be to find the woman he cannot live without or turn his back on Emmy for the pain and embarrassment she caused him?

Kate Windsor an Interior Designer has recently returned from Venice, Italy, to find she has inherited a letter with two keys, a safe deposit box and an 1840's home in Louisiana, Missouri. Can a treasure hidden in the basement of the home for nearly a century by Aunt Katherine help Kate find the meaning of true love even when Chase McDermott /CEO has kept an important secret from her? The answer is found in, A LOUISIANA INHERITANCE by Penny Garrison.