A child lay gravely ill. His parents, on opposite sides of the hospital bed, pray for a miracle. Jennie and Michael Stratton's marriage fell apart, leaving them both devastated and alone. Yet now, as Michael sits holding his son's small hand, he finally understands what it is to believe. Jennie struggled to resolve her feelings for the stubborn man she'd married. But their brave little boy needs the strength of both his parents united in love. They...

Since her divorce from Eric, Hilary has done everything she can to control life for herself and her son. Beneath a calm surface, she is terrified of failing Seth. She's worked hard to raise him on her own, and she's succeeded. He's about to graduate from high school and is enrolled in college with a full scholarship. But Hilary' worst fears are realized when there is a rock-climbing accident at a post-graduation campout. A young girl is hurt, and...

For years, visitors to Ash Hollow, NE, have knocked on Bea Bartling's door and asked to see her famous pioneer roses, which once marked the wagon train trails. Each time, Bea hopes to see her estranged son, Nathan, but he never appears. After learning that he has been killed in an accident, Bea loses her faith in God and hardens her heart to the woman and child who appear on her doorstep weeks later. Gemma Bartling was an unwed mother with a young...

"Jenny Blake has a theory about life : big decisions often don't amount to much, but little decisions sometimes transform everything. Her theory proves true the summer she's 14, when she makes the decision to pick up a penny embedded in asphalt and consequently ends up stopping a robbery, getting a job, and meeting someone who changes her life forever, Miss Shaw. Together they form a friendship that dares both of them to confront secrets in their...

Includes true-life tributes to their mothers from Jerry Jenkins, Francine Rivers, Debbie Macomber, and others.