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April Calendar might be a little obsessed with Christmas. Or a lot. As far as she's concerned, Christmas isn't just the most wonderful time of year, it's basically her reason for existing! Now, if she could—just once—manage to win the annual town Christmas Tree Decorating Contest and win the money her family's ranch so desperately needs, she'll be able to prove her Christmas obsession is actually useful! Too bad she can't come up with a winning theme. And too bad she's paired up with the ranch's grumpy new handyman in her attempts to win...no matter how hot he is.

February "Val" Calendar is one of 12 adopted sisters, and she loves her entire huge and utterly crazy family. She really and truly does. It's just that lately...well, lately, she's been wondering about this empty feeling inside—this desire to be a part of something more. She wonders if it's a result of not knowing her birth family, and Val's initial research has indicated a few options open to her. She's determined to use them all in her search to find where she really belongs.

Jana Calendar loves her life working with special needs girls at her family’s ranch. When her favorite child loses yet another foster home, she decides to be the one to get her out of the system and adopt her. Working closely with Aubrey’s social worker is no hardship. When there is a glitch in her plans, the two of them work together quickly to find a solution.

Jackboy was born into slavery on a Barbados sugar plantation. His constant attempts to escape finally pushed the masters too far. They punished the whole family by splitting them up and selling them off. His father’s last words had been, “It’s okay, son, don’t never give up.” Several years later, wracked by guilt, but still obsessed with freedom, he slips away from a South Carolina tobacco plantation and outsmarts the Confederacy’s most vicious slave patrol captain who is hot on his trail.

An adventurous vacationing couple wanders into an apparently empty unmapped section of backwoods South Carolina and gets lost when their GPS unexpectedly fails. They happen upon an enigmatic old black horse-cart driver named Owen who gives them not only directions to the highway, but also a cryptic warning to stay away from Longpoke Road. Zach is an investigative reporter with a disarming manner that gets people to open up.